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Synn Ilhi
Office of the President, Keimyung University 1095 Dalgubeol-daero, Daegu, Korea 42601
Tel : 82-53-580-5000
Fax : 82-53-580-5005
Email: synnilhi@kmu.ac.kr

1966-1971Lecturer/Assistant Professor, Queens College, City University of New York, USA
1972-1974Associate Professor, Yonsei University, Korea
1974-1978Professor, Keimyung University, Korea
1978-1982President, Keimyung University
1985Humboldt Research Professor, Regensburg University, Germany
1988-2004President, Keimyung University
2008-presentPresident, Keimyung University

1980-1983Board Member, International Association of University Presidentsv
1985-1995Executive Committee Member, International Association of German Language and Literature (IVG)
1990President, Korean Association of German Language and Literature
1993-presentBoard Chairman, Hengso Research Foundation, Korea
1995-1997, 2008-2010President, Association of Christian Universities and Colleges in Asia
1996-2006, 2018-presentChairman, Board of Trustees, Keisung School Foundation
1999-2001Presidential Commission for the New Millennium(appt. by President of Korea)
2001-2005Chairman, Habitat for Humanity, Daegu- Gyeongbuk Region
2003Mayor, Athletes' Village, 2003 Universiade, Korea
2008-presentCo-Chairman (with Mayor of Daegu and Governor of Gyeongbuk), Daegu- Gyeongbuk International Exchange Association
2011Mayor, Athletes' Village, The IAAF World Athletics Championships, Korea, 2011
2012-2017Member, the Council of the Confucius Institute Headquarters, Beijing
2015-2022Co-Chairman, the Daegu Festival Promotion Committee

2000Commander’s Cross of Merit, Poland
2001Named as one of “The 100 Notable Alumni of the Graduate School” of Princeton University
2005Foreign Service Medal, Sweden
2006Designation as “The Most Influential Citizen of Daegu Metropolitan City", Research by and article in Daegu Daily Newspaper
2007The May 16 National Award of Korea, Education Section
2008The Gloria Artis Medal, Poland
2011Cross of the Order of Merit, Germany
2012Maengho Medal, Order of Sport Merit, Korea
2016Cavaliere dell’Ordine del Merito, Italy

Fudan University(China), University of Udmurt(Russia), Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Social Science(China), Beijing Language and Culture University(China), Tashkent State University of Economics(Uzbekistan), National Institute of Fine Art and Design named after Kamoliddin Bekhzod(Uzbekistan), Honorable Member of Academy of Arts of Uzbekistan(Uzbekistan), Honorary Consul of Sweden(1999-2005), Honorary Consul of Poland(2005-2012), Honorary Member, the Council of the Confucius Institute Headquarters(Beijing, 2017-2020), Honorary Consul General of Poland(2012~2022), Honorary Citizen of Károli Gáspár University(Hungary, 2024)

Trinity College (USA), DHL (1991); Long Island University (USA), LLD (1996); St. Petersburg State University (Russia), D.h.c (1996); National Taiwan Normal University, Ed.D(2000); Momoyama Gakuin University (Japan), D.h.c. (2002); University of the Rhukyus (Japan), D.Phil. (2004); Hiroshima Shudo University(Japan), D.Litt. (2017); Kyrgyz National University named after J.Balasagyn (Kyrgyzstan), D.h.c. (2022); Tashkent State University of Oriental Studies(Uzbekistan) D.h.c. (2024)

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