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Choi Soon-dal (최순달, 崔順達, b. 1931 June 20 in Daegu – d. 2014 October 18 in Seoul)^[1] was a scientist from South Korea who pioneered satellite-building programand greatly advanced Korea into the new digital information era.

Choi Soon Dal was instrumental in helping ETRI develop the Electronic Switching System (TDX), the world's tenth such system which propelled Korea to join the digital information era. He served as a minister in the Ministry of Communications. He was the visionary first dean of Korean Institute of Technology, which later became a part of Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology. As a professor at KAIST, he created Satellite Research Center and lead his students to successfully engineer and launch the first Korean satellite, “Our Star” (우리별).

Soon Dal Choi died on October 18, 2014 at the age of 83.^[2] He was posthumously awarded a national medal of honor for his contribution to scince and technology on Octover 21, 2014. He is the 4th civilian allowed to be buried at the National Cemetery Cemetery, in the area reserved for Koreans who made contributions to Korean society.^[3]

Milestones

* 1954 Seoul National University, Department of Electrical Engineering, BS (Republic of Korea)
* 1955 University of California, Berkeley,  (United States), BS Electrical Engineering
* 1956 University of California, Berkeley (United States), MS, Electrical Engineering 
* 1969 Stanford University  (United States), PhD Electrical Engineering
* 1969 Jet Propulsion Laboratory (United States), Research Engineer
* 1976 GoldStar Central Research Institute  (Republic of Korea), Research Director 
* 1981 Telecommunications Research Institute  (Republic of Korea), (Later ETRI) Director
* 1982 May 21 - 1983 October 14, Ministry of Communications  (Republic of Korea), Minister 
* 1983 November 25, Foundation (Republic of Korea), inaugurated as the first President [1] 
* 1985 Korea Institute of Technology,  Dean (later Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) 
* 1987 Korea Science and Engineering Foundation (Republic of Korea), Chairman 
* 1990 , Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology  (Republic of Korea), Professor
* 1991, Satellite Research Center Initiative (SatReCI) (Republic of Korea), Director
* 2007, Daeduk College (Republic of Korea), 11th Dean

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^ "send off ceremony of Choi Soon-dal". http://www.yonhapnews.co.kr/. 2014-10-22. Retrieved 6 November 2014. {{cite news}}: External link in |publisher= (help)
^ "S. Korean satellite scientist dies". koreaherald. 2014-10-19. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
^ http://www.yonhapnews.co.kr/bulletin/2014/10/21/0200000000AKR20141021122700017.HTML?from=search

[1] "send off ceremony of Choi Soon-dal". http://www.yonhapnews.co.kr/. 2014-10-22. Retrieved 6 November 2014. {{cite news}}: External link in |publisher= (help)

[2] "S. Korean satellite scientist dies". koreaherald. 2014-10-19. Retrieved 2 November 2014.

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 '''Choi Soon-dal (최순달, 崔順達, b. 1931 June 20 in Daegu – d. 2014 October 18 in Seoul)<ref>{{cite news|title=send off ceremony of Choi Soon-dal|url=http://www.yonhapnews.co.kr/photos/1990000000.html?cid=PYH20141022077800063&from=search|accessdate=6 November 2014|publisher=http://www.yonhapnews.co.kr/|date=2014-10-22}}</ref> was a scientist from [[South Korea]] who pioneered satellite-building programand greatly advanced Korea into the new digital information era.