Class of ‘70 alumnus in textile engineering, supports juniors at alma mater with the will to beat COVID-19
“Trust in the ability to overcome regional crisis... Ask YU alumni to overcome COVID-19”
YU Finance and Economy Alumni Association Kim Seok-hoe and others join in donating for funds to beat COVID-19 at YU
[March 18, 2020]
<YU General Alumni Association Senior Vice-chairman Goh Dong-hyeon handed over 10 million KRW to his alma mater YU on the 17th to beat COVID-19>
(from left to right: YU President Sur Gil-soo, General Alumni Association Senior Vice-chairman Goh Dong-hyeon)
YU General Alumni Association Senior Vice-chairman Goh Dong-hyeon (67) handed over 10 million KRW in donations to his alma mater YU on the 17th to beat COVID-19.
Senior Vice-chairman Goh Dong-hyeon met with YU President Sur Gil-soo at YU at 3 p.m. on the 17th and handed over a donation indicating his hope to help with the university that is faced with difficulties due to COVID-19.
Vice-chairman Goh said, “As an entrepreneur based in the region, I have many concerns about the spread of COVID-19 that is having a big impact on the local community. However, I am firmly confident that we will overcome this crisis as I know the power of our region that has overcome many difficulties in the past.” He added, “I ask other YU alumni leading not only the Daegu-Gyeongbuk area, but in different parts of the Republic of Korea to beat COVID-19.”
Senior Vice-chairman Goh is a YU alumnus from the class of ‘70 in textile engineering and has been continuously working to help develop his alma mater. Including this donation to overcome COVID-19, he donated 36 million KRW for development funds for YU. Mr. Goh, who is the CEO of Ehwa Cotton Gin, a textile product manufacturing company located in Daegu, also serves as the chairman of the Korean Cotton Industry Cooperative, joint chairman of the Traditional Manufacturing Committee, chairman of the West Daegu Industrial Complex Management Corporation, and chairman of the Daegu Textile Product Cooperative.
YU alumni have recently been making donations one after the other to beat COVID-19. On March 4, YU Finance and Economy Alumni Association Chairman Kim Seok-hoe donated 10 million KRW including rice gifts and monetary gifts that he received at his inauguration ceremony to YU for the purpose of overcoming COVID-19.
YU President Sur Gil-soo said, “I am very thankful as the president of YU for the seniors who remember and support YU and their juniors in difficult times.” He added, “We will take the support of alumni and encourage all members of the university including both students and faculty to make concerted efforts to overcome COVID-19.”
