John W. Limbong

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name = John W. Limbong


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birth_date = 1957
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occupation = President of the University of International Golden Indonesia
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alma_mater = Brigham Young University
University of Utah
education = B.S.
M.S. (1982)
Ph.D. (1982)
religion = The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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John W. Limbong is an Indonesian educator and businessman who is the founder and president of the University of International Golden Indonesia. He received a M.S. in Economics in 1982 from Brigham Young University (BYU) and subsequently earned a Ph.D. from the University of Utah in 1982. [cite web | url = http://www.igi.ac.id/?page=graduate_program.html | title = IGI Fields of Study | publisher = Universitas IGI | accessdate = 2008-05-31 ] Limbong says that while a student at BYU, one night he had a dream where Brigham Young visited him and asked him to establish a university in Limbong's native Jakarta, Indonesia. Limbong vacillated, as he worked for Bank Indonesia for a while, but he later quit that job to pursue this dream. [cite web | url = http://marriottschool.byu.edu/marriottmag/fall06/alumni/spotlights.cfm| title = John W. Linbong | publisher = Brigham Young University | accessdate = 2008-05-31 ]

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