The Joongdong Educational Foundation () is a private school corporation that operates

Joongdong High School Joongdong High School () is a private school founded in 1906, located in Irwon-dong, Gangnam District, Seoul, South Korea. The school and its foundation were undertaken in 1994 by Samsung Group by the will of group's founder, Lee Byung-chul, th ...

and Joongdong Middle School. Founded in 1906 as the Joongdong School (중동학교), the Joongdong Foundation was brought to its current form in 1948.

History

For 17 years (1994–2011), the

Samsung Group Samsung Group (; stylised as SΛMSUNG) is a South Korean multinational manufacturing conglomerate headquartered in the Samsung Town office complex in Seoul. The group consists of numerous affiliated businesses, most of which operate unde ...

funded the Joongdong Foundation for 17, bringing it up as a leading private school corporation in South Korea. Currently, the foundation operates 2 schools and is led by a

board of trustees A board of directors is a governing body that supervises the activities of a business, a nonprofit organization, or a government agency. The powers, duties, and responsibilities of a board of directors are determined by government regulatio ...

that consists of 7 members. The chairman of the board is Kim Duck-soo.

Current Board of Trustees

References

{{reflist *네이버 백과사전 http://100.naver.com/100.nhn?docid=821236, *경향신문 1994년 3월 27일, *동아일보 http://news.donga.com/3/all/20111020/41272405/1 *학교법인 중동학원 www.joongdong.org * 중동학원 Education in South Korea Educational organizations based in South Korea