The article profiles South Korean-born Jim Yong Kim, the infectious disease specialist and president of Dartmouth College, who was nominated by U.S. President Barack Obama to head the World Bank. He moved with his family to Muscatine, Iowa, when he was five years old. His achievements ...
(CBS/AP) WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama on Friday nominated Dartmouth College President Jim Yong Kim to head the World Bank, a surprise pick for the international financial institution's top job. The Korean-born Kim is a physician by training and a prominent figure in global health and ...
Jim Yong Kim 2013 Commencement Speech 本视频是金墉在美国东北大学2013届毕业典礼上的演讲。金墉是美籍韩裔人士,根据演讲介绍,他父亲本来生于朝鲜,越境逃到韩国并设法成为一名牙医,而母亲出生在上海附近的一个韩国人侨民居住点,最后一家人辗转移居美国。金墉讲了父母的艰苦经历,并讲了自己如何走上医学和政治的道路。
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama on Friday nominated Dartmouth College president and global health expert Jim Yong Kim to lead the World Bank, an unconventional pick that could help to quell criticism in the developing world of the U.S. stranglehold on the international organization's t...
Jim Yong Kim, American physician and anthropologist who was the 12th president of the World Bank (2012–19). In 1987 he cofounded Partners in Health, which provided medical care in poor regions, and he later was president of Dartmouth College (2009–12).