Hack Chin Kim

H. C. Kim, Ph.D. (Washington State University), MA (Cambridge University) was born 3/7/1926 to Ki Hyong Kim and So Jo Cho of Korea. He passed away at his home in Sutherlin on 5/19/2011 at the age of 85. He was a professor of language at the University of Oregon and Washington State University. He was an eccentric and distinguished scholar fluent in 14 languages. He is survived, loved, and missed by 3 daughters, 5 sons, and 11 grandchildren; and was preceded in death by one son. Funeral services will be held Thursday, May 26, 2011 at 11:00 AM at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Sutherlin. For those who wish to pay their respects, viewing will be available one hour prior to the service, and internment will follow within the grounds of Cedar Hills in Oakland.