YUHAN University

Founder, Yoo Il Han,Who is Yoo Il Han!

Dr. Yoo Il Han was an exemplary entrepreneur who left the legacy of new corporate ethics, an educator, a social entrepreneur and an independence activist.The government, in high recognition of such contributions he made, posthumously conferred the [Order of Civil Merit, Rose of Sharon Medal], the highest honor for civilians in Korea at the time of his death in 1971 and [Order of Merit for National Foundation, Order of Independence] at the celebration ceremony in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Korea in 1995, and was posthumously selected as the [Cultural Icon of June] in 1996 by the Ministry of Culture and Sports.

Dr. Yoo Il Han devoted most of his life in establishing and advancing a national corporation under the military occupation of Korea by Japan.Moreover, his patriotic life of having put in utmost efforts towards liberation of Korea from the occupation of Japan through independence struggles in the USA is also evaluated equally highly as a very important aspect of his life.