Paul K. Ryu | |
Native Name: | 劉基天 |
Birth Date: | 5 July 1915 |
Nationality: | South Korean |
Education: | University of Tokyo Yale Law School |
Occupation: | President, Seoul National University Dean, Seoul National University Law School |
Spouse: | Helen Silving-Ryu |
Relations: | Gye-Jun Ryu (Father) Mi Sun Cho (Grand Niece) Han-bin Lee (Brother-In-Law) Hwang Kyung Koh (Sister-In-Law) |
Paul K. Ryu (also known as Ryu Kichyun and Ki-chʻŏn Yu) is a South Korean-American legal scholar. Ryu served as the ninth president of Seoul National University and the sixth dean of Seoul National University School of Law.[1] [2]
Ryu graduated from the University of Tokyo in 1943 and received his P.h.D. from Yale Law School in 1958.
Ryu served as the sixth dean of Seoul National University Law School from July 1962 to August 1965. Through Ryu's leadership as SNU's Law School Dean, SNU's Graduate School of Law (today known as the Judicial Research and Training Institute) was established to directly connect the legal education at SNU Law School and the education for the members of the judiciary.[3] On August 27, 1965, Ryu was named president of Seoul National University. .[4]
On January 3, 1959, Ryu married Helen Silving at the home of New York University's chancellor, George D. Stoddard.[5] Silving and Ryu met while teaching at Harvard University.[6]