Seoul High School

History

History

• Feb 1 1946 Inauguration of the first principal
• Mar 5 1946 School opening ceremony and entrance ceremony
• June 1947 Named 'Seoul Public Middle School'
• June 5, 1949 First graduation ceremony
• Sep 1 1951 In accordance with the reform of educational system separated as Seoul High School
• Feb 28 1971 In accordance with the equalization of middle Schools, Seoul Middle School was closed after the twentieth graduation ceremony
• July 3, 1971 Establishment of Inwang Scholarship Foundation
• June 9, 1980 Moved to the present campus
• Mar 1 1985 Expanded to 60 classes
• Sep 1 2004 Inauguration of the twenty-third Principal Sung, Kee Won
• Feb 3 2005 Held the fifty-seventh graduation ceremony
• Mar 1 2006 Decreased to 51 classes
• Mar 1 2007 Inauguration of the 24th Principal Lee, Kyu Seok
• Mar 1 2007 48 classes in total and a special class for the handicapped
• Feb 1 2008 The 60th graduation ceremony
• Mar 1 2008 45 classes in total and a special class for the handicapped
• Mar 1 2008 Inauguration of the 25th Principal Park, Hee-Song

  Memorial facility

• Samil Pagoda: Built in celebration of the 41st anniversary of March 1st Movement
• Pochung Monument: Set up on June 15, 1956, in remembrance of Seoul High School students who sacrificed their lives for the Korean War or the April Revolution
• The Statue of Major Kang, Jae-gu: Set up on April 12, 1986, in honor of Major Kang, who sacrificed his life to save more than 100 subordinates on Oct 4, 1965, when one of his subordinates threw a hand grenade in the wrong direction by mistake during the military training for the Vietnamese War

  Notable alumni

Academia

• Lee Soo-sung, former president of Seoul National University and prime minister of South Korea
• Park Se-il, former professor at Graduate School of International Studies, Seoul National University
• Song Ho-geun, professor at College of Social Science, Seoul National University
• Lee Young-soon, former dean of College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University
• Rim Kwan, 2nd president of KAIST, later the chairman of its board of directors. President and later chairman of the Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology, Samsung's central R&D center. Chairman of the Sungkyunkwan University Foundation. Professor and Associate Dean at the University of Iowa College of Engineering, also founder of its Biomedical Engineering department.

  Business

• Lim Chang-Wook, founder of Daesang Group
• Choi Ji-Sung, CEO of Samsung Electronics
• Yoon Se-young, Chairman of Seoul Broadcasting System
• Koo Chayol, CEO of LS Cable
• Chung Mong-won, CEO of Halla Group and Mando Corporation, IIHF Hall of Fame inductee
• Joo Gang-Soo, CEO of Korea Gas Corporation
• Lee Minjoo, founder of C&M Communications and Atinum Partners

  Legal

• Kim Yong-Joon, former Chief Justice of Constitutional Court of Korea
• Yang Chang-Soo, Justice of Supreme Court of Korea and former professor at the law school of Seoul National University
• Song Gwang-Soo, former attorney general
• Shin Young-Moo, founding partner of Shin & Kim
• Lee Jae-Hoo, representative of Kim & Chang

  Public service

• Yoon Jeung-Hyun, Minister of Strategy & Finance
• Lee Shi-Yoon, former Chairman of the Board of Audit and Inspection of Korea and professor at the law school of Seoul National University
• Won Se-Hoon, former chairman of National Intelligence Service
• Kim Myung-Ho, former chairman of Bank of Korea
• Jeon Yoon-Cheol, former chairman of Fair Trade Commission

  Politics

• Cho Soon-hyung, assemblyman

  Literature

• Choi In-ho, novelist
• Hwang Dong-gyu, poet

  Sports

• Kim Dong-Soo, professional baseball player formerly with LG Twins, Hyundai Unicorns, etc.
• Lee Sang-Hoon, professional baseball player formerly with LG Twins and Boston Red Sox

  Culture

• Bae Chang-ho, film director
• Jang Sun-woo, film director
• Lee Soon-jae, actor and former assemblyman
• Yim Jae-beom, rock singer
• Kim Jong-jin, rock singer
• Joo Sang-wook, actor