History of the Presidency

연세대학교

Underwood 1st President 1915.04 ~ 1916.12
Education
1877~1881New York University

1884New Brunswick New Denomination Theology Graduated, Minister

1890New York University Honorary Doctor of Theology

1912New York University Honorary Doctor of Law
Experience
1859.07.19Born in London

1872Immigrated to the United States

1885.04Presbyterian Church Missionary, Instructor of Chemistry & Physics at Wide Spread Relief House

1886Established orphanage and School for orphans(-Jesus Mission School-Kungshin-Yonhi)

18871st Missionary Trip

1889Christian Literature Society of Korea Secretary General & President

1889Married to Medical Missionary, LilliasStirling

1890~1892Returned home for 2 years due to wife’s post natal illness

1897.09Established Saemoonan Church

1897~1901Weekly [Christian Newspaper] Creator & Editor

1900Established YMCA

1903~1916Appointed YMCA President

1913Chosun Prebyterian Church General Assembly President
Planned University Established Since 1908

1915Yonhi College First Principal

1916.10.12Died of Illness

1999.5.20Moved to Yanghwajin Foreign Missionary Cemetery
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Avison 2nd President 1893 ~ 1934
Education
1876(Canada Ontario) Almonte High school

1884University of Toronto School of Pharmacy Admitted, 3 Year Program

1890University of Toronto Medical School

1925Wooster University Honorary Doctor of Law
Experience
1860.06Born in West Riding of Yorkshire

1887University or Toronto School of Pharmacy Botany Instructor, Medical School Pharmacology Instructor, Opened an office downtown

1892.06Applied for the Position of Presbyterian Church Missionary in Korea Studies Linguistics in Pusan

1892.11Doctor of Chejungwon and Royal Doctor to King Kojong

1899Began Medical Science Education in Wide Spread Relief House

1904Established a Hospital with Severance Funding,Appointed Hospital President

1913~1935Resigned as the Hospital President , Served as the Severance Medical School Principal

1916~1934Yonhi College Principal. Prevention of Tuberculosis,Soong Sil· Yonhi College Lecturer Established Nam Dae Mun Church

1934.03Appointed Severance Medical School & Yonhi College Honorary Principal

1935.11Retired and returned home

1956.08Died in Florida
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Won, Han Kyung 3rd President 1934.09 ~ 1947.12
Education
1907.09New Jersy Bordentown Military School Admitted

1908.09New York University Arts Admitted

1912.09New York University Graduated(A.B)

1917New York White Bible School Attended

1923.09New York University School of Education Admitted

1924.06New York University (M.A.)

1925.06New York University (Ph.D.)

1934Mount University Honorary Doctor of Arts
Experience
1890.09Born in Seoul

1906~1907Lived abroad in France & Swiss with a private teacher

1912.09Arrived in Korea as a Presbyterian Church Missionary Teacher

1912~1915Taught English & History at Seoul Theology Church

1915Yonhi College English Instructor

1916.10Returned to Korea upon his father’s death

1917.09Yonhi College Associate Professor of English,Psychology and Philosophy

1919.03 During the March 1st Independence movement,exposed the Suwon Jaeamli Church Massacre.
Federal Townsel Language School Principal

1923.06[English- Korean Dictionary] Completed

1925~1926Went to the United States to collect funding for Yonhi College with Avison and returned to Korea

1928Yonhi College Vice- Principal

1929Gyung Shin Theology Church Established

1931Climbed Mt. Baedu. The first person to measure the dept of the Heaven Lake and take pictures of the crater

1932Yonhi College Principal

1934.10Yonhi College Principal Appointed

1941.03Forced to Resign from Yonhi College Principal by Japanese Imperial Government, Appointed Honorary Principal

1941.12Prisoned by Japanese Police

1942.06Deported by Japanese Imperial Government

1942.11Appointed New York Presbyterian Church Missionary Special Fund Director

1944.03Appointed Nassau Presbytery Church Minister

1945.06American Army in charge of special duties Appointed translator of American Imperial Government

1946.11Appointed Senior Advisor of General Arnold of American Imperial Government Appointed 하지 & General Senior Advisor

