Daeshik-Kim-Obituary

Daeshik Kim

Austin, Texas

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Daeshik Kim, Ph.D Daeshik Kim, Ph.D, died on February 2, 2007 in California at the age of 72. Before retiring and moving to California, Dr. Kim was a professor at the University of Texas at Austin from 1974 to 1996. He is survived by his wife, Moonku Lee, his two daughters, Eleanor and...

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I was Dr. Kim´s senior student 1976-`77. Austin. RIP.

Dr. Kim and I regularly had lunch together in Austin to explore the design of a baccalaureate martial arts program for Concordia University Texas. We also dined together as friends in our home and in theirs. The Kims were very gracious people and we benefited from their kindness in many ways. We miss them both.

While a student at the University of Texas 50 years ago, I had my memorable but only Judo class I ever enrolled in. It was led by Dr. Kim. I still remember that Dr. Kim had just arrived in the U.S. from Korea only days before our Judo class started that semester. Quite ofter I still remember Dr. Kim's caring, humanity and graceful life force. Conducting his class, Dr. Km was very focused on safely. I remember that he was very distressed and dismissed the class once when one of my...