Upholding father’s wish to foster young students.. ‘Gangsan Scholarship Fund’
[December 27, 2011]
The family of former university president, Kim, Ki-taek, who passed away on the 4th of this month, donated 100 million won.
On the morning of the 27th, while still in the mourning period for the deceased, Kim, Hung-nam (Director of the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute), the eldest son of the late Kim, Ki-taek, visited the president’s office of Yeungnam University, and said, “Our family discussed ways to contribute to Yeungnam University in order to uphold our father’s wish who loved his school and students very much. In result, we decided to donate 100 million won to the ‘Gangsan Scholarship’, which we named after the pen name of our father, and whenever we can, our family and friends will strive to contribute more.”
Kim, Hung-nam, the eldest son of the late Kim, Ki-taek who works for the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, donated 100 million won for scholarships to Lee, Hyo-soo, president of the university
On this, president Lee, Hyo-soo said, “I thank the late Kim, Ki-taek who was a former president of Yeungnam University, for his contributions to the university and for making such a large contribution to foster younger students.” He again expressed his appreciation saying, “In order to uphold his wish, we will establish the ‘Gangsan Scholarship’ and manage the scholarship funds well.”
Choi, Chang-bon, who is the director of the Office of External Cooperation, said, “We will well manage and expand the ‘Gangsan Scholarship’ so that it can be a new scholarship fund of the region in which family, friends and acquaintances can continuously participate in.
The late Kim, Ki-taek graduated from Yeungnam University in economics in 1952 and received his master’s and PhD in economics. He worked as the dean of the College of Business & Economics and was the dean of the Graduate School of Business Administration, and finally served as the 7th president of Yeungnam University from 1986 to 1988. His surviving family includes his wife Mrs. Lee, Jong-hyun, and his sons Hung-nam (Director of the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute), Chang-nam (businessman in the US), Su-nam (the Chief Prosecutor of the Seoul Southern District Prosecutors' Office), and Tae-nam (Director at Hynix Semiconductor inc.).
