Hyun Jae-Hyun is chairman of Tong Yang Group, a South Korean conglomerate primarily engaged in financial services and cement manufacturing, in addition to production and sale of home appliances, construction, industrial engineering, information technology, textiles, and leisure. Hyun spearheaded the Group’s radical transformation from a cement-based manufacturer to a finance-based service provider, which now includes investment banking, asset management, and life insurance. Prior to joining Tong Yang in 1977, Hyun served two years as public prosecutor at the Public Prosecutor’s Office in Busan and three years as judge advocate officer in the Korean Navy. Hyun holds a number of civic and professional appointments that include, among others, chairman of Korea-U.S. Business Council, vice-chairman of the Federation of Korean Industries, and member of the Trilateral Commission Pacific Asia Group. From 1996 to 2008, Hyun served as one of three members on the Korean delegation of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Business Advisory Council (ABAC). In 2005, he was appointed chairman of ABAC when Korea was host economy to APEC and duly chaired the APEC CEO Summit that year. Alongside his dedication to work, Hyun is committed to serving his community as chairman of the Youth Hope Foundation, a non-profit organization providing education to underprivileged children. Hyun received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in law from Seoul National University. He earned his MBA, Class of ’81, from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Hyun currently lives in Seoul with his wife and four children.
Bill Rhodes is president and CEO of William R. Rhodes Global Advisors, LLC, and professor-at-large at Brown University. He is also Senior Advisor for Citi, having most recently served as Senior Vice Chairman, Citigroup and Citibank. Mr. Rhodes gained a reputation for international financial diplomacy in the 1980s as a result of his leadership in helping manage the external-debt crisis that involved developing nations and their creditors worldwide. During that period and in the 1990s, he headed the advisory committees of international banks that negotiated debt-restructuring agreements for Argentina, Brazil, Jamaica, Mexico, Peru, and Uruguay. In 1998, when the Republic of Korea experienced liquidity problems, he chaired the international bank group that negotiated the extension of short-term debt of the Korean banking system. Among his many roles, Mr. Rhodes serves as Chairman of the U.S.-Korea Business Council, a Director of The Korea Society, and as a member of President Lee’s Council of Global Advisors.
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 2010 JAMES A. VAN FLEET AWARD
General COLIN L. POWELL
65th Secretary of State
The United States of America
In Recognition of Distinguished Service and in Honor of Veterans of the Korean War
General Colin L. Powell, USA (Ret) became the 65th Secretary of State on January 20, 2001. As he stated at his confirmation hearing, the guiding principle of U.S. foreign policy during his tenure was that "America stands ready to help any country that wishes to join the democratic world."
General Powell brought extensive experience with him to his office. Before becoming Secretary of State, Colin Powell served as a key aide to the Secretary of Defense and as National Security Advisor to President Reagan. He also served 35 years in the United States Army, rising to the rank of Four-Star General and serving as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1989 ? 1993). During this time he oversaw 28 crises to include the Panama intervention of 1989 and Operation Desert Storm in the victorious 1991 Persian Gulf War.
Born in New York City on April 5, 1937, General Powell was raised in the South Bronx. His parents, Luther and Maud Powell, immigrated to the United States from Jamaica. General Powell was educated in the New York City public schools, graduating from Morris High School and the City College of New York (CCNY), where he earned a bachelor's degree in geology. He also participated in ROTC at CCNY and received a commission as an Army second lieutenant upon graduation in June 1958. His further academic achievements include a Master of Business Administration degree from George Washington University.
General Powell is the recipient of numerous U.S. military awards and decorations including the Defense Distinguished Service Medal (with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters), the Army Distinguished Service Medal (with Oak Leaf Cluster), Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit (with Oak Leaf Cluster), Soldier's Medal, Bronze Star Medal, and the Purple Heart.
General Powell's civilian awards include two Presidential Medals of Freedom, the President's Citizens Medal, the Congressional Gold Medal and the Secretary of Energy Distinguished Service Medal. He has received awards from over two dozen countries to include a French Legion of Honor and an honorary knighthood bestowed by H.M. Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain.
General Powell is the Founder of the Colin Powell Center for Policy Studies at his alma mater, the City College of New York. The Center is student-focused with a mission to develop a new generation of publicly engaged leaders. He is also the Founder and Chairman Emeritus of the America’s Promise Alliance, dedicated to forging a strong and effective partnership alliance committed to seeing that children have the fundamental resources they need to succeed.
He has also been a member of the Board of Trustees of Howard University and the Board of Directors of the United Negro College Fund. The General also served on the Board of Governors of The Boys & Girls Clubs of America and was a member of the Advisory Board of the Children's Health Fund.
Since returning to private life, General Powell has become a strategic limited partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, the renowned Silicon Valley venture capital firm., and he is helping to raise funds for the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial in Washington, DC and for the construction of an education center for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. He is the author of his best-selling autobiography,
My American Journey
.
General Powell is married to the former Alma Vivian Johnson of Birmingham, Alabama. The Powell family includes son Michael; daughters, Linda and Annemarie; daughter-in-law Jane, and grandchildren Jeffrey, Bryan, Abigail and Patrick.
