Diplomat Jim Patterson Associate Member of Korean veterans Association

Diplomat Jim Patterson, a Life Member of the American Foreign Service Association, recently attended events in Washington DC commemorating the Korean War (June 25, 1950 to July 27, 1953). Patterson's late father, James G. Patterson, was a Korean veteran. 

Sixty-seven nations, including the U.S., Canada and Mexico, joined in supporting the Republic of Korea from the Communist attack. Flags from each nation were arrayed with era war and peace photographs on Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House. (Photo courtesy of National Park Service)

Jim Patterson is an Associate Member of the Korean Veterans Association.

At his Silicon Valley Office, Patterson is active with the Korean community. In this photograph he is meeting Mike Kim, an executive with LinkedIn and a member of the San Francisco Seoul Sister City business delegation.

This event, an international cultural reception for South Korea, was held at San Francisco's World Affairs Council. Patterson and Kim discussed technology, Korean unification, the U.S. role in Korea, South Korea's world famous football team, human rights abuses in North Korea, continuing political tensions with the North and and the delectable qualities of South Korean food, especially barbeque. South Korea's flag is in the background. (Photograph courtesy World Affairs Council.)