Peter A. Underwood, Great-grandson of Horace G. Underwood “Yeonhui-dong, Seoul, Korea”—This happens to be the address of Peter A. Underwood’s hometown. As we can tell from his name, he is the great-grandson of Horace Grant Underwood, who founded Yonsei University as the first Protestant missionary to Korea, and the third son of Dr. Won Il-han. He is currently working as a senior partner of IRC, a consulting company that advises foreign companies’ investment in Korea. He prefers to use his Korean name, Won Han-seok. In keeping with the family tradition, he is playing a role of ‘business missionary.’ Mr. Won has a great affection for Yonsei and Korea welling from the heritage of some 150-year service of the Underwood family. “We feel our great-grandfather is more like a ‘grandfather’ figure now, but he was very young. He was only in his mid-twenties when he first came to Korea, so I think he accomplished works that are very difficult to young people nowadays.” As Mr. Won said, Horace Underwood achieved many things as a doctor and educator. He taught physics in Gwanhyewon, established YMCA, and founded Yeonhui College, which later became Yonsei University. His faith in sharing was the secret to his having achieved so many of his noble goals. Most remarkable is the family tradition of serving Korea passed down to his offspring. Surely, the love and sacrifice Dr. Underwood showed 150 years ago has become a wonderful legacy to the family. “My great-grandfather for sure is a founder of Yonsei. It is also true that he was responsible for many accomplishments. However, it would not have been possible without the help of many other Christian missionaries who came to Korea at that time and people who supported him from America." When we asked him to share some of his "special experiences in Korea”, he looked pleasantly baffled. “The question itself is a little awkward to me. Korea to me is not something special but an everyday life, a home, and, in fact, my whole life. I love Korea. I have a hope that I would breathe my last breath here in Korea." People in Korea typically want to hear from him stories about his getting along in Korea, by just looking his appearance as a Westerner. Yet to a man who came to Korea three months after his birth and was raised in the country, such questions merely embarrass him. He considers himself a Korean who grew up in Seoul, one who still vividly remembers riding sled with his fellow Korean mates around streets and fields of Yeonhi-dong decades ago. Without any hometown, house, or a place to go in the States, he isn’t precisely a ‘foreigner’ living in Korea: he is a native of Seoul. "How many cases are there of families living in Seoul for four generations straight? Maybe fewer than we think. In that sense, wouldn't I be in fact a genuine ‘Seoulite’?” he asks with a smile. Due to the fact that he is a descendent of the Underwood family, known for their accomplishment of establishing Yonsei University, he is a special figure indeed. He is proud of his family and thinks that he is raised in blessing since he was born in a celebrated and respected family. He says he is cautious about his words and deeds since he knows he represents the Underwood family to others. Mr. Won is now operating his own business, but he still loves and cares for Yonsei. He particularly emphasizes “education” and the “Christian spirit”, as the two core elements of Yonsei. “Change toward engaging with more external activities and internationalization should be welcomed, but the passion of education as an essence should not be lost. Shouldn't external gains also be reconsidered if it comes at the cost of weakening Yonsei’s Christian spirit? Without this essence, nothing is meaningful although internationalization, research, and building new facilities are important." He is the only descendent of his generation residing in Korea in the Underwood family. Along with Dr. Won Han-kwang who moved to the States to live near his children, his older brothers are all living in the States, and his daughter is also in a foreign country at the moment. His hope, however, is to continue to live in Korea and be buried in the country. "I really love Korea. I want to be buried in this country where I was raised, where I worked, and which I love."