Yeon Cheon Oh

In this Korean name, the family name is Oh.
Yeon Cheon Oh
President of the
University of Ulsan
Incumbent
Assumed office
2015
Personal details
Born1951 (age 72–73)
South Korea
Residence(s)Ulsan, South Korea
Alma materSeoul National University
New York University
ProfessionUniversity president
AwardsOrder of Service Merit, South Korea
Websitehttp://en.ulsan.ac.kr/contents/about/president/message/

Yeon Cheon Oh (Korean: 오연천; born 1951) is a South Korean academic. He served as the president of Seoul National University from 2010 to 2014, and as president of University of Ulsan since 2015.[1][2]

Early life

Oh received his B.A. degree in political science from Seoul National University in 1984. In 1982, he received his Ph.D. degree in public administration from New York University in the United States.[citation needed]

Career

From 1983 to 2010, he was a professor at school of public policy, Seoul National University. From 2000 to 2004, he was dean of the graduate school of public administration at the same university. From 2010-2014, he was the president of Seoul National University.[3] From 2014 to 2015, he was the Koret Fellow at Stanford University Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center.[4] In 2015, he became the president of University of Ulsan. In 2016, he established a cooperation agreement between the University of Zagreb in Croatia and the University of Ulsan.[5]

Awards

In 2005, Oh was awarded the Order of Service Merit for the development of information technology in South Korea.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ "Office of the President, Yeon Cheon Oh, University of Ulsan".
  2. ^ "CV of Professor OH Yeon Cheon, 25th President of Seoul National University".
  3. ^ "Appointment of University President OH Yeon-Cheon, Seoul National University, 2010".
  4. ^ "Yeon-Cheon Oh Koret Fellow, Stanford University".
  5. ^ "Memorandum of Understanding between the University of Zagreb and the Korean University of Ulsan, 2016".