Korean university president visits UD

Conferees: (front from left) William Boyer, Charles P. Messick Professor Emeritus; Byong Man Ahn, president of Hankuk University of Foreign Studies in Seoul, Korea; UD President David P. Roselle; and (back from left) In Chul Kim, UD supplemental faculty; James Magee, chairperson of UD’s Department of Political Science and International Relations; and Hyun Taek Kim, dean of academic and external affairs at Hankuk University

4:47 p.m., April 28, 2005--Byong Man Ahn, president of Hankuk University of Foreign Studies in Seoul, Korea, met with UD President David P. Roselle and James Magee, chairperson of UD’s Department of Political Science and International Relations, at a small ceremony on Tuesday afternoon, April 26, at Hullihen Hall.

Ahn, who received an honorary doctor of humane letters degree from the University of Delaware at Winter Commencement 2004, serves as distinguished visiting professor and Asian scholar-in-residence at UD.

Since visiting UD as a Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence more than 20 years ago, Ahn has continued to foster faculty and student exchange between South Korea and the United States, and he has gained prominence as one of the foremost educational leaders and scholars in Korea.

He has filled many roles at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, including professor, dean of student affairs and dean of planning and coordination and has authored several books and research treatises in both English and Korean.

Article by Becca Hutchinson
Photo by Duane Perry

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