Paull Shin

Paull Shin

Paull Shin (Shin, Ho Beom, Korean: 신호범) (1935 - ) is a Korean American member of the Washington State Senate, the first Korean American ever elected to the Washington State Legislature. He is a member of the Democratic Party, elected from the 21st Legislative District, in southwest Snohomish County. Edmonds, Mukilteo, Woodway and portions of Lynnwood and Mountlake Terrace, Washington are the communities that encompass the 21st. Senator Shin currently serves on the Senate committees for International Trade & Economic Development (Chair), Agriculture & Rural Economic Development (Vice Chair), and Early Learning, K-12 & Higher Education.

Shin was born in Korea in 1935. Orphaned at the age of four, he lived on the streets of Seoul begging for food until the outbreak of the Korean War in 1950, at which point he became a houseboy to a group of U.S. Army officers. In 1954, one of them, a dentist named Ray Paull, adopted Shin and took him home to Salt Lake City, Utah. Despite never having been educated in Korea, and knowing little English, Shin completed a GED in 18 months. Shin went on to earn a BA in political science from Brigham Young University, an MPIA from the University of Pittsburgh, and an MA and PhD from the University of Washington.

After being elected to the Washington State House of Representatives in 1992, Shin ran for the United States House of Representatives in 1994 and for Washington lieutenant governor in 1996, losing by a thin margin in each race. He was elected to the Washington State Senate in 1998.He and his wife Donna have two children and five grandsons. Paull's sister in-law has a son that named their youngest little girl after Donna. He lives in a house in Washington and is a friend and neighbor of Bill Gates

External links and references

* [http://www.kaanet.com/conferences/1999/speeches/speech8.php Senator Shin's speech to 1999 KAAN Conference]
* [http://www1.leg.wa.gov/senate/shin Official State Legislature website]
*http://www.dil.aber.ac.uk/dils/Research/RFocus9/html_a_k.htm
*http://nwlink.com/~scpnwan/articles/06-20-98/shin.html


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