Missionary Introduction

Greetings Thank you for visiting the Dongsan Medical Mission & Welfare Association homepage.
> Missionary Introduction

  • Dwight Pettee Colburn

  • ◾ Year of Birth : August 9, 1901 - March 26, 1985
  • ◾ Academic background : Yale University, Harvard University a Business Graduate School
  • ◾ Background and affiliation : United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.(UP)
  • ◾ Period of mission work in Korea : 1968∼1970.
  • ◾ Period of mission work at Dongsan Hospital : 1968∼1970.
  • ◾ Family details : Priscilla Azuba Colburn(wife)
1. Dwight Pettee Colburn was in charge of administrative affairs at Dongsan Christian Hospital

Dwight Pettee Colburn was born in the United States in 1901 and graduated from Yale University and Harvard Business Graduate School. In 1968, he visited Korea as a missionary to the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Director Howard Moffett invited people who wanted to live successfully in the United States personally and live a more rewarding life after retirement to live a life of hospital service.

The missionary who came from the invitation of Director Howard Moffett was Colburn. He was a lawyer, bank president and civic activist, a new accounting law, a stock investment management expert. From 1968 to 1970, he was in charge of affairs and administration at Dongsan Christian Hospital and worked hard to transfer advanced administration to hospitals.