- Chung Un-Chan
Chung Un-Chan (정운찬) (born on
Feb 29 ,1946 inGongju ,Chungcheongnam-do ,South Korea ) is a professor ofSeoul National University and the former president ofSeoul National University from July 2002 to July 2006.Professional life
Academic career
Prior to his appointment as SNU president, Dr. Chung was Dean of the
College ofsocial sciences in the first half of 2002. From 1993 to 1994, he was Associate Dean at the College. Dr. Chung was a visitingassociate professor at theUniversity of Hawaii in 1983, a visiting scholar at theLondon School of Economics from 1986 to 1987, and a Visiting Professor at Ruhr-Universitat Bochum (Germany ) in 1999. Dr. Chung earned aB.A. inEconomics from Seoul National University in 1970, and an M.A. in Economics fromMiami University (Ohio ) in 1972. In 1978, Dr. Chung was awarded a Ph.D. in Economics atPrinceton University . In October 2004, Dr. Chung was awarded anHonorary Degree in International Education at theFar Eastern National University inVladivostok ,Russia . Dr. Chung continues to write and conduct research inmacroeconomics andfinancial markets . He has numerous publications in both Korean and English languages.Public official and educational administrator
Dr. Chung has held senior positions in government commissions and private research institutions. In 2002, Dr. Chung was Chairman of the Committee on National
Pension Development. From 2000 to 2001, he served as Chairman of the Financial Development Committee at the Ministry of Finance and Economy. Since 1996, Dr. Chung has served as Director of the Suam Educational and Cultural Foundation. From 1998 to 2001, Dr. Chung was Director of the Korea Council of Economic and Social Research Institutes. And from 1998 to 1999, Dr. Chung was President of the Korean Money and Finance Association. In addition, Dr. Chung was a senior advisor for the Seoul Metropolitan Government's Policy Advisory Committee from 1995 to 1997.Dr. Chung began his academic career as a Business Associate and Assistant Professor at
Columbia University from 1976 to 1978. After three years of teaching Money and Financial Markets at the University, Dr. Chung returned to Seoul National University in late 1978, where he has taught for 27 years on the Faculty of Economics.Trivia
*He is a big fan of
baseball . He is a fan ofDoosan Bears , a Korean baseball team. His favorite team isNew York Yankees of the year1977 . [http://www.chosun.com/national/news/200506/200506290198.html]External links
* [http://www.useoul.edu/se_abo/se_abo_of/se_abo_ofe/se_abo_ofe.jsp Official bio]
* [http://www.useoul.edu Seoul National University]
* [http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/nation/200605/kt2006051118591711990.htm The Korea Times: SNU Narrows Presidential Search to Two Professors (May 11, 2006)]
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