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"College days were a great blessing to my life"
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작성자,작성일,첨부파일,조회수로 작성된 표
"College days were a great blessing to my life"
Department of External Cooperation 2017-05-31 240
The hero who put ’Geoduck’ on the table of the world people, honorary doctor in Pukyong National University.
- President Kang Se-heung, a Korean businessman, received an honorary doctorate in fisheries science from PKNU on April,10.

△ After the award of honorary doctorate, Kang Se-heung (middle), Kim Young-seup (left) and Kim Do-sang is taking a commemorative picture. Ⓒ Photo Lee Sung-jae (PR team)


△ Chairman Kang Se-heung is addressing at the honorary doctoral award ceremony.
PKNU (President Kim Young-seup) presented a doctoral honorary degree in the field of fisheries science to President Kang Se-heung SKS Trading Co. (77 years old, Washington) on April,10.

Kang has been a fishery business in the US for 51 years and has received his degree for his contribution to the development of fisheries including the development of a plan for the utilization of unutilized aquatic products and the export of Korean fishery products to the United States.

In 1964, Kang graduated from PKNU, formerly National Fisheries University of Busan, and went to the United States in 1966, where he earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in food engineering from the University of Washington.

His master’s thesis, "Study on Geoduck Clam in Washington State: Composition, Quality Changes and Utilization", published in 1971, as Geoducks looks like an elephant nose and it’s clam meat sticks out from its shell, many people didn’t much like, but it was raised as a high-quality well-being food not only for Americans but also for world food lovers today.

In his thesis, the composition, quality changes and utilization were featured in the Seattle Times, and it became popular as a high quality food material centering around Washington State.

Especially, he founded Sam-won fishing industry in 1980 and the first joint venture between Korea and the United States (New Venture Fisheries) in Seattle, paving the way for South Korean fisheries after the declaration of 200 nautical miles in 1978. It is regarded as a model for the overseas joint venture business of the successful fishery industry, which is the first to escape from the traditional way of entering overseas fishing grounds.

He established SKS Trading in 1983, and for the first time as a Korean, he jumped into the maritime industry in the Northwest of the United States. Today, he has grown into a global trading company for fisheries products in Asia, the Americas and Europe as well as the production, processing and use of marine products.

As a result of this achievement, he received a ’proud praise’ from PKNU in 2008.

At a ceremony held at 11:00 am at PKNU on the 5th floor of the International Conference Room in College of Fisheries Science, Mr. Kim said, "Mr. Kang’s life is always a good role model for today’s young people. It is a great honor to offer our honorary doctoral degree to President Kang, who has reminded us that our young people are challenging the five great oceans and six continents."

"I remember the time of my college days when I was sitting on the lawn with my friends and having a conversation while watching the blue sky connected with the blue waves of Yongho Bay," said Kang. "The days of Soul-searching were a great blessing to my life," he said.

"The small and beautiful vision of this beautiful and cozy campus with a Spanish-built roof has made it a base for us to study fisheries in the United States and to be a fishery so far," he said. "I am really grateful for this valuable degree. This will be remembered as a precious message to me with courage and dreams." <Pukyong Today>


△ President Kim Young-seup is awarding his degree to President Kang Se-heung.

△ Chairman Kang Seheung receives his degree and is giving a speech.

△ Those who attended the honorary doctoral award ceremony are taking a group photo shoot.