Hyung Woong Pak

Background

Pak, Hyung Woong was born on November 6, 1932 in Ham-Hoong, Republic of Korea. Son of Kyung-Koo and Myung-Sook (Lee) Pak. came to the United States, 1955, naturalized, 1968.

Education

AB, University of Chicago, 1958.

Career

Editor and publisher, Chicago Review, 1958-1963; consultant, Chicago Review, 1963-1965; associate editor, Encyclopedia Britannica Press, Chicago, 1963-1964; senior editor social science and humanities, Encyclopedia Britannica Press, 1964-1966; educational director, Bantam Books, Inc., New York City, 1966-1969; general manager school department, Appleton-Century-Crofts/New Century, New York City, 1970-1972; vice president, editorial director, D. Van Nostrand Company. New York City, 1972-1974; president, D. Van Nostrand Company, 1974-1976; president, Chatham Square Press, New York City, 1976-1983; public, Urizen Books, Inc., New York City, 1978-1981; executive vice president, Business Software Magazine, Palo Alto, California, 1983-1984; public, editor, Asian High-Technology Report, 1984-1990; executive director, The Philip Jaisohn Memorial Foundation, Inc., Philadelphia, since 1990. Fellow Hoover Institution, Stanford, California, 1984-1985.

Achievements

• Hyung Woong Pak has been listed as a noteworthy Foundation executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Board School District Cheltenham Township, Pennsylvania, 1987-1994. Member Asian task force Philadelphia School District, 1988-1995. Co-chairman business advisory committee Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, 1991-1993.

Delegate Citizens' Assembly for a Greater Philadelphia, 1991-1995. Chairman Pan Asian Association Greater Philadelphia, 1992-1996, trustee since 1996, member board fellowship commission, 1992-1995. Board directors Brandywine Art Center, 1995-1999, vice chair, 1998-1999.

Pennsylvania delegate The White House Conference on Aging, 1995. Trustee Abington Memorial Hospital Foundation, 1995-2000. Member community advisory committee Keystone Mercy Health Plan, 1998-2002.

Board directors National Conference Community and Justice, 2000-2002. Member American Civil Liberties Union (life), American Heart Association (member communications committee 1998-2000, member Philadelphia All-American city host committee 1998-1999), Philadelphia Museum Art.

Connections

Married Diana Lee Stenen Woodruff, 1975. Children: Jonathan Tong-Hee, Michelle Hyun-Mi Lee.

Father:

Kyung-Koo Pak

Mother:

Myung-Sook (Lee) Pak

Spouse:

Diana Lee Stenen Woodruff

child:

Michelle Hyun-Mi Lee Pak

child:

Jonathan Tong-Hee Pak