Dr. James Laney on 1888 1st Korean Emory University Graduate

INAUGRAL GALA OF
KOREAN AMERICAN FOUNDATION-ATLANTA CHAPTER
& KOREAN SOUTHEAST U.S. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
ANNUAL BANQUET

HOSTED BY: KOREAN AMERICAN FOUNDATION --ATLANTA CHAPTER
AND KOREA SOUTHEAST U.S. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

MAY 4, 2008
KOREAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY CENTER
6930 BUFORD HWY, DORAVILLE GA

PROGRAM I
Master of Ceremony Hak Keun Chang
Opening Remarks
Salute to Flag
National Anthems: Soprano Bo Nan Choi
Greetings: Seung Nam Lee, President, Korean American Foundation, Atlanta
Welcoming Remarks:
Kwang Jae Lee, Consul General, Republic of Korea
Jay Eun, President, Korean American Association of Atlanta
Joan Moon, 2008 KASCON Executive Director
Eugene Yu, President of Federation of S.E. Korean Associations
Keynote Speech: Rev James Kim
String Quartet: Brandenburg Concertos No. 31: Allegro Moderato J.B. Bach

PROGRAM II
Master of Ceremonies: Gene Hanratty
Opening Remarks
Welcoming Remarks: John J. Lee, President of Korea Southeast U.S Chamber of Commerce
Dr. James Laney, Former Ambassador of the United States to the Republic of Korea
Keynote Speech: Dr. John E. Endicott
Recognition Awards: John J. Lee

PROGRAM III
Atlanta Korean Music Association Choir Tae Hwan Lee
Stein Song: E.A. Fenstad
Korean Traditional: Arranged by H.J. Kim
America the Beautiful: Samuel A. Ward
Announcements
Grace Rev. Y.H. Hwang, President, Korean Church Council of Atlanta
Dinner
String Quartet Violin Jung Ja Kim; Ji Suk Jung
Viola Seon Ae Kim
Closing Remarks

Prior to his ambassadorship, Dr. Laney served as president of Emory University for sixteen years. Under his leadership Emory came to be ranked in the top tier of American universities, and the endowment grew ten fold, to sixth among all colleges. He also served as dean of Candler School of Theology (1969-77) and taught at Vanderbilt and Harvard. Dr. Laney has served also as pastor and, with his wife, Berta Radford Laney, as a missionary in South Korea.

He was educated at Yale (BA, MDiv, PhD) and also received an honorary degree and the Wilbur Cross Award from Yale. He is the recipient of nineteen honorary degrees from institutions in the U. S., Korea, Japan and Great Britain.

James T. Laney is President Emeritus of Emory University and Co-Chairman of an independent task force on "Managing Change on the Korean Peninsula," sponsored by the Council on Foreign Relations. He served as U.S. Ambassador to South Korea from 1993 to 1997. Jason T. Shaplen was Policy Adviser at the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization (KEDO) from 1995 to 1999 and is a member of the task force.

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