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President of Univ of Southern California Beong-Soo Kim
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Date: October 17th, 2026 12:08 PM Author: AZNgirl w/Penis discussing Interest Rates w/TT6 A JD can open doors!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beong-Soo_Kim
Kim attended Harvard College, where he wrote for The Harvard Crimson,[4] led the Harvard CIVICS program,[5] and played in the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra. He graduated magna cum laude and as a member of Phi Beta Kappa.[6] He subsequently earned an M.Sc. from the London School of Economics as a Rotary Scholar, and worked as a New York City Urban Fellow. He graduated from Harvard Law School with honors in 1999.[2]
Career Legal career Kim began his legal career as a law clerk to Judge Robert D. Sack of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.[7] After his clerkship, he taught constitutional interpretation as a teaching fellow at Harvard University and worked as an associate at Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP.[2][7]
Kim then spent nine years as a federal prosecutor at the United States Attorney's Office for the Central District of California.[2] While working at the U.S. Attorney's Office, he taught as an adjunct professor at the USC Gould School of Law.[8] During his time as a prosecutor, Kim handled cases involving fraud and eventually became chief of the Major Frauds section.[2][9] He returned to the U.S. Attorney's Office in 2022 to deliver a talk on Asian-American legacy-building.[10]
Following his federal service, Kim worked as a partner at Jones Day before moving to Kaiser Permanente, where he spent nearly six years as vice president.[2][8]
University of Southern California General counsel In July 2020, Kim was appointed senior vice president and general counsel of USC.[11] As general counsel, he led several major strategic initiatives and advised the senior leadership team and Board of Trustees on matters affecting the University, Keck Medicine, and athletics.[12][11] He served as senior vice president and general counsel of USC from July 2020 to June 2025.[2]
USC President On February 5, 2025, USC announced that Kim would serve as interim president beginning July 1, 2025, following Carol Folt's announced retirement.[13][14] The appointment was announced by USC Board of Trustees Chair Suzanne Nora Johnson and Vice Chair David C. Bohnett, who praised Kim's "impeccable character, strong and collaborative leadership and a broad understanding of our academic research and medical enterprises, as well as our athletics programs."[11][14]
The appointment came after Folt announced in November 2024 that she would retire at the end of her six-year tenure in June 2025.[14][13] USC established a Presidential Search Committee, led by Trustees Carmen Nava and Mark Stevens, to select the school's next permanent president.[11][13]
On February 4, 2026, the USC Board of Trustees announced that Kim had been unanimously elected the 13th president of the university.[3] |