Kenneth E. Killoren

Kenneth E. Killoren
Born Wisconsin
Died South Korea
Nationality American

Kenneth E. Killoren (1919-1988) was a former Jesuit priest who lived in Korea and the first president of Sogang University.[1]

He came to Korea in 1955[2] with Arthur Dethlefs, another Jesuit priest from Wisconsin. Killoren became the first president of Sogang in February 1960. He was also a contributing writer to the Korea Journal.[3] He holds the distinction as being the first naturalized citizen of Korea.

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