Dear Rob, <div>I also congratulate Robert with prestigious prize. This prize was founded in 1997 by prominent Korean linguist Kim Min-su. I was the first European (non-Korean) person who awadred the Tongsung Prize in 1999. After me some Eurohean (non-Korean) koreanologists (3 from Russia: Yuriy Mazur, Anatoliy Vasiliev and Valentina Dmitrieva; and several people from European countries). </div>
<div>Best wishes,</div><div>Lev Kontsevich</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">2010/11/24 Robert Provine <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:provine@umd.edu">provine@umd.edu</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Dear Korean Studies:<br>
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A Dongsung Academic Prize (citation & cash award) from the Dongsung Academic Foundation in Seoul, Korea, has been awarded to S. Robert Ramsey of the University of Maryland. Not widely known outside Korea, the Prize is nevertheless the major award given for distinguished scholarly achievements in Korean linguistics (and almost never given to non-Koreans).<br>
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Congratulations to Bob!<br>
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Cheers,<br>
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Rob Provine<br>
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</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>L.R. Kontsevich<br>
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