In Memory of Professor Chu-Wan Kim

Copyright © 2015 The Korean Society of Radiology Professor Chu-Wan Kim, who passed away on April 9th 2015, was the giant roots and an eternal supporter of Korean radiology. He contributed greatly to the growth of Korean radiology since becoming involved with the field after completion of his medical degree in 1953. Like his pen name ‘JiSan’, meaning ‘grass and mountain’, he was as empowered and dignified as a mountain, while being as tender and careful as grass when he helped others and carried out projects. He was born in Jaeryeong-gun, Hwanghae-do on September 16th 1929. Finishing elementary school in Hwanghae-do, he moved to Seoul and attended Seoul Choong Ang Middle School, from which he graduated in 1946. He entered into a premedical course at Kyoungseong Imperial University (the predecessor of the present Seoul National University) in 1946 and graduated from the College of Medicine, Seoul National University in 1953. As a senior medical student, he was deeply impressed by the X-ray lectures given by the then head professor, Choong Sam Cho, who was the founder of Korean Radiology, and it was these lectures that inspired him to become a radiologist. He became an assistant teacher at Seoul National University in 1953, and in 1955 was sent to the University of Minnesota as a visiting Professor in the Radiology department. He returned to Seoul National University after passing the American Board of Radiology exam in 1957 and became a full-time lecturer less than a year later. Many people let In Memory of Professor Chu-Wan Kim