1946.11American Imperial Government Secretary General of Board of Review Yonhi University Honorary President

1947.03American Governed Minister of Education Senior Advisor

1947.10Served for Yonhi University

1951.02Died in Busan
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Yun, Chi Ho 4th President 1941.12 ~ 1942.08
Education
1881Studied in the U.S upon return from Japan as the New Culture Excursion Member at the age of 17
1883Translator for U.S Consulate Foote at Korea-U.S Treaty

1884Defected to the U.S after the failure of Kapsinjungbyun

1893.11Shanghai Chungsuh School English Instructor

1895.02Returned to Korea

1895.02Uijeongbu District Official

1895.07External Affairs Official

1896.02Seogi Hakbu Daeshin

1896Established Jae Il Nam Methodist Church

1897.07Chungchuwon First Medical Official(中樞院一等議官)

1898.05President of Indecent News

1898.08Independence Association President

1898.10Chungchuwon Vice- Chairman

1898.12Hansungbu 判尹

1899.02Dukwon Gamri, Wonsanhang Court Judge

1900.03Samhwa Gamri

1901.07Dukwon Gamri

1903.01Hamheung Ahnmusa (按撫使)

1903.07Governor of Cheon An and Jik San

1903.12Muan Gamri

1904.03~1905.11Oeimu Hyuppan

1905.05Hwangsung YMCA Director

1906.04Jagang Association President

1906.10Anglo-Korean School Established, President

1906.12YMCA Vice- President

1908.09Pyung Yang Dae Sung School Principal

1912.01Inherited ‘Namjak’ from his father Yoon,Woongryul

1912Arrested as the initiator of ‘105 People Incident’, sentenced to 10 years in prison

1913.10Sentenced to 6 yrs in prison for ‘105 People Incident’, Namjak title confiscated

1915.02Special release after the death of Empress Shoken

1916.04~1920.01YMCA Secretary General

1916.11Daejung Fellowship Member

1917YMCA President

1919.07Kyungsung Religious Culture Association President

1920Yonhi College United Christian Foundation Director

1920Severance Medical School Director

1921.09Asian Pacific Association Chosun Chapter Vice- President

1922.11~1925.09Song Do High School Principal

1925.03Established Heungup Fraternity, Managed Accounting

1925.11Institute of Pacific Relations Research Korea President

1927.10Boy Scout Chosun Chapter President

1928.01Gyemyung Fraternity Directo

1928.08~1937.079th Korean Olympic Committee President

1929.10Chosun Language Dictionary Editing Committee Editor

1930The Second Director of Heungup Fraternity

1930.12Chosun Methodist Association Headquarters Director and Manager of Finance

1931.09China Flood Victim Relief Association Chairman

1931.10Manchu Korean Society President

1933.06Chungang Jinheung Association Chairman

1934.04Chosun Trade Association Senior Advisor

1934.06Established the Chosun Language Standardization Association against the new Hangeul spelling policies.

1935Ewha Womans University Director

1936.12SAM Dong Welfare (三同會) President

1938.07Chosun Alliance for the Combined National Spirit Director

1939.02Chosun Support Force Sponsoring Foundation President

1939.08Junjosunbaeyoung Association President

1940.06Registered ‘Leedongchiho’ as his last name under Japanese forces at the Kyungsung District Office

1940.08Education Foundation for the Chosun People in Manchu Chairman

1940.09Japanese Imperial Government Ministry of Education Member

1941.04~1942.04Yonhi College Principal

1941.05Chungchuwon Senior Advisor

1941.08Heungah Patriots Organizing Committee Chairman

1941.10Chosun Patriots against Battles Senior Advisor

1941.11Chosun Media Patriots Senior Advisor

1945.02Daehwa Alliance Chairman

1945.04Appointed Chiksun Nobility Member

1945.12Died of apoplexy in Gae Seong
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Yu, Uk Gyum 5th President 1945.08 ~ 1945.12
Education
1909Gae San School
Tokyo University Law School
Experience
1920Chung Ang High School Instructor Yonhi College Law School Professor

