Chan Eai Pae

With her high school friends in Pusan during the Korean War

With her sister, in their school uniforms, 1950s

Playing the kayagŭm, 1950s

With her sister on the beach, late 1950s

With her mom and two sisters in Seoul, late 1950s

With her college friends, late 1950s

With her mom and siblings in Seoul, 1957

With her family in Seoul, 1960s

with Kook Dong Pae, 1963

With Kook Dong Pae, upon their engagement, in Charleston, WV, 1963

On the day of her wedding to Kook Dong Pae, 1963

With Kook Dong Pae, 1960s

Her sister's wedding day, 1969

Her mother's first visit to the U.S., 1968

In graduate school, 1970s

Graduation from Rutgers University with her MFA, 1971

Christmas, 1974

Traveling through Europe, 1976

With her sister and brother, 2001

With her mom

With Kook Dong Pae and their grandchild, Chloe, in Washington, D.C.

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Chan Eai Pae was born 1939 in Kap'yŏng County, Korea. She studied at Sookmyung Girls’ High School and Ewha Womans Unversity in Seoul and immigrated to the United States in 1962 to study at Morris Harvey College in Charleston, West Virginia. She later earned her M.F.A. in sculpture from Rutgers University. She served as a docent at the Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University for many years. She is married to Kook Dong Pae, another narrator, and has three children and one grandchild. She now resides in Orlando, Florida.

Click on a video below to learn about some of Chan Eai Pae's experiences:

Chan Eai Pae shares her mother's experiences in a small village during the Japanese Colonial Period. Running time 3:25.
WARNING: This video contains emotional content.

Interview date 3/17/16

Chan Eai Pae and her husband, Kook Dong Pae, share their feelings about immigrating to the U.S. Running time 2:44.

CE Pae interview date 03/14/16.

Chan Eai Pae, along with four other narrators, reflect on her Korea-American identity. Running time 5:10.

CE Pae interview date 3/17/16