2006 Van Fleet Award Honoree LEE KUN-HEESAMSUNG CHAIRMAN   As the guiding light of Samsung, Chairman Lee Kun-Hee is responsible for an extraordinary economic conglomerate that has contributed enormously to the economic rise of South Korea. Samsung is the strongest economic symbol of today's Korea, as is demonstrated by its… MORE

    2005 Van Fleet Award Honoree   GEORGE H.W. BUSH41ST PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   The presidency of George H.W. Bush, from 1989 to 1993, remains the high point of the U.S.-Korea alliance that dates from the Korean War. From the early months of his term in office,… MORE

      2004 Van Fleet Award Honoree   BAN KI-MOONMINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADEREPUBLIC OF KOREA   Past recipients of the Van Fleet award have generally been distinguished individuals whose public service career had been completed. Included among these recipients are a former American president, a former secretary… MORE

    2003 Van Fleet Award Honoree RAYMOND G. DAVISGENERAL, (RET.)UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS General Raymond G. Davis has compiled a matchless combat record as a Marine Corps officer in the brutal Guadalcanal campaign of World War II, and as the commanding general of the Third Marine Division in Vietnam. During the… MORE

      2002 Van Fleet Award Honoree   HORACE G. UNDERWOODTRUSTEEYONSEI UNIVERSITY   No living American can match Horace G. Underwood's unique and continuing contributions to Korea and to U.S.-Korea relations. Born in Korea, the son and grandson of Presbyterian missionaries, Underwood  has, throughout his life and in many capacities,… MORE

      2001 Van Fleet Award Honoree   KIM KYUNG WONPRESIDENTINSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCESREPUBLIC OF KOREA Over the past quarter century, Kim Kyung Won has made an indispensable contribution to the Republic of Korea's stunning rise to political prominence in Northeast Asia. Born in North Korea, Kim escaped to the South… MORE