[2] Linton's key accomplishment as an educational missionary in Korea under Japanese rule was fighting for the rights of Korean students and participating in the anti-Japanese colonization movement as principal of Jeonju Shinheung High School.

[4][5] Even after Linton's death in 1960, his family has continued to serve Korea and is currently impacting Korean society in Christian missions, medical care, and public service.

Hugh Linton planted more than 600 churches in South Jeolla province, served in the Korean War, and during the 1960s established several tuberculosis clinics.

[6] Dwight Linton planted churches in the Gwangju area and later, while living in the US, served on the board of Christian Friends of Korea for over a decade.

John Alderman Linton is director of Severance Hospital's International Care Center located in Seoul, and whom invented a new type of ambulance for Korea in 1993.