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Yul Kwon LAW ’00, Survivor champ and People Magazine’s “Sexiest Man of 2006,” speaks to students Thursday.
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Yul Kwon LAW ’00, Survivor champ and People Magazine’s “Sexiest Man of 2006,” speaks to students Thursday.

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Yul Kwon LAW '00: Read the FCC press release 10.22.09

As mentioned in this morning's Cross Campus, Yul Kwon LAW '00 (of "Survivor: Cook Islands" fame) was named yesterday the deputy chief for the Federal Communications Commission's Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau. Here's the press release from FCC spokeswoman Jen Howard:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 21, 2009 FCC CHAIRMAN JULIUS GENACHOWSKI ANNOUNCES SENIOR STAFF IN INTERNATIONAL AND CONSUMER AND GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS BUREAUS Washington, DC --Today, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski announced the appointment of Mindel De La Torreas Chief of the International Bureau and Yul Kwon as Deputy Chief of the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau. “The FCC has an important role to play in empowering and protecting consumers and ensuring that they have access to world-leading communications networks and technologies,” said Chairman Genachowski. “These talented individuals have vast public and private sector experience in communications policy and I am delighted to have their expertise at the agency.”

‘Survivor’ champ talks about his experiences 4.20.07

Yul Kwon LAW ’00 has certainly stepped off the typical Yale Law School career path. “You may think Yale Law School is a place for nerds,” Law School Dean Harold Koh said in a Thursday. “But in fact, People Magazine voted Yul the sexiest man of 2006.”

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