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Rhie Joo-sung, right, receives an honorary graduation certificate from Lieutenant
General Sung Il-hwan, president of the Korea Air Force Academy, in an event to celebrate
the school’s 60th anniversary at its campus in Cheongwon, North Chungcheong Province, June 10. / AP-Yonhap |
By Park Si-soo
Staff Reporter
A retired professor has received an honorary graduation certificate from the Korea Air Force Academy 54 years after dropping out.
Rhie Joo-sung, 73, was granted the honorary graduate status on the occasion of the school's 60th anniversary.
He was the oldest among 24 unsuccessful trainees who received the honorary graduate certificates on June 10 for their contribution to the school and society.
``I have missed this school for the past five decades. I would like to express my gratitude to the school authorities,'' Rhie said.
He entered the academy in 1955, but had to leave in 1957 after failing to meet basic academic requirements.
Rhie transferred to Chung-Ang University to major in economics and earned a masters degree in the same subject from Seoul National University.
After studying in Germany and Switzerland, he earned a doctorate in economics from Korea University in 1980. Rhie worked as professor for 18 years at Sungshin Women's University in Seoul.
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