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

      2000 Van Fleet Award Honoree   JIMMY CARTER39TH PRESIDENTUNITED STATES OF AMERICA In early summer 1994, a serious military crisis with nuclear implications was developing on the Korean Peninsula. Misunderstandings and mutual suspicions abounded between Seoul and Pyongyang, the rhetoric was heated, and the United States was… MORE

      1999 Van Fleet Award Honoree WILLIAM J. PERRYSPECIAL ADVISOR TO THE PRESIDENT AND THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR U.S.-NORTH KOREA POLICY REVIEWFORMER U.S. SECRETARY OF DEFENSE In 1998, having capped an outstanding career in public service by serving with distinction as U.S. Secretary of Defense, William J. Perry was asked… MORE

    1998 Van Fleet Award Honoree  JEONG H. KIMPRESIDENT OF LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES' CARRIER NETWORK GROUP Jeong H. Kim is president of Lucent Technologies' Carrier Networks Group, where he is responsible for Lucent's worldwide offering of data networking products to service providers. Kim assumed this key position in May 1998 upon… MORE

    1997 Van Fleet Award Honoree   PYONG HWOI KOOCHAIRMAN KOREA INTERNATIONAL TRADE ASSOCIATION   Pyong-Hwoi Koo became chairman of the Korea International Trade Association (KITA) in February 1994 after serving as its vice chairman from 1985. Chairman Koo's business career with the LG Group began in 1951, as a manager… MORE

    1996 Van Fleet Award Honoree   JAMES T. LANEYAMBASSADOR OF THE UNITED STATES TO THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA   During your extraordinary and wide-ranging career, there has been a strong and recurring theme: Korea. I remember, from our very first meeting in Atlanta in 1993, the enthusiasm with… MORE