Sang Whang (October 16, 1931 – January 24, 2011)[citation needed] was a Korean American church leader and community advocate in Florida.
The eldest of four children, Whang emigrated to the United States in December 1951 at the age of 20, arriving at San Francisco, California by ship.
[2] After arriving, he enrolled in the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn to study electrical engineering; he received his bachelor's degree in 1956, and his master's from the same school in 1966.
[3] He met his wife Mary, who was born in Pyongyang, while a student there; she had emigrated to the States along with her father, who worked with the U.S. army in South Korea.
[5] In 1998, he received the Essie Silva Community Builder Award from the United Way of America's Miami-Dade branch.