Suk Ki Hong papers
Scope and Contents
Contains files on professional activities, correspondence, research, and references used by Suk Ki Hong, physiologist. Includes reprints and manuscripts, correspondence with many Korean physiologists (many files include curriculum vita and papers), research papers and proposals, and references. Hong's research papers focus on ama (women divers of Korea and Japan) and kidney metabolism. Some reference material on ama originally belonged to Hermann Rahn.
Dates
- 1953-1997
Creator
- Hong, Suk-Ki (Person)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.
Terms of Access
The Suk Ki Hong papers, 1953-1997, are open for research.
Copyright
Copyright is held by the State University of New York at Buffalo, University Archives. Copyright in other papers in the collection may be held by their authors, or the authors' heirs or assigns. Researchers must obtain the written permission of the holder(s) of copyright and the University Archives before publishing quotations from materials in the collection. Most papers may be copied in accordance with the library's usual procedures unless otherwise specified.
Biographical Note
Suk Ki Hong was born in South Korea on 16 October 1928. He received his medical degree from Yonsei University (then Severance Union Medical College) and his doctorate in physiology from the University of Rochester.
A visiting instructor at the University at Buffalo (UB) from 1956-1959, Hong then spent nine years at Yonsei University, the last two as chair of the physiology department. He joined the University of Hawaii physiology faculty in 1969, was named chair in 1971, and served in that capacity until coming to UB as professor of physiology in 1975. He was named State University of New York Distinguished Professor in 1995.
Hong spend much of his research career studying the body's response to deep-water diving, particularly of ama, and had a lengthy publication record in the field. He also served on the editorial board for Undersea Biomedical Research.
Hong was United States coordinator for Unites States-Japan Cooperative Research on Diving from 1975-1987 and chaired the organizing committee for the International Symposium on "Man in the Sea" sponsored by the University of Hawaii in 1975.
In addition to his teaching and research activities, Hong was director of graduate studies in physiology from 1984-1994 and prior to that directed UB's Graduate Group in Experimental Nephrology.
He Received several awards during his lifetime, including the Stockton Kimball Award from the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences for excellence in research, education, and service.
Suk Ki Hong retired from teaching in 1997 and died after a long illness on 4 October 1999.
--Adapted from Hong's obituary in the UB Reporter, 7 October 1999.
Extent
6.875 Linear Feet (5 cartons)
Abstract
Contains files on professional activities, correspondence, research, and references used by Suk Ki Hong, physiologist. Correspondents include many Korean physiologists. His research files focus on ama (women divers of Korea and Japan) and kidney metabolism.
Arrangement
Original order and folder titles retained as much as possible
throughout.
This collection is arranged in four series: I. Professional activities; II. Correspondence; III. Research; IV. References.
Acquisition Information
No acquisition information is available.
Accruals and Additions
No further accruals are expected to this collection.
Processing Information
Processed by Nathan Tallman, September 2009.
Finding aid encoded by Danielle White, January 2015.
- Deep diving -- Physiological aspects Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Kidneys -- Metabolism Subject Source: Local sources
- Kidneys -- Physiology Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Physiology Subject Source: Lcnaf
- State University of New York at Buffalo -- Archives
- Women divers -- Japan Subject Source: Local sources
- Women divers -- Korea Subject Source: Local sources
Source
- Rahn, Hermann (Contributor, Person)
- Title
- Finding Aid for the Suk Ki Hong papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Nathan Tallman.
- Date
- 2010
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
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