Harold Koh is an American lawyer and legal scholar who served as the legal advisor of the Department of State in the Obama administration. He was born on December 8, 1954, in Massachusetts, US.
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Koh graduated in 1971 from the Hopkins School in New Haven; graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Harvard in 1975 with a degree in Government, before studying at Oxford University as a Marshal Scholar.14 He graduated cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1980.
Koh was elected to the American Law Institute in 1992 and was elected to the Ali Council when he worked for the Obama administration, but was re-elected to Council when he ended his tenure with the State Department and returned to Yale.
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Harold Koh Wife
Harold Koh is married to Mary-Christy Fisher. She is an attorney employed by Connecticut veterans Legal Centre.
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Harold Koh Family
Harold Koh’s parents grew up in Korea under Japanese rule in an area that later became part of North Korea. Koh has 6 siblings.
Howard Koh-a Harvard University public health professor and former Massachusetts Public Health Commissioner- previously served as the United States Assistant Secretary for Health in the Obama administration. His sister Jean Koh Peters also teaches at Yale Law School.
Harold Koh Twitter
Harold Koh has about 606 followers on Twitter. He uses the handle, @haroldhongKoh.
Want to join twitter? Only sending to the four of us
— Harold Hongju Koh (@haroldhongjukoh) March 5, 2009
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