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Lee Myeon-young is the chairman of the board of trustees at Hongik University.

He is a cousin of Lee Do-young, the former chairman who took over Hongik University.

Lee Myeon-young was born in 1933 in Seoul.

He graduated from the Department of Agricultural Chemistry at Seoul National University. He earned a master's degree from Korea University's Graduate School of Business Administration and a Ph.D. in Business Administration from Sungkyunkwan University.

In 1966, he began his career as a professor at Hongik University.

In 1985, he was appointed president of Hongik University for the first time and served four consecutive terms. Since 1997, he has been the chairman of the Hongik University Foundation for nearly 30 years.

He has focused his efforts on establishing the Hwaseong Fourth Industrial Revolution Campus, improving educational infrastructure, and ensuring excellence in research and education.

Hongik University, renowned for its prestigious College of Fine Arts, is also known as the university with the largest reserve funds. In response to demands for improvements in poor educational conditions, the university is pursuing the New Hongik Project.

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