I first met Áö¿øÀÚÀ̸§ during my tenure as the Director of ºÎ¼¸í in ȸ»ç¸í through Mr. ¼±»ý´Ô¼ºÇÔ (a senior faculty member of ±¹Á¦°ú¸í Program in °íµîÇб³¸í Foreign Language High School) while working on a joint ȸ»ç¸í/°íµîÇб³¸í program ¶Ç´Â project.
Áö¿øÀÚÀ̸§ (then, a novel first year ±¹Á¦°ú¸í student in °íµîÇб³¸í) was receiving his orientation from Mr. ¼±»ý´Ô¼ºÇÔ when I entered the ±¹Á¦°ú¸í faculty room. Mr. ¼±»ý´Ô¼ºÇÔ and I were to discuss detailed scheduling of the joint-program ¶Ç´Â project. As the orientation session was just about to be concluded, I nonchalantly mentioned it to Mr. ¼±»ý´Ô¼ºÇÔ that I was preparing a manuscript on "¿ø°í¸í." Instantly, Mr. ¼±»ý´Ô¼ºÇÔ offered to write a letter of recommendation in behalf of my manuscript without even reviewing it¡ªfor which I am eternally grateful...