Hong Kyun Choi

Background

Choi, Hong Kyun was born on July 30, 1951 in Kwangju, South Korea. Came to the United States, 1979. Son of Byung Soo and Eun Kyung (Kim) Choi.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Seoul (Korea) National University, 1973. Master of Science, Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, Korea, 1975. Doctor of Philosophy, University California, Berkeley, 1983.

Career

Research staff Agency for Defense Development, Daejean, S. Korea, 1975-1979. Research assistant University California, Berkeley, 1979-1983. Senior staff Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, Massachusetts, 1983-2000.

Chief technology officer Kopin Corporation, Taunton, since 2000.

Achievements

• Hong Kyun Choi has been listed as a noteworthy electrical engineer, researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board directors, president Korean-American Citizens League of New Eng,, Concord, Massachusetts, since 1998. Board dirs, co-chair Asian-American Unity Dinner, Boston, 1998-1999. Fellow Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

Connections

Married Sung Mi Hwang, May 19, 1975. Children: James, Bryan.

Father:

Byung Soo Choi

Mother:

Eun Kyung (Kim) Choi

Spouse:

Sung Mi Hwang

child:

James Choi

child:

Bryan Choi