1927.07~1928.088th Korean Olympic Committee President

1934Incarcerated for 3months for Heungup Boy Scout Incident

1937Opened a Law Office

1937.07~1938.0710th Korean Olympic Committee President

1941Yonhi College Vice- Principal

1944.10~1945.125th Yonhi College Principal YMCA President

1946American Governed Minister of Education

1947.9~1947.1112th Korean Olympic Committee President

1947Died
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Baek, Nak Jun 6th President 1945.12 ~ 1946.08
Education
1910.09~1913.06Shin Sung Middle School

1913.07~1916.06Hebei Tianjin School of Theology

1918.09~1922.06Park University

1922.09~1925.09Princeton University Theology

1923.09~1925.06Princeton University Graduate school of Theology

1925.9~1927.06Yale University Graduate School
Experience
1927.07Appointed Kansas Presbytery Minister

1927.09~1938.09Yonhi Bo, Myung Hak Principal. Yonhi College Professor. Director of Arts

1929[Chosun Language Dictionary] Contributing Editor

1930~1931General Assembly of Presbytery Church Gyunggi State University Church President

1932~1937National Council of Churches in Korea Director, Executive Member

1934.05Chintan Society Promoter, Chosun People’s Association Promoter

1935.05~1983.02Severance Medical School Director

1938.01~1939.06Park University Visiting Professor

1943Questioned for being a witness of Korean Language Society Incident

1945American Governed Yonhi College Registered Member

1945~1948American Governed Ministry of Education Member

1945.09~1945Kyung Sung University Director of Law School

1946.01~1946.10Yonhi College Principal

1946.03~1985.01Korean Language Society Member 및 Honorary Director

1946.08~1957.01Yonhi University Chairman

1946.10~1957.01Yonhi University First President

1948National Education Law Member
Established ‘East Asian Study Research Center' First Chairman
Executed and led diplomatic relations with Harvard Yenching Institute for financial aid

1948.05Park University Honorary Doctor of Theology

1948.10~1961.05Boy Scout Korea President

1950.05~1952.10Member of National Assembly. Minister of Education

1950.07~1952.06Seoul Rotary Club President

1952~1954Established Korea Educational Culture Association,, First President

1952.11UNESCO KOREA 7th President

1953.07~1955.06World University Volunteers Korea Member Established, First Chairman

1953.12~1956.10YMCA Korea Chairman

1954.01~1960.07UNESCO Korea Member

1954.06Springfield University에서 Honorary Doctor of Arts

1954.10~1957.01Severance Medical School Chairman

1954.11UNESCO Korea 8th President

1955.06~1962.11World University Volunteers Korea Director

1955.08~1956.09Korea Educational Books Inc. President

1955.09Asia Anti-Communist League 1st Korean President

1956.06~1958.09Social Science Research Library First Chairman

1956.08~1958.05Korean Federation of Education Associations President

1956.10Established KAPA, First President

1957.01~1960.05Yonsei University Chairman

1957.07DePaux University Honorary Doctor of Law

1958.04Asia Anti-Communist League 4th Korean President

1958.09~1961.05Korea Research Library First Chairman

1959.06Asia Anti-Communist League 5th Chairman

1960.03~1962.12Mental Health Association Foundation First President

1960.08~1961.05Korea First Cham Member, Chairman

1960.10Committee for Celebration of the 2nd Government of Korea Chairman

1961.05~1985.01Yonsei University Honorary President

1962.12New York University Principal Award

1965~1980Established Korea Academy of Church Social Work, First President

1965.05Yonsei University Honorary Doctor of Arts

1969~1985Ministry of Unification Senior Advisor

1970.08Korea Order of Civil Merit Mugunghwa Award

1971.10~1974Union for Private School Instructors’ National Pension Chairman

1972~1974Do San Ahn Chang Ho Memorial Foundation President

1972.086th World Anti- Communist League Global Championship Korea President

1974.03~1985.01Oesol Foundation Chairman

1979.037th Inchong Cultural Award

1981~1985Aesan Academic Association Chairman

1982.01~1985.01Celebrating 100 years of Christianity in Korea Committee Honorary President

