Ever Wonder Who Coined the Term "1.5 Generation"?

"I coined the term 1.5 Generation...."

So claims T. S Chung in the video Arirang, produced by the Centennial Committee of Korean Immigration to the United States and available at the Santa Clara Public Library.

The quote continues: "...to refer to people like myself, people who were born in Korea but who have immigrated to the US, usually as a teenager, or who is (sic) bicultural and bilingual."

An article about T.S.Chung entitled "Coalescing the Korean-American Community," published in the LA Times in May, 1992, introduces him by saying: "He calls himself a 'one-and-a-half generation' Korean-American."

Was this the first use of the term? So it seems...