{"product_id":"michigan-to-korea-arthur-l-becker","title":"Michigan to Korea: Arthur L. Becker","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1903, the first scientist and educational missionary went from Michigan to Korea. In 1905, Arthur Becker, Methodist, and  William  Baird, \u003cbr\u003e\nPresbyterian, combined efforts  to start the first college in Korea: \u003cbr\u003e\nPyongyang 's Union Christian College (Soongsil) which was  later  re - \u003cbr\u003e\nestablished in Seoul after the war. In 1914, a new college for all Korea was\u003cbr\u003e\nplanned by both missions and Becker took 20 of his advanced students to \u003cbr\u003e\nSeoul to start Chosen Christian College, now Yonsei University . He and his wife, Louise, gave nearly a half century of their lives to bring science and music to the young men and women of Korea. Becker lived through the \u003cbr\u003e\nRusso-Japanese War, the Japanese annexation of Korea,  and the Mansei \u003cbr\u003e\nMovement, as well as getting a Masters in Chemistry and a  Ph.D. in Physics \u003cbr\u003e\nat the University of Michigan.   This is his story.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heather McCune Thompson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44934524141729,"sku":"9780557098132","price":46.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0462\/1120\/3233\/files\/1gj57z8j-front-shortedge-384.jpg?v=1748210460","url":"https:\/\/bookswholesale.myshopify.com\/products\/michigan-to-korea-arthur-l-becker","provider":"BooksWholesale","version":"1.0","type":"link"}