The United Service Organizations (USO) Council of Georgia has selected Sunny K. Park of Atlanta, Georgia, as winner of its 2002 USO Patriot Award. The Award, which is the most prestigious honor granted by USO, will be presented Monday, April 29, at 11:30 A.M., at the annual Armed Forces Luncheon to be held at the Cobb Galleria Convention Center, Cobb County, Georgia.

Mr. Park, 59, has been involved with the USO as a volunteer for more than 10 years and has been an asset to the USO in supporting its activities. He also funded for the building of the Georgia Korean War Veterans Memorial at the Georgia Capitol, in memory of the 740 Georgians killed in the Korean War. Mr. Park immigrated to the United States in 1974 from South Korea.

Mr. Park is CEO of General Building Maintenance, Inc., a building maintenance provider. He presently serves as a commissioner of the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, a member of the Business Executives for National Security (BENS), a member of the Board of Governors of the Georgia Public Policy Foundation, a member of the Board of Visitors of Berry College and a Board member of Atlanta College of Art. He found Good Neighboring Foundation, an image improvement effort for Asian American immigrant community and campaigns nationally.

Mr. Park is married to Kay Park, also of Atlanta, and is the father of Kathy Park, public relations manager for the New York Times, and Jimmy Park, a plastic engraver living in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

For more information, contact Mary Lou Austin, President, United Service Organizations Council of Georgia, 404-761-8061.


United Service Organizations Council of Georgia
James L. Pollan, Chairman of the Board
Mary Lou Austin, President
Suite 320 Terminal Atrium
Hartsfield International Airport
P. O. Box 20963
Atlanta, GA 30320
404-761-8061