Background
Kang, Young Woo was born on January 16, 1944 in Kyonggi, Republic of Korea. Arrived in the United States, 1972, naturalized, 1984. Son of Myung Ki Kang and Lin Hee Lim.
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Blinded in a schoolyard soccer accident in South Korea, Young Woo Kang realized what hardship and pain really meant at an early age. After leaving his hospital bedside, his mother died of a stroke, and in desperation, the orphaned Kang tried to commit suicide. However, after finally refusing to allow the events of a tragic childhood to destroy him, he was accepted at Yonsei University in Seoul. Then, society treated the blind as outcasts. After graduating with honors, Kang became a Rotary Foundation Scholar at the University of Pittsburgh, where he earned a master’s degree in Special Education and Rehabilitation and a PhD. in Education. He became a Chair Professor and Dean of South Korea’s Taegu University, Supervisor of Special Education in Indiana, an adjunct professor at Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago, and the founding president of the Education and Rehabilitation Exchange Foundation. In 2001, President George W. Bush nominated Dr. Kang and the U.S. Senate confirmed him to serve on the National Council on Disability. His advocacy work includes serving as senior advisor at the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute, Vice Chair of the World Committee on Disability and as board member of Goodwill Industries International. His wife Kyoung taught the visually impaired; their son Paul is a leading ophthalmologist, and their younger son, Christopher, serves as Special Assistant to President Obama for Legislative Affairs. So what message does the author want readers to come away with when they reach the last page of Today’s Challenges—Tomorrow’s Glory? “That their dreams to become global leaders can come true,” he says. If we practice and follow the principles and steps he describes in this highly motivational book, it’s guaranteed we’ll be inspired to turn our own disabilities, weaknesses, or adversities into advantages, strengths, and positive assets as well. “Extraordinary people are not born,” says Kang, “but raised and made through faith and education.”
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Kang, Young Woo was born on January 16, 1944 in Kyonggi, Republic of Korea. Arrived in the United States, 1972, naturalized, 1984. Son of Myung Ki Kang and Lin Hee Lim.
Bachelor, Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 1972. Doctor of Philosophy in Literature (honorary), Yonsei University, 2003. Master of Education, University Pittsburgh, 1973.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Pittsburgh, 1976.
Special education consultant Gary (Indiana) School Corporation, 1976—2004. Professor, dean Taegu University, 1978—2000, chair professor, since 2008. Adjunct professor Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, 1979—2000.
Vice-chairman World Committee Disability, since 1995. Senior advisor Roosevelt Institute, 1996. Presenter in field; presidential appointee United States Senate National Council Disability, 2001—2009.
Speaker in field.
(Blinded in a schoolyard soccer accident in South Korea, Y...)
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President Education Rehabilitation Exchange Foundation International, since 1993. Presidential appointed member National Council Disability, since 2002. Board directors National Organization Disability, 1995—2003, Goodwill Industries International, since 1998.
Member of International Council Exceptional Children, Korean Central Presbyterian Church Washington, Rotary Club (Washington), Rotary (chairman international service and youth service committees district 6540 1983-1985, one of 75 candles in 75th anniversary celebration 1992, Meritorious Service citation 1982, Pual Harris fellow 1987, scholar 1973).
Married Kyoung Sook Suk, February 26, 1972. Children: Paul, Christopher.