Korea University 119th Anniversary Ceremony... "Towards a University Contributing to Humanity"

Korea University and the Korea University Alumni Association held the '119th Anniversary Ceremony and Korea University Day' event on the morning of the 5th at Inchon Memorial Hall.

The ceremony proceeded in the order of awarding the ▲Proud Korea University Alumni Award ▲Social Service Award ▲Crimson Award (Contribution to Development Award) ▲Korea University Family Award ▲Seoktap Contribution Award ▲Long-term Service Commendation.

On the 5th, at the Inchon Memorial Hall, recipients of the Proud Korea University Alumni Award posed for a commemorative photo during the "119th Anniversary of the University Founding Ceremony and Korea University Day" event.
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The Proud Korea University Alumni Award was presented to Song Muhyun, Chairman of Songhyun Group (Metallurgical Engineering '69), Kang Seokhee, Regional Administrator of the U.S. Federal Procurement Service for the Pacific, Northwest, and Arctic regions (Agricultural Economics '71), and Kwon Oseop, Chairman of L&P Cosmetic (Geology '78).

Chairman Song Muhyun started by founding TMC, a manufacturer of ship cables, and established Songhyun Holdings, TMC, Glowone, and SBV Tech, developing the company into a manufacturing enterprise with world-class technology and production capacity. He has consistently demonstrated his love for his alma mater through donations for the construction fund of the New Engineering Building and remodeling fund for the Natural Sciences Student Hall.

Regional Administrator Kang Seokhee, after immigrating to the U.S., experienced the 1992 LA riots and worked to enhance the political power of the Korean community by serving as Chairman of the Korea-U.S. Scholarship Foundation and Chairman of the Korean American Political Federation. In 2004, he was elected as the first Asian city council member of Irvine, California, and in 2008, he was elected as Irvine’s directly elected mayor. In January last year, he was appointed as the Regional Administrator of the U.S. Federal Procurement Service for the Pacific, Northwest, and Arctic regions. He received the ‘Great Immigrant Award’ from the Carnegie Corporation of New York and contributed to raising the status of the Korean American community.

Chairman Kwon Oseop has devoted over 30 years to the cosmetics field, successfully expanding the flagship brand ‘Mediheal’ to 26 countries worldwide and leading L&P Cosmetic to become a unicorn company valued at over 1 trillion KRW. Along with active social contribution activities, including the establishment of the ‘Mediheal Earth Environment Hall,’ he has donated more than 25 billion KRW for the development of his alma mater and the alumni association.

Additionally, the Social Service Award was given to Kwon Sunyoung, CEO of Nutrition and Education International (Agricultural Chemistry '65), and the Contribution to Development Award was awarded to Jung Jinhyuk, CEO of Centroid Investment (Business Administration '04), and Lee Myunggeun, Chairman of Sungwoo Hitech (Law '64).

Korea University President Kim Dongwon stated in his founding anniversary address, "On the occasion of the 120th anniversary next year, we will take a step higher as a prestigious university in the world that contributes to the future society of humanity," and added, "Korea University will adopt ‘contribution to humanity’ as a new mission to solve problems such as climate crisis, infectious disease spread, socio-economic polarization, and aging."

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