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Korean doctor, anthropologist selected to be Dartmouth’s next president

Written by Marissa Lee and Aaron Hosios, Senior Writers
Published: Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009
Doctor and anthropologist Jim Yong Kim will become the first Asian-American president of an Ivy League school this summer when he begins his term as the 17th president of Dartmouth College on July 1. The college announced the appointment on ...(back to the article)

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  • 4:04 a.m. on March 3rd, 2009
    Posted by
    Mapquest

    He's a *Korean-American* doctor and anthropologist. He was raised here since age 5. He's as American as you are. Your headline makes it sound as if he's a foreigner.

  • 9:45 a.m. on March 3rd, 2009
    Posted by
    U-S-A

    Agreed. The guy played quarterback for his high school in small town, Iowa. If you don't consider that to be apple-pie American, then how much farther do immigrants' kids have to go?

    When will we ever learn... http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/arch...

  • 2 p.m. on March 3rd, 2009
    Posted by
    TigerWasp

    Not that I am a particular booster of the Bruno, but I find it interesting to live in Providence and learn immediately in The Brown Daily Herald that Dr. Kim graduated from Brown in 1982, while the Daily Princetonian only starts with his Harvard Medical School pedigree. I wonder why not report this? Why not give credit when and where it is due?

  • 3:29 p.m. on March 3rd, 2009
    Posted by
    brownbutt

    out of respect for dr. kim, the prince decided not to expose his embarrassing undergraduate education.

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