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In Memory 1928 – 2006 
Phillip Ahn Phillip passed on to a better place at the age of 78. He was born June 7, 1928 in Pyongyan, Korea. His family moved south to Seoul in the late 1940s to escape the Russian occupation. He graduated from the Seoul National University with a degree in pharmacy. During the Korean War, his fluency in English, Japanese and Korean was an invaluable asset to the US Embassy in Seoul, the American military command and the Republic of Korea’s army, from which he received a battlefield commission as a first lieutenant. Colonel Wilson Powell sponsored him to study in the US, and in 1957 he graduated from Macalester College with a degree in chemistry. He married another ’57 Mac grad, the former Betty Engel, on April 30, 1960. After more than 30 years as a researcher and scientist at the U of M, Philip retired on June 15, 1992: a day proclaimed “Philip Ahn Day” in MN by former Governor Arne Carlson. He was also WCCO’s Good Neighbor that day. Retirement didn’t keep Phillip from working: he started a second career as an escort interpreter for the US Dept. of State where he logged more than 50 trips interpreting for visiting Korean officials and dignitaries. He received a commendation for his work from the State Department.
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