Harold Hongju Koh
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Harold Hongju Koh is an American diplomat, lawyer, legal scholar, politician, and writer. Except for his periods of government service, he has taught at Yale Law School from 1985 to the present, inclu
Koh in 2010
Harold Koh (left), as Legal Adviser of the U.S. Department of State with the blind Chinese lawyer Chen Guangcheng (center) and U.S. Ambassador to China Gary Locke (right) at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, China, on May 1, 2012; Jake Sullivan is in the background. Koh assisted Chen Guangcheng, who sought refuge at the embassy from persecution by the Chinese authorities, in securing medical treatment and the right to travel out of China to pursue legal studies in the United States.
Howard Koh
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Howard Kyongju Koh is the former United States Assistant Secretary for Health for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, after being nominated by President Barack Obama and confirmed by the
Harold Hongju Koh
…at age six; he went through "two operations, leg braces, and endless rehabilitation" and as a result still walks with a limp. Koh has six siblings. Howard Koh—a Harvard University public health professor and former Massachusetts Public Health Commissioner—previously served as the United States Assistant…
Official portrait, 2009