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Distinguished SNU Members

Seoul National University honors the people who made distinguished achievements in their lives with the Distinguished SNU Members Award. It has been the highest honor bestowed upon SNU alumni or faculty since 1991. The award is granted annually on the founding anniversary of the university during the official anniversary ceremony.

AHN Cheol-soo/Founding CEO of Ahnlab

Dr. Ahn is the pioneer in the information security sector. He developed the computer antivirus software program through individual research and distributed them for free. He founded AhnLab which later became the largest computer security company in Korea.

BYUN Juseon/President of the Girl Scouts of Korea

President Byun contributed to the development of youth education, serving as the Chairperson of the Asia Pacific Regional Committee of WAGGGS(World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts).