Ajou's retiring professors - Jin Cho, Seung Kyu Park, and Seung Ho Lee - receive plaques of appreciation

2015-09-16

A ceremony for presenting plaques of appreciation to Ajou's professors who will retire from the University after the spring semester of this year was held on September 16th in the President's Office in Yulgok Hall.

Those who will retire are Professor Jin Cho (Department of Mechanical Engineering), Professor Seung Kyu Park (Department of Software Convergence Technology), and Professor Seung Ho Lee (Department of Mathematics). During the ceremony, Ajou's President Dong Yeon Kim presented plaques of appreciation and pure gold keys to them and expressed his gratitude for their hard work.

They also received awards from the government. Professor Cho and Professor Lee received the Order of Service Merit (Aquamarine Stripes) and the Order of Service Merit (Red Stripes), respectively. The former is given to those who have served for 33-35 years at universities, and the latter is presented to those who have worked for 38-39 years. No award was given to Professor Park on that day, because he had already received the Order of Civil Merit (Mongnyeon Medal).

Professor Cho obtained his PhD from Ecole Centrale de Nantes in France and began to work at Ajou in 1982. He served as Head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Deputy Director of the Center for Industrial Education, and Director of the Research Center for Automotive Parts Technology, etc.

Professor Park obtained his PhD from Institut National Polytechnique de Greno in France and worked as a researcher at IBM's Thomas J. Watson Research Center in the U.S. and the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute in Korea. He then began to teach at Ajou in 1992. Professor Park donated 15 million won in scholarships for the College of Information Technology in celebration of his retirement.

Professor Lee received his PhD from Seoul National University and has been with Ajou since 1980. He served as Dean of the College of Natural Sciences, Vice President for Academic Affairs, Director of the Science Education Center for Gifted Students, and Dean of the Dasan University College. Professor Lee donated 10 million won to the Development Fund of the Department of Mathematics in celebration of his retirement.

Professors with administrative positions including Executive Vice President for Industry-Academia Cooperation Kyung Hee Choi, Vice President for Academic Affairs Suk Chul Rim, Vice President for Student Affairs Jai Hyoung Cho, and Vice President for Admissions Jung Ju Choi, and other professors from the departments of the retiring professors attended the ceremony on the day and gave their words of appreciation and celebration.

* From far left in above picture are Professor Jin Cho, Professor Seung Ho Lee, President Dong Yeon Kim, and Professor Seung Kyu Park