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Ilhan New was born in Pyongyang to Mr. Gi-Yeon New and Mrs. Gi-Bok
Kim. He was the firstborn of nine brothers and sisters.
1904
At age nine, Ilhan New traveled to the United States with Jang Heyong Park,
Roving Minister of the Korean Empire.
1909
Ilhan New enrolled in the Korean Teen Soldier School, an independence-activist military academy in Hastings, Nebraska.
1915
After graduation from Hastings High School, Ilhan New secured a job at an Edison electrical substation in Detroit to support himself while attending the University of Michigan.