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Dong-Kurn
Lee, Seoul, Korea
2008-09 Rotary International President
President-elect, Rotary International 2007-08
Trustee, The Rotary Foundation 2003-07
Treasurer, Rotary International 2002-03
Director, Rotary International 2001-03
Chairman, Presidential Celebration Committee – Community Concerns 2004-05
District Governor 1995-96
Dong-Kurn Lee is
Chairman of Bu-Bang Co., Ltd. and Bubang Techron Co., Ltd., manufacturing
companies in Seoul. A graduate of Yonsei University with a degree in
political science and diplomacy, Lee currently serves as Trustee to the
Busan College of Information Technology and has served as past president of both
his high school and college alumni associations. He has served as a Trustee to
the bank of Seoul and honorary consul of Italy in Korea. In 2005, he was
appointed as International Goodwill Ambassador by the President of the Republic
of Korea.
Rotarian Lee joined
the Rotary Club of Seoul-Hangang in 1971 and has served RI as director,
treasurer, trustee, district governor and International Assembly training
leader. He also has served as regional Rotary Foundation coordinator and zone
and regional coordinator for membership development. He is chairman of the Polio
Eradication Private Sector Initiative in Korea. He is
a recipient of the foundation’s citation for meritorious service. in 1996, as
district governor, Lee was recognized at the 87th RI
Convention as the winner of the ‘Calgary Challenge’ for the most successful
membership development efforts, chartering 32 new clubs and adding nearly 1,800
new members, making his district the leader across the
Rotary world that year.
Lee lives in Seoul,
Korea with his wife Young Ja and has four adult children and four
grandchildren.
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