Kyunghee Univ. gives honorary doctorate to Russell Blaisdell

Russell Blaisdell, 91 (center), known as the Korean version of Schindler, receives an honorary doctorate of social welfare at Kyunghee University on Tuesday.

A university spokesman said the school offered the doctorate to Blaisdell for his devotion to saving numerous war orphans suffering from hunger and horror while serving as a chaplain in 1950 during the Korean War.