AUGUSTUS CHO

"Investing in Chapel Hill..."

Biographical:

Birthplace:  Seoul, South Korea

Birthdate:  August 10, 1958

Arrived in USA: July 13, 1968 in Washington, D.C

Proud Parent: son Alasdair  (2009 Graduate of East Chapel Hill High School); daughter Courtney (rising 8th grader at Smith Middle School) of CHCCS.

Education:

Master of Divinity, 1990:  Westminster Theological Seminary (Philadelphia, PA)

Bachelor of Arts, 1982:  UNC - Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, NC)

Sanderson High School, 1977 (Raleigh, NC)

Linton Hall Military School:  A Company, E Company/Drum & Bugle Corp 8/1968 - 6/1971 (Bristow, VA)

Professional:

Author, Columnist and Consultant in Chapel Hill, NC

Instructor, Central Texas College, Pacific Far East Campus (Yongsan Garrison, Seoul, Korea)

Founder/Instructor, Augustus Cho's Tae Kwon Do (Wilmington, DE and Chapel Hill, NC)

Pastor, Presbyterian (NYC, NJ, PA), retired

Marketing, Los Angeles, CA, & NYC, NY

Publications:

"Great Light Will Shine"

"Great Light Will Shine II"

"Great Light Will Shine III"

"Augustus Cho Intellectual Jock"

"Augustus Cho Tae Kwon Do: Dedicated to Discipline"

Civic Service:

Town of Chapel Hill -- Transportation Board (6/2006 - 6/2009, Chair 2009)

Community Design Commission, Commissioner; (10/2008 - 6/2009)

Northern Area Task Force (3/2007 - 8/2007 )

Downtown Parking Citizen Committee (7/2006 - 6/2007)

Congressional Candidate, 4th-NC, 2008

Past Chairman of the Orange County Republican Party (3/2007 – 2/2008)

Ex-Officio, PTA Board, Seoul Foreign School (8/2004 - 6/2005)

President, PTA Board, Seoul Foreign School (8/2003 - 6/2004)

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