Byong Man Ahn

Dr Byong Man Ahn
안병만
安秉萬
Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
Term 1994 – 2004
Successor Park Chul
Born Seoul, South Korea
Alma mater University of Florida
Seoul National University
Korean name
Hangul 안병만
Hanja 安秉萬
Revised Romanization An Byeong-man
McCune–Reischauer An Pyŏngman

Dr Byong Man Ahn is an South Korean academic, and the former President of Hankuk University of Foreign Studies. He received his Bachelors and Masters degrees from the Seoul National University (South Korea) in 1964, and 1967. In addition, he received his Doctorate from the University of Florida (USA) in 1973. In 1975 he joined the faculty of Hankuk University of Foreign Studies in Seoul, Korea. While at this institution he served as the Dean of Student Affairs, Dean of the Graduate School, and in 1994 he was named President. He served in this capacity until 2004.

Byong Man Ahn was a Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence at the University of Delaware (USA) and received an honorary doctorate of humane letters from the University of Delaware in 2004.[1] He was also a visiting professor at the university. Byong Man Ahn received a University of Florida Distinguished Alumnus Award in May 2005.[2]

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