Missionary Introduction

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  • Dorothy L. Clawson

  • ◾ Year of Birth : March 14, 1902 to unknown
  • ◾ Academic background : University of Connecticut, University of California
  • ◾ Background and affiliation : Northern Presbyterian U.S.A.(NP)
  • ◾ Period of mission work in Korea : May, 1953 - 1956.
  • ◾ Period of mission work at Dongsan Hospital : May, 1953 - 1956.
1. Dorothy L. Clawson visited Korea as a nursing missionary

Dorothy Clawson was born in the United States in 1920. She graduated from the University of Connecticut and the University of California.

In 1927, she worked in China as a missionary for the Northern Presbyterian U.S.A, and arrived in Daegu in May 1953. She served as a nurse at Dongsan Christian Hospital in Daegu for four years, educated nursing students and nurses, and served as an advisor to Yoo Soon-ae, the principal of the high nursing school.

She resigned as a missionary in 1956 and returned one’s country.