Athens, Ga. –
Internationally renowned UGA scholar Han S. Park was honored with the Gandhi,
King, Ikeda Community Builders Prize at a special ceremony today at Morehouse College.Park,
who is University Professor of International Affairs and director of the Center
for the Study of Global Issues at UGA, received the award for his commitment to
finding peaceful solutions to challenges arising from the Korean peninsula. He
is the 10th recipient of the award, which is designed to promote peace and positive
social transformation by honoring those demonstrating extraordinary global
leadership through nonviolent means. “This
is a fitting and well-deserved honor for one of the University of Georgia’s
most loyal faculty members. Han
Park came to UGA 40 years
ago, and thousands of students have benefitted from his unique experiences in
international affairs,”said UGA President Michael F. Adams. “Dr.
Park is the very model of a citizen of the global academy, and espouses in
every way the values of the namesakes of the Gandhi, King, Ikeda Community
Builder’s Prize. As a skilled negotiator and envoy in one of the world’s
most contentious conflicts, he has served the Korean
Peninsula, the United States and indeed the entire
world in ways that I believe are not yet fully recognized.On behalf of
the University of Georgia, I extend congratulations to Dr. Park and
gratitude to Morehouse
College for recognizing
him in this way.” As
part of the honor, an oil portrait of Park was added to the Hall of Honor in
the Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel at Morehouse College. “We
are thrilled to honor Dr. Han Park with the prestigious award,” said Lawrence
E. Carter, dean of the chapel. “Park has distinguished himself not only as an
international peacemaker, but also as a humanitarian. He is the founding
president of Uniting Families Inc., which has reunited hundreds of families
from China and the Koreas.” The
award is named for Mohandas Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr. and Daisaku Ikeda.
Past recipients of the award include former South African President Nelson
Mandela, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak
Rabin. ## Note to editors: A photo of
Park is available for download at http://www.uga.edu/news/photos/UGA_Han_Park.jpg.
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