Pukyong National University

PKNU held an unveiling ceremony for the bust of Kim Jae-Chul, honorary chairperson of the Dongwon group

- at Dongwon Jang Bogo hall on the 16th, he handed over the Dongwon frontier scholarship

△ Attendees including honorary chairperson Kim Jae-Chul (right from the bust) and President Jang Young-Soo (left from the bust) posing for a commemorative photo after the bust unveiling ceremony. ⓒPhoto Lee Sung-Jae (PR team)

Pukyong National University (President Jang Young-Soo) held an unveiling ceremony for the bust of Kim Jae-Chul, honorary chairperson of the Dongwon group, at the Dongwon Jang Bogo hall on the morning of October 16.

The unveiling ceremony was held on this day with the participation of honorary chairperson Kim Jae-Chul, Mrs. Kim Helen, chairperson Kim Jae-Woon from Dongyeong cold plaza, chairperson Kim Jae-Kook from Donghae hi-tech industry, vice-chairperson Kim Nam-Jeong, Park In-Kook from the Dongwon group, vice-chairperson Lee Myeong-Woo from Dongwon industries, vice-chairperson Shin Young-Soo from Dongwon home food, president Kim Jae-Ok from Dongwon industries, ceo Kim Sung-Yong from Dongwon F&B, ceo Hong Jin-Geun from Dongwon LOEX cold storage, Busan branch manager Kim Oh-Tae from Dongwon industries, ceo Kim Chang-Hoon from Dongwon global terminal Busan, cto Jang In-Sung from the Dongwon group, their families, group officials and guests.

Honorary chairperson Kim Jae-Chul graduated in 1958 from the department of fisheries at the National Fisheries University of Busan, one of the former Pukyong National University, since founding Dongwon Industries in 1969, he is a global leader who pioneered the tuna market and led Korea to become a deep-sea fishing powerhouse and he retired in 2019 and stepped down from the front line of management.

Pukyong National University unveiled a bust and held a ceremony this time to commemorate honorary chairperson Kim Jae-Chul's spirit of challenge and pioneering, and to honor him as a symbol of Pukyong with pride and respect for his achievements in supporting the development of his alma mater while serving as honorary president of Pukyong National University.

The Dongwon Jang Bogo hall, where the bust is located, is a building donated to Pukyong National University in 2010 at a cost of 7 billion won by honorary chairperson Kim Jae-Chul out of love for students.

Prior to the ceremony, honorary chairperson Kim Jae-Chul looked around the advanced educational facilities which are recently changed, including water leisure center and central library with President Jang Young-Soo and professors, and visited Baekyong tower.

In addition, he personally delivered scholarship certificates and words of encouragement to six students, including Choi Jae-Yong (3-year student, polymer engineering), who were selected as recipients for the 'Dongwon frontier scholarship', the largest scholarship ever established jointly by Pukyong National University and the Dongwon academic research foundation.

Honorary chairperson Kim Jae-Chul said, "While I was talking adventure on seas after graduating from university, I always felt longing for my alma mater. Today, as I took a good look around the campus, I was so touched by the fact that it has become a university with the best facilities," he added, "As Pukyong National University is a university that plays a big role in the history of the maritime sector, I will support as much as I can."

President Jang Young-Soo said on this day, "Honorary chairperson Kim Jae-Chul is a respected leader in the nation and society known as the protagonist of modern and contemporary economic growth in Korea and a success story as a global company, and he is a living witness to the history of Pukyong National University and the pride of the entire Pukyong family," he continued, "We at Pukyung will continue Mr. Kim Jae-Chul’s spirit of challenge and pioneering and will do our best to leap forward as a global university." <Pukyong Today>

△ Honorary Chairperson Kim Jae-Chul is looking around fitness center at water leisure center with President Jang Young-Soo.

△ Honorary chairperson Kim Jae-Chul touring the central library.

△ Honorary chairperson Kim Jae-Chul and his party are visiting Baekyong tower.

△ Honorary chairperson Kim Jae-Chul presenting the Dongwon frontier scholarship certificate and posing for a commemorative photoshoot with the recipients.

△ President Jang Young-Soo giving a congratulatory speech at the unveiling ceremony.

△ Honorary chairperson Kim Jae-Chul replying to the congratulatory speech at the unveiling ceremony.

△ Honorary chairperson Kim Jae-Chul and Mrs. Kim Helen receive a bouquet and posing for a commemorative photo with President Jang Young-Soo.

△ Honorary chairperson Kim Jae-Chul and Mrs. Kim Helen taking a commemorative photo after receiving a character doll as a gift from Pukyong National University public relations ambassadors. 

△ Honorary chairperson Kim Jae-Chul shaking hands with officials from Senegal ministry of fisheries and maritime economy who visited the unveiling ceremony. They attended this event while participating in a three-week fisheries capacity-building training program at Pukyong National University.

△ Honorary chairman Kim Jae-Chul and his family taking a commemorative photo with the bust.

△ Attendees of the bust unveiling ceremony posing for a group photoshoot in front of the Dongwon Jang Bogo hall.