1983.02~1985.01National Academy of Sciences Senior Member

1985.01Died in Yonsei University Severance Hospital

1985.01Buried in National Merit Site, National Cemetery
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Baek, Nak Jun 1st President of
Yonhi University 1946.08 ~ 1957.01
Education
1910.09~1913.06Shin Sung Middle School

1913.07~1916.06Hebei Tianjin School of Theology

1918.09~1922.06Park University

1922.09~1925.09Princeton University Theology

1923.09~1925.06Princeton University Graduate school of Theology

1925.9~1927.06Yale University Graduate School
Experience
1927.07Appointed Kansas Presbytery Minister

1927.09~1938.09Yonhi Bo, Myung Hak Principal. Yonhi College Professor. Director of Arts

1929[Chosun Language Dictionary] Contributing Editor

1930~1931General Assembly of Presbytery Church Gyunggi State University Church President

1932~1937National Council of Churches in Korea Director, Executive Member

1934.05Chintan Society Promoter, Chosun People’s Association Promoter

1935.05~1983.02Severance Medical School Director

1938.01~1939.06Park University Visiting Professor

1943Questioned for being a witness of Korean Language Society Incident

1945American Governed Yonhi College Registered Member

1945~1948American Governed Ministry of Education Member

1945.09~1945Kyung Sung University Director of Law School

1946.01~1946.10Yonhi College Principal

1946.03~1985.01Korean Language Society Member 및 Honorary Director

1946.08~1957.01Yonhi University Chairman

1946.10~1957.01Yonhi University First President

1948National Education Law Member
Established ‘East Asian Study Research Center' First Chairman
Executed and led diplomatic relations with Harvard Yenching Institute for financial aid

1948.05Park University Honorary Doctor of Theology

1948.10~1961.05Boy Scout Korea President

1950.05~1952.10Member of National Assembly. Minister of Education

1950.07~1952.06Seoul Rotary Club President

1952~1954Established Korea Educational Culture Association,, First President

1952.11UNESCO KOREA 7th President

1953.07~1955.06World University Volunteers Korea Member Established, First Chairman

1953.12~1956.10YMCA Korea Chairman

1954.01~1960.07UNESCO Korea Member

1954.06Springfield University에서 Honorary Doctor of Arts

1954.10~1957.01Severance Medical School Chairman

1954.11UNESCO Korea 8th President

1955.06~1962.11World University Volunteers Korea Director

1955.08~1956.09Korea Educational Books Inc. President

1955.09Asia Anti-Communist League 1st Korean President

1956.06~1958.09Social Science Research Library First Chairman

1956.08~1958.05Korean Federation of Education Associations President

1956.10Established KAPA, First President

1957.01~1960.05Yonsei University Chairman

1957.07DePaux University Honorary Doctor of Law

1958.04Asia Anti-Communist League 4th Korean President

1958.09~1961.05Korea Research Library First Chairman

1959.06Asia Anti-Communist League 5th Chairman

1960.03~1962.12Mental Health Association Foundation First President

1960.08~1961.05Korea First Cham Member, Chairman

1960.10Committee for Celebration of the 2nd Government of Korea Chairman

1961.05~1985.01Yonsei University Honorary President

1962.12New York University Principal Award

1965~1980Established Korea Academy of Church Social Work, First President

1965.05Yonsei University Honorary Doctor of Arts

1969~1985Ministry of Unification Senior Advisor

1970.08Korea Order of Civil Merit Mugunghwa Award

1971.10~1974Union for Private School Instructors’ National Pension Chairman

1972~1974Do San Ahn Chang Ho Memorial Foundation President

1972.086th World Anti- Communist League Global Championship Korea President

1974.03~1985.01Oesol Foundation Chairman

1979.037th Inchong Cultural Award

1981~1985Aesan Academic Association Chairman

1982.01~1985.01Celebrating 100 years of Christianity in Korea Committee Honorary President

1983.02~1985.01National Academy of Sciences Senior Member

1985.01Died in Yonsei University Severance Hospital

1985.01Buried in National Merit Site, National Cemetery
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