New Korea University President Plans Campus in Los Angeles
By Han Sang-hee
Staff Reporter
Korea University selected Prof. Lee Ki-su of the school's College of Law, as president of the university for a four-year term. Lee, 63, will take office on Feb. 1.
Lee was chosen from among three candidates to head the school at a meeting of the Korea University Foundation's board of directors Thursday.
He was chosen for his pledges to construct a campus in Los Angeles and transform the local campuses into special ones. One is in Seoul and the other in Seochang, South Chungcheong Province. He also pledged to raise 500 billion won.
He gained popularity with his experience as chairman of the Korean Law Professors Association, the Korean Association of Arbitration Studies and the Korean Association of German Studies.
Lee was once accused of translating a book and publishing it under his name. He was suspended from teaching and couldn't run for presidency in previous university presidential elections, but was found not guilty at the Supreme Court in December 2006.
``It feels like I have passed a long tunnel. I will do my best to develop Korea University during my presidency and work hard for the development of Korean universities as a whole,'' he said after the election.
Lee, who received his doctorate degree in law at Korea University and Tubingen University, has been teaching law at Korea University since 1984.