Dr. Hi Chang Chai's Memorial Page

Welcome to the memorial homepage for my late father, Dr. Hi Chang Chai.

The page currently contains the following sections: information on his personal history, a photo album he put together, highlights from his memorial service, and various miscellaneous items. I will try to include more of photos in a later, revised version of these pages, as well as a short biography.

If you have personal recollections or anecdotes about my father's life, I would appreciate if you would send email to me at sunki@hawaii.edu, or write to me at the Department of Sociology, University of Hawai`i, Honolulu HI 96822, USA. If you are willing, I will post them on this site. If you have additional interesting pictures of my father, I would like to see them. You can either scan them and email or send them to me by regular mail (I will make copies and send them back to you).

Thanks for visiting!

Sun-Ki Chai

Personal History

Timeline

1924	April 12, Born in Seoul Korea
1943	Graduates from Himun High School, Seoul Korea
1943-45	Engineer in Japanese Air Force, Kyushu
1946-49	Attends Chosun Christian College (Yonhi), Seoul Korea, now part of Yonsei University
1949	Leaves for U.S.
1949-53	Attends University of Texas
1953	Receives B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Texas
1953-57	Attends Ohio State University
1955	January 28, Marries Alice Yun at Asbury United Methodist Church, Delaware, Ohio
1957	Receives Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from OSU
1957-1959	Cyclotron Engineer, Robinson Laboratory, Ohio State University
1959	Returns to Korea
1959	Joins faculty of Construction Engineering Department, Yonsei University, Seoul Korea as Associate Professor
1959-1961	Chair, Construction Engineering Department
1961-1963	Dean of Physical Sciences and Engineering, Yonsei University
1963	Leaves for Hawai`i
	February, Joins faculty of Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Hawai'i, as Associate Professor
1969	July, Promoted to full professor
1969-1970	Sabbatical, Heat Transfer Division, Westinghouse Corporation, Philadelphia
1970-1972	Consultant, Heat Exchangers, Heat Transfer Division, Westinghouse Corporation
1972-1976, 1995-1999	Chair, Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Hawai`i
1986-1988	Consultant, Pressure Steam Turbines, Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion, Hawai`i Natural Energy Institute
1982, 1983, 1986, 1989, 1992	Outstanding Faculty Award
1988	Summer, Consultant, Heat Exchanger Design, Korea Advanced Institute for Science and Technology, Seoul
1992	December, Officially retires and receives emeritus status, but continues to teach
1995	January, Begins service again as department chair
1998	Creates the Hi Chang Chai Excellence in Teaching Award Endowment Fund at the University of Hawai`i
2001	August, Resigns from teaching at Mechanical Engineering Department
	October 22, Passes away from cancer

Thanks to the UH College of Engineering for much of the information on his later career.

Link

The University of Hawai`i school newspaper ran side- by-side obituaries of my father, as well as his close friend and colleague, Dr. Deane Kihara, who ironically and tragically passed away on the same day.

Memorial Service

My father's memorial service was held at 10am, on Saturday, October 27, 2001 at Christ United Methodist Church in Honolulu. Here are some highlights:
The Memorial Program
Front Cover
Second Page

Rememberances
Lloyd Hihara
Ryan Sugamoto
Harry K. Lie

Photos
Sanctuary
Altar Picture
Family
Receiving Line
Thanks again to everyone who attended and/or helped out with the preparations!

Miscellaneous

Wedding Articles
When my parents were married in Delaware, Ohio in January 1955, it was covered by the local paper, the Delaware Gazette. The articles include nice pictures of my parents in traditional Korean costume and of my mother in her wedding dress. Click below to see them.

First Article
First Article (cont.)
Second Article
Recipe
My father was famous for his cooking ability. In particular, many people asked him for his kim chee recipe. Feel free to try it out.

Photo Album

Here are links to scanned pages from the photo album that my father put together a few years ago. It is in rough chronological order, with captions under many of the photographs. I have relied primarily on these captions for the text on the links below. You may notice that there are more old pictures than recent ones; this is because my father had not yet organized the more recent pictures into an album. I would appreciate any corrections or additional information you might have about the people and places shown in the photos.

Intro Page, taken from Various Years

Seoul, 1932-41, Childhood and Youth

Seoul, 1935-37, Family

Seoul, 1941, Family

Seoul, 1941, High School

Seoul, 1941, High School Graduation

Seoul and Kyushu, 1943-45, Japanese Military

Seoul, 1946-49, Yonsei University Student Days

Seoul, 1946-49, Student Life

Seoul, 1946-49, The Paiks

Seoul, 1946, 1961, Masquerade Party, Yonsei University Tennis Club

Seoul, 1949, Yonsei University Class Picture