James T. Laney
| In office November 2, 1993 – February 5, 1996 |
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| Bill Clinton | |
| Donald Gregg | |
| Stephen W. Bosworth | |
| In office 1977–1993 |
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| Sanford Soverhill Atwood | |
| William Chace | |
| December 24, 1927 (age 94) | |
| Yale University (BA, Ph.D.) | |
| Minister, professor, diplomat | |
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James T. Laney (born December 24, 1927) is an American minister, professor, and former diplomat. He served as dean of the Candler School of Theology, president of Emory University, and United States Ambassador to South Korea.
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Early life and education[edit]
Laney was born in the American South and grew up in Arkansas and Memphis, Tennessee. After graduating from Central High School in Memphis,[1] Laney earned his B.A. degree in economics at Yale University. His studies were interrupted by service in the United States Army in the late 1940s, where he went to Korea in January 1947 after World War II and the removal of Japanese rule. He was in the Counterintelligence Corps. "He would say later in life that the experience in Korea so changed his thinking about the world, that by the time he returned to Yale to finish his degree, in 1950, he had determined to enter the ministry," his Emory biography states.[2] Laney later attended Yale Divinity School.[2] After years as a minister, he returned to Yale, completing a Ph.D. degree in Christian ethics at Yale Graduate School.
Career[edit]
Laney became a Methodist minister and served as chaplain at Choate School (now Choate Rosemary Hall) while completing his seminary degree.[2] After graduating, he was a church minister in Cincinnati, Ohio for five years. "But in 1959, drawn by what he had seen in Korea, Laney returned [there] ... to serve as a Methodist missionary teaching at Yonsei University[3] in Seoul. In 1964, seeing higher education as another facet of his vocation, he entered Yale Graduate School, where he completed his Ph.D. degree in Christian ethics in just two years. In 1969, only three years after becoming an assistant professor at Vanderbilt Divinity School, Laney was called by Emory to be dean of the Candler School of Theology" from 1969 to 1977.[2]
He served as the 17th president[4] of Emory University from 1977[3] to 1993.[2] The same year he became the university's president, Emory received an identity-changing $105 million gift for the school from Robert W. Woodruff, a former Coca-Cola Company chairman.[5] As a result, Laney was instrumental in helping transform the school, elevating its academic offerings and standing.[5]
Laney was appointed Ambassador to South Korea by United States President Bill Clinton[6] on October 15, 1993,[3] and presented credentials November 2, 1993.[7] He was involved in defusing the 1994 nuclear crisis during his tenure.[8] He left his post on February 5, 1996.[7]
Other involvements[edit]
Laney served on Harvard Board of Overseers committee for Harvard Divinity School and has served on the Executive Committee of the Yale University Council. He is a trustee of the Henry Luce Foundation in New York; co-chair, with Andrew Young, of Faith and the City in Atlanta;[6] and board member of the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta.[8] He is a past director of The Coca-Cola Company and SunTrust Georgia. From 1997 to 2003, he co-chaired the Council on Foreign Relations Task Force on Korea.[6] He served as the chair of the United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia.[9] His articles have appeared in Foreign Affairs, The New York Times, The Washington Post and numerous other publications.
Honors and awards[edit]
Laney has received at least 22 honorary degrees from colleges and universities in the US, Great Britain, Japan, Korea, and Africa. He has medals for distinguished service from the United States and Korea, the Wilbur L. Cross Medal from Yale, the Emory Medal, and the General James Van Fleet award from the Korea Society.[6] Emory University's graduate school, founded in 1919, was renamed The James T. Laney School of Graduate Studies in 2009.[3][4]
Personal[edit]
Laney is married to Berta Radford and they have five children and sixteen grandchildren. They live in Atlanta.[6] The youngest two children were born in Seoul, Korea when the family lived there from 1959 to 1964 during Laney's missionary work.[2] Three out of his five children graduated from Emory College and two received advanced degrees. Nine out of the sixteen grandchildren have attended Emory, and five have graduated as of August 2012.[8]
References[edit]
- ^ "Religious Notes". The Cincinnati Enquirer. Cincinnati, Ohio. June 18, 1955. p. 9. Retrieved November 27, 2017 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ Jump up to:a b c d e f "Building a Community of Scholars: James T. Laney's Presidency". emoryhistory.emory.edu. Emory University. Archived from the original on 2012-10-25. Retrieved 2012-04-19.
- ^ Jump up to:a b c d Justice, Elaine (Autumn 2009). "Laney's Legacy: Graduate School named for President Emeritus James Laney". Emory Magazine. Emory University. Retrieved November 17, 2017.
- ^ Jump up to:a b "Laney Graduate School Facts & Figures". Archived from the original on 2013-03-07. Retrieved 2013-02-24.
- ^ Jump up to:a b Stuart, Reginald (December 8, 1981). "Education; Atlanta". The New York Times. Retrieved November 27, 2017.
- ^ Jump up to:a b c d e "James T. Laney". icasinc.org. Institute for Corean-American Studies. Retrieved 2012-04-19.
