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• Comment: Does identify exactly what this list is of, who conferred/created the honor and on what basis it is awarded. Dan arndt (talk) 05:38, 20 January 2025 (UTC)

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Definition of persons of distinguished service to science and technology The government designates persons with distinguished merits in the contribution to national scientific and technological development, among those people in the science and technology area, engaged in R&D and technological innovation activities according to the enforcement decree of the Act on the honorable treatment of, and support for, persons of distinguished service to science and technology (Act No. 13579) enacted on December 22, 2015.

Persons of distinguished service to science and technology

	Natural Sciences	Life Sciences	Engineering	Convergence and Promotion
2017 (32 individuals)	Kim Dong-il Professor of SNU Kim Shoon-kyung Honorary professor of Temple University Ahn Tong Hyuk Honorary Professor, Hanyang University Lee Won-chul The 1st President, National Central Meteorological Service Lee Rim-hak Honorary professor, UBC Lee Tae-gyu Honorary Professor, KAIST Lee Whi-soh Head of Theoretical Physics Department, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, US Jung Chang-hee Honorary Professor, Seoul National University Cho Soon-tahk Professor, Department of Physics, Hanyang University	Kwon E-hyock Honorary professor of Seoul National University Kim Su-sie Honorary professor of Ewha Womans University Park No-hee Distinguished Professor at UCLA Seok Joo-Myung Head of Zoology Department, National Science Museum of Korea Woo Jang-choon First Director, Korean Agricultural Science Research Institute Yoon Il-sun Honorary Professor, Seoul National University Lee Ho-wang Honorary Professor, Korea University Cho Baik-hyun Honorary Professor, Seoul National University Cho Wan-kyoo Honorary Professor, Seoul National University Jung Gil-saeng Head Director of True Happiness Sharing Movement Han Koo-dong Honorary Professor, Seoul National University Heu Mun-hue Honorary Professor, Seoul National University Hyun Shin-kyu Honorary Professor, Seoul National University	Kim Zae-geun Honorary Professor, Seoul National University Min Gye-sik Head director of Hyundai Educational Institute Yoon Duk-yong Honorary Professor, KAIST Yun Jong-yong Former Vice Chairman and CEO, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. Yeom Young-ha Honorary Professor, Seoul National University Lee Chai-sung Honorary Professor, Seoul National University Lee Chang-geon Head of Korea Institute of Nuclear Industry Promotion Han Man-choon Honorary Professor, Yonsei University Choi Soon-dal Honorary Professor, KAIST Choi Hyung-sub The First President, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST)
2018 (16 individuals)	Kwon Kyung-whan Professor of Pohang University of Science and Technology Kim Jeong-heum Honorary Professor of Korea Univ Kim Ho-gil President of Pohang University of Science and Technology Shim Sang-chul Professor at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology Yu Kyung-loh President of the Koran Astronomy Society	Kim Mo-lm Professor of Yonsei Univ. and Minister of Health and Welfare Lee Sang-sup Honorary professor, Seoul National University Huh Young-sup Chairman, GC Pharma Hong Chang-yee Honorary professor, Seoul National University	Kang Dae-won Research Fellow, Bell Labs, USA Kwon Wook-hyun Honorary Professor, Seoul National Univ Kim Chul-woo Vice President, POSCO Yeo Jong-kee President, Technology Institute, LG Chemical Han Pil-soon President, Korea Nuclear Energy Institute	Lee Jong-wook Secretary General, WHO Jang Gi-ryeo President, Gospel Hospital and CEO of Blue Cross Medical Insurance Cooperative
2019 (12 individuals)	Park Dong-gil Professor of Seoul National University Park Se-hee Professor of Seoul National University Lee Sang-soo Former President of the Korea Advanced Institute of Science (KAIS; currently KAIST)	Kwon Tae-wan Former President of the Korea Food Research Institute Kim Young-choong Professor of the College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University Lee Woo-choo President of Yonsei University Han In-Gyu Honorary Professor of Seoul National University	Kim Young-gul Professor of the KAIST and the Dept. of Chemical Engineering, POSTECH Kim Jeong-sik Former Chairman of Daeduck Electronics Kim Choong-ki Honorary Professor of the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) Lee Chung-gu Former CEO of Hyundai Motors	Kim Si-jung Professor of the Dept. of Chemistry at the Korean University
2020 (9 individuals)	Kook Chae Pyo Former President of the Central Meteorological Service Yoon Nung Min Honorary professor, Sogang University Rim Dock Sang Former professor at Univ. of Pennsylvania	Chun Chong Hwee Former Professor at Catholic University Han Moon Hi Former President of Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology	Ro Sung Tack Professor Emeritus, Seoul National University Ahn Byung Sung Research Fellow at Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI)	Kim Myung Ja Honorary president, Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies Kim Yong Gwan Managing Director, Science Knowledge Distribution Association
2021 (8 individuals)	Hyo Chul Myung Former President of the Korea Institute for Advanced Study Ikchoon Lee Honorary Professor, Inha University	Chung Yong Kim Honorary Professor, Seoul National University Sang-Dai Park Honorary Professor, Seoul National University	Zeung Nam Bien Honorary Professor, KAIST Honorary Professor, UNIST Hyun Soon Lee Former Vice Chairman, Doosan ormer Vice Chairman, Hyundai Motors	Sam Soon Kim Honorary Professor, Seoul Women’s University Kun Mo Chung Chair-Professor, KAIST Former Minister of Science and Technology
2022 (4 individuals)	Han Sik Yoon Former chief researcher at Korea Institute of Science & Technology	Sung-Hou Kim Honorary professor at the University of California, Berkeley, USA	Min-Che Chon President of Chon Engineering	Byung Woo Kong Director of former Hangeul (Korean alphabet) Cultural Center and former Kong Ophthalmology Clinic
2023 (4 individuals)	Hee Sung Song Professor Emeritus at the Department of Physics of the Seoul National University	Sung Wan Kim Chair professor, University of Utah, USA Sang Ki Hahn Professor of SNU		Zae Quan Kim Formerly the 1st and the 2nd President of the Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS)
2024 (6 individuals)	Park Dal-jo Former President of the Korea Advanced Institute of Science Sunghyun Park Emeritus Professor, Department of Statistics, Seoul National University	Sue Goo Rhee Chair Professor, Ewha Womans University	Nam Sok Choi Former Director of LG Chemicals R&D Center	Mun Taik Shim Former Director of the Agency for Defense Developmenty Yung Bog Chae Chairman of the Wonjung Research Center (Foundation) Former Minister of Science and Technology