James Joo-Jin Kim and Agnes Kim, and the James and Agnes Kim Family Foundation to Donate $25 Million Dollars to Support the Center for Korean Studies Directed by Hyunjoon Park, Professor of Sociology, and other Penn Initiatives

The University of Pennsylvania today announced a $25 million gift from James Joo-Jin Kim and Agnes Kim, and the James and Agnes Kim Family Foundation, supporting a range of initiatives at Penn. The largest portion of the multifaceted commitment will create the James Joo-Jin Kim Center for Korean Studies directed by Hyunjoon Park, Professor of Sociology, in Penn Arts & Science. 

The gift also creates the Kim Family Neurovascular Surgery Program at Penn Medicine and the Kim Korean Studies Fund at the Joseph H. Lauder Institute for Management & International Studies, with additional support for the Dean’s Discretionary Fund at the Wharton School.

 

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