- ^ Jump up to:a b "James T. Laney (1927-)". history.state.gov. Office of the Historian, Bureau of Public Affairs, United States Department of State. Retrieved 2012-04-19.
- ^ Jump up to:a b c "Rev. Dr. James T. Laney". cfgreateratlanta.org. Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta. Retrieved 2012-04-19.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "James T. Laney Papers, 1929-2008, Emory University Archives". Emory Libraries & Information Technology. Retrieved May 14, 2021.
External links[edit]
- Laney, James T.; Shaplen, Jason T. (March 11, 2003). "How to Deal With North Korea". The New York Times. From the March/April 2003 issue of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved November 27, 2017.
- Laney, James T. (September 29, 2002). "Remarks of James T. Laney" (PDF). Colgate.edu. Colgate University. At the inauguration of Rebecca Chopp as the 15th president of Colgate University.
| Preceded by | US Ambassador to Korea 1993–1996 |
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제임스 레이니
위키백과, 우리 모두의 백과사전.
제임스 레이니(James T. Laney, 1927년 ~ )는 미국의 외교관이다. 제16대 주한 대사를 지냈다.
생애
미국 남부에서 태어나 아칸소와 멤피스에서 성장. 1940년대 미군으로 한국에서 복무.
1993년 10월 ~ 1997년 2월 주한 대사.
전임
도널드 그레그
제16대 주한 미국 대사
1993년 10월 ~ 1997년 2월
후임
스티븐 보즈워스
분류:
1927년 출생
살아있는 사람
미국의 외교관
대한민국 주재 미국 대사
Robert W. Woodruff
Robert W. Woodruff 사장이 거액의 자선기금을 낸 것은 사실이고
아름다운 인연이고 사연입니다. 열심히 노력하여 사회에 환원하는
훌륭한 거물들 때문에 인류가 발전했지 싶기도 하여 저 자신이
매우 감동하였답니다. 즐거움이 가득하시기 바랍니다.
친절은 부메랑이다
학자요, 정치가요, 목사이자 주한 미국대사(1993~1997)였던 '제임스 레이니'는 임기를 마치고
귀국하여 '에모리 대학'의 교수가 되었습니다.
그는 건강을 위해서 매일 걸어서 출퇴근 하던 어느 날, 쓸쓸하게 혼자 앉아 있는 노인을
만났습니다. '레이니 교수'는 노인에게 다가가 다정하게 인사를 나누고 말벗이 되어주었고,
그 후 그는 시간이 날 때마다 외로워 보이는 노인을 찾아가 잔디를 깎아 주거나,
커피를 함께 마시면서 2년여 동안 교제를 나누었습니다.
그러던 어느 날 출근길에서 노인을 만나지 못하자 그는 노인의 집을 방문하였고, 노인이 전날
돌아가셨다는 것을 알게 되었습니다.
그 사실을 알고 그는 곧 바로 장례식장을 찾아 조문하면서 자신과 교제했던 노인이 바로
'코카콜라' 회장을 지낸 분임을 알고 깜짝 놀랐습니다.
그때 한 유족이 다가와 "회장님께서 당신에게 남긴 유서입니다." 라고 말하며 봉투를 건넸습니다.
노인의 유서의 내용을 본 그는 더욱 놀랐습니다.
그 유서에 이렇게 쓰여 있었습니다.
"2년여를 내 집 앞을 지나면서 나의 말벗이 되어주고, 우리 집 뜰의 잔디도 함께 깎아주며
커피도 함께 마셨던 나의친구 '레이니' 정말 고마웠어요...!
나는 당신에게 25억 달러(2조7천억원)와 '코카콜라' 주식 5%를 유상으로 남깁니다."
너무 뜻밖의 유산을 받은'레이니' 교수는 놀랐습니다...!
첫째, 전 세계적인 부자가 그렇게 검소하게 살았다는 것,
둘째, 자신이 코카콜라 기업 회장 이었음에도 자신의 신분을 밝히지 않았다는 것,
셋째, 아무런 연고도 없는 사람에게 잠시 친절을 베풀었다는 이유만으로 그렇게 엄청난
돈을 주었다는 사실에 놀랐습니다.
'레이니' 교수는 자신이 받은 엄청난 유산을 자신이 교수로 일하는 '에모리' 대학의
발전 기금으로 내놓았습니다.
'제임스 레이니' 교수가 노인에게 베푼 따뜻한 마음으로 엄청난 부가 굴러들어 왔지만,
그는 그 부에 도취되지 않고 오히려 그 부를 학생과 학교를 위한 기금으로 내 놓았을 때,
그에게는 '에모리' 대학의 총장이라는 명예가 주어 졌습니다.
이것은 전설 같은 얘기지만 겨우 몇 십 년 전에 일어난 실제 이야기이며,
'주한 미국대사'를 역임한 인물이 겪은 꿈같은 실화가 더욱 실감이 갑니다.
작은 친절,
작은 배려,
작은 도움, 하나가 사회를 윤택하게 하고,
서로간의 '우의와 신뢰'를 돈독하게 한다는
사실을 우리는 결코 잊어서는 안될 것입니다. [비밀댓글]
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