Hangul 서상철 Name Suh Sang-chul Hanja 徐相喆 Died 1983 | Education Harvard University McCune–Reischauer So Sang-ch'ol | |
Similar People Thakin Than Tun, Ba U, Sao Shwe Thaik, Ne Win, Thein Sein | ||
Revised Romanization Seo Sang-cheol | ||
Suh Sang-Chul (1935–1983) was a South Korean economist, educator and administrator.
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Biography
He was born as a son of the father, Suh Chang-sun who ran a brewery business and the mother, Gwak Bok-sun in Hongseong, South Chungcheong province in 1935. As Suh graduated Seoul High School in 1954, he entered College of Commerce at Seoul National University. In 1955, he went to the United States to study, and finished his undergraduate and graduate studies at the Economics Department of Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts in 1958 and the following year respectively. Suh focused on studying economic development at Harvard University under the direction of internationally renowned scholar, Simon Kuznets and received his doctorate degree in 1964.
As Suh worked as a professor at Clark University, and at the World Bank, he experiencing a sense of the international economy and educational experience in economics. In 1972, Suh returned to South Korea and worked as a professor at Department of Economy, Korea University. Suh also actively participated in developing economic policies, so he served as a member of Foreign Economic Committee in 1973, Tax System Audit Committee, and a director representative of the South Korean branch of the World Bank.
He served as Vice-Minister of Construction and then was appointed as Minister of Power Resource in 1982. He died for the Rangoon bombing incident in Burma in 1983 in his performance of his duties during an unofficial tour of President Chun Doo-hwan's to Southwest Asia and Oceania.