 2010 JAMES A. VAN FLEET AWARD
General PAIK SUN YUP
In Recognition of Distinguished Service and in Honor of Veterans of the Korean War
Paik Sun Yup
, the Republic of Korea’s foremost army general during the Korean War, was born in 1920 near Pyongyang. After service in the Manchurian Army during World War II, he escaped the onrushing Soviet Army for Pyongyang, where he became actively involved in Korea’s fledging national liberation movement. Realizing in 1946 that a communist takeover in the north was inevitable, Paik made his way to the south and joined the South Korean Constabulary (later to become the ROK Army). When North Korea launched its general offensive against the ROK on June 25, 1950, then Colonel Paik was commander of the ROK 1st Infantry Division. During the course of the war, he became the first South Korean to achieve the rank of four-star general. Paik participated in all ten of the major campaigns of the Korean War, commanded an independent corps that conducted the largest anti-guerilla operation of the war, and was the ROK’s initial representative to the armistice negotiations.
Following the signing of the armistice, Paik served twice as ROK Army chief of staff and was also chairman of the ROK Joint Chiefs of Staff. He retired from active duty in 1960 as the most highly decorated soldier in the ROK Army. His military decorations include two Taeguk Medals (Korea's highest award), as well as seven U.S. medals, including one Silver Star, four Legions of Merit and a Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service. After his retirement from the ROK Army, General Paik served as ambassador to Taiwan in 1960, France (and concurrently 16 other European and African nations) in 1961, and Canada in 1965. From 1969 to 1971, he served as the ROK Minister of Transportation and played a significant role in establishing the country’s current public transportation system. From 1971 to 1980, he was president of South Korea’s largest chemical company. From 1999 to 2003, he was chairman of the ROK 50th Anniversary of the Korean War Commemoration Committee.
Residing in Seoul, Paik and his wife of 65 years, In Sook, have four children, eight grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren. Paik is the author of several books, including
From Pusan to Panmunjom
(1992) as well as chairman of the Military History Compilation Institute Advisory Committee to the Ministry of National Defense, the first president of the Association of the ROK Army, and elder adviser to the National Diplomacy and Security Council.
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 2009 JAMES A. VAN FLEET AWARD
The Honorable HENRY A. KISSINGER
56th Secretary of State
The United States of America
CITATION
Dr. Henry A. Kissinger has dedicated a lifetime to the cause of diplomacy and to the advancement of America’s interests throughout the world.? Through his service to his country, including as 56th Secretary of State, through his work as an educator and scholar, as an advisor to presidents, as a prize-winning author, and as a private citizen and commentator, Dr. Kissinger has left his mark on U.S. foreign policy and America’s place in the world.
As National Security Advisor and Secretary of State, Dr. Kissinger grappled with some of the greatest challenges in the history of American foreign policy. In doing so he helped achieve detente with the Soviet Union, negotiated the end of a bloody conflict in Southeast Asia, and ended the Yom Kippur War between Israel and its neighbors.
His role as the architect of the opening to China is regarded by many as his most remarkable achievement and one that altered the course of history. The cooperative relationship the United States and China enjoy today and the prospect that U.S.-PRC ties will become even stronger and more comprehensive in the years to come is in no small measure the result of his vision and the strong foundation hroe helped lay.? Today, the United States faces a diplomatic and security challenge on the Korean Peninsula that is both complex and dangerous. Dr. Kissinger has been an active and important contributor to efforts to encourage North Korea to take the path of cooperation and dialogue as a way of resolving differences with the United States and its neighbors.
For his lifetime of commitment to diplomacy, for his record of achievement on behalf of America and its interests, for his role in reshaping U.S.-China relations, and for his commitment to resolving the challenges to peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula, The Korea Society is honored to present Dr. Henry A. Kissinger with the 2009 Van Fleet Award.
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 2009 JAMES A. VAN FLEET AWARD?
CHUNG MONG-KOO
Chairman
Hyundai-Kia Automotive Group
CITATION
Chairman Chung Mong-Koo exemplifies the visionary leadership, innovative spirit, and global perspective that are the hallmarks of the world’s finest corporate leaders.
As chairman and chief executive officer of the Hyundai-Kia Automotive Group, Chairman Chung oversees one of the world’s most successful automobile manufacturers. He has made his company the world’s fifth largest automaker by applying the hands-on management style and attention to quality that form the core of his leadership philosophy.
The United States has been a major beneficiary of his firm’s global expansion. Today, some 20,000 Americans are employed in Hyundai-Kia’s production, sales, and development relatedoperations throughout the United States and this number is expected to grow. Hyundai-Kia’s commitment to the U.S. market and to its American workers underscores the deepening links between the American and Korean economies.
In recognition of the leadership that has made Hyundai-Kia one of the world’s most successful firms; for the important contribution his company is making to the strengthening of U.S.-ROK economic ties; and in appreciation of the major role he has played in supporting The Korea Society’s growth and development, we are honored to present Chairman Chung Mong-Koo with the 2009 Van Fleet Award.
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