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What is the connection between a father and his daughter with PKNU?
WRITER Department of External Cooperation WRITE DAY 2020-02-18
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What is the connection between a father and his daughter with PKNU?
Department of External Cooperation 2020-02-18 150

A story of scholarship donation by father to daughter
Ji Jeong-sook donates 50 million won to PKNU after her father's donation

In order to keep up with the father's willingness to support the university by establishing a scholarship foundation, his daughter donated scholarships and it attracted public attention.


△ Ji Jeong-sook donated 50 million won to Pukyong National University. ⓒPhoto by Lee Sung-jae (PR team)
The story is about Ms. Ji Jeong-sook (age 72, Seongbuk-dong, Seoul), who recently donated 50 million won to the Wolhae Academic Association which is a scholarship foundation of the Pukyong National University

Ms. Ji said, "I hope to continue the donation of scholarships in wishes of continuing the father's dedication to develop marine fisheries and raise human resources in this area."

Ms. Ji's father is the late Mr. Ji Cheol-geun who donated 100 million won to establish the scholarship foundation Wolhae Academic Association, which supports Busan National Fisheries University, the former of Pukyong National University in 1984.

Mr. Ji Cheol-geun served as Director of Fisheries of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) at the time of President Lee Seung-man, leading the enactment of a Presidential decree 'Peace line' of the East Sea in 1952 to protect Korea's water resources, and the Korea-Japan Fisheries Agreement in 1965. He is the man who laid the groundwork for the development of Korea's fisheries and marine field in public office.

Ms. Ji said, “My Father thought it was important to cultivate talented people for the future of Korea's fisheries and marine industry. That's why he established a scholarship foundation to support Busan Fisheries University, a specialty university for fisheries and oceans, so that young people can grow their dreams through five great oceans and six continents."

Since its establishment, the Wolhae Academic Association has provided scholarships to outstanding students every year. As the low interest rates recently reduced the bank's interest income and reduced the size of the scholarship fund, she donated a scholarship of 50 million won by her own expense. Thanks to this donation, the Wolhae Academic Association could provide 10 million won for scholarships to 10 Pukyong students every year for an additional five years.

Ms.Ji is a recognized translator who led the French translation industry. She was a professor at Dongdeok Women's University and the first president of the Korea Research Institute for Translation and she has written literary translations such as 『(Les)georgiques』 and 『The theory of 7 steps in translation』. Recently, she has been working on translating works to make Korean literature known to the world.

“As I am active in the field of translation, I feel the world is wide and there are many things to do. I hope that this donation will help the students of the Pukyong University grow into wonderful young people active in the world.", Ms. Ji laughed. <Pukyong Today>