When Kisuk Cheung '53

When Kisuk Cheung '53, second from right, front row, was awarded the Kimball Union Academy Medal, the school's highest honor, at the academy's 1987 commencement exercises, the occasion became a Dartmouth class of 1953 mini-reunion. The entire class was invited to the presentation of the award and a reception at the home of KUA Headmaster Tom Mikula, a former director of the ABC (A Better Chance) Program at Dartmouth. Members of the Dartmouth class of 1953 pictured from left to right, front row, are Pete Patterson, Paul Paganucci, Fred Whittemore, Cheung, and Fred England; back row, Fred Stephens, Bill Johnson, Don Goss, Sherm Horton, and John Springer.

The Kimball Union Academy Medal is given to those whose lives reflect great credit on themselves and the academy. Kisuk, who graduated from KUA in 1949, is the fourth recipient of the medal; Fred Whittemore, pictured above, was the second. Kisuk, a resident of Honolulu, is the highest ranking civilian engineer in the Army Corps of Engineers and is responsible for the defense facilities and peacetime humanitarian projects for the entire Pacific Basin. One of his engineering projects was the cleaning of the Ganges River in India, a multi-million dollar undertaking. Kisuk's zvork attracted the attention of President Reagan, who received him personally in the White House to commend him on his work.