RI President Dong Kurn Lee
(2008-2009)
Dong Kurn Lee, Seoul, Korea
President-elect, Rotary
International 2007-08
Trustee, the Rotary Foundation
2003-07
Treasurer, Rotary International
2002-03
Director, Rotary International
2001-03
Chair, Presidential Celebration
Committee – Community Concerns 2004-05
District governor 1995-96
Dong Kurn Lee is chair of Bu-Bang
Co., Ltd. and Bubang Techron
Co., Ltd., manufacturing companies in Seoul.
A graduate of Yonsei
University, Lee serves as
a trustee for the Busan College of Information
Technology and has served as past president of both his high school and college
alumni associations. He has served as a trustee to the Bank of Seoul and
honorary consul of Italy in Korea. In 2005,
he was appointed as the international goodwill ambassador by the president of
the Republic of Korea. Lee joined the Rotary Club of
Seoul Hangang in 1971 and has served RI as director,
treasurer, trustee, district governor, and International Assembly training
leader. He also has served as regional Rotary Foundation coordinator and zone
and regional coordinator for membership development. He is chair of the polio
eradication private sector initiative in Korea and serves as the PolioPlus national advocacy advisor. He is a recipient of
the Foundation’s Citation for Meritorious Service, as well as their
Distinguished Service Award. In 1996, as district governor, Lee was recognized
at the 87th RI
Convention as the winner of the Calgary Challenge for the most successful
membership development efforts, chartering 32 new clubs and adding nearly 1,800
new members, making his district the leader across the Rotary world that year.
Lee lives in Seoul,
Korea, with his
wife Young. They have four children and five grandchildren.
