| Date | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Friday, September 30, 2016 | 10:30AM - 12:00PM | Seminar Room 208N, 1 Devonshire Place |
10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Arrival and light refreshments
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Presentation
Dr. Un-Chan Chung served as the prime minister of the Republic of Korea (South Korea) during 2009-2010. He has served as the chairman of the Presidential Commission on Shared Growth for Large and Small Companies. In February 2012, he was appointed the first honorary mayor of the Jeju Global Education City (JGEC), whose goal is to reduce the country’s educational trade deficit. He was a professor of Seoul National University (SNU) from 1978 to 2009, serving as the president of the university from July 2002 to July 2006.
Dr. Chung earned a bachelor’s degree in economics at SNU and his master’s degree in economics at Miami University (Ohio). In 1978, he was awarded a doctoral degree in economics from Princeton. Chung returned to Princeton in 2008 as a visiting fellow at the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies (PIIRS).
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