Song Ja was born on 1936 and is a South Korean politician and academic.
12 Facts About Song Ja
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Song Ja has served as chancellor of Yonsei University and Myongji University, and as Minister of Education.
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Song Ja was elevated to the position of twelfth chancellor of Yonsei University in August 1992.
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Song Ja had naturalised as a US citizen in 1978, but gave up US citizenship in 1984.
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In January 1997, Song Ja announced that he was resigning from his professorship at Yonsei University.
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In June 1997, Song Ja was appointed chancellor of Myongji University, in Seoul.
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Song Ja became Minister of Education in 2000 during the presidency of Kim Dae-jung.
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Song Ja was the third former Myongji University chancellor to receive a cabinet position in the past decade.
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Song Ja was born in 1936 in Daejeon, then known as Taiden.
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Song Ja's family is part of the Eunjin Song bongwan.
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Song Ja graduated from Yonsei University in 1960 and received a scholarship from the US to study at Washington University in St Louis.
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Song Ja obtained US permanent residence through adjustment of status in 1970.