Daejeon educator and author who promoted filial-piety culture; pen names Yeoheon and Hyeondo
| Life | 1946 ~ 2015 |
| Era | 대한민국 |
| Clan | 보성 오씨 |
O Won-gyun (1946-2015) was a South Korean educator, author, businessman and social activist of the Boseong O clan with the pen names Yeoheon and Hyeondo. Born in Jeongan-myeon, Gongju County, South Chungcheong, he died in Daejeon in 2015 aged 68. He graduated in chemical engineering from Chungnam National University, earned a master's in education at the same university and a doctorate in mechanical engineering from Hanyang University (1990), and received an honorary doctorate from Seongsan Hyo Graduate University.
Starting as a secondary-school teacher, he served as principal of Seodaejeon High School and Daejeon Woosong High School and worked as lecturer at Daejeon Vocational College, adjunct professor at Pai Chai University, visiting professor at Hanbat National University and professor of mechanical engineering at Woosong University, resigning in August 2009. He worked to spread a culture of filial piety, serving as honorary head of the Daejeon Filial Piety Association and director of the Daejeon Filial Piety Culture Support Center.
He ran as an independent for Daejeon mayor in 2006 and for Daejeon superintendent of education in 2008 and 2010 and lost each time. He received a prize from the Korean Patriotic Seniors Association in 1991, a Prime Minister's citation the same year and a Presidential citation in 1992. His books include works on Jang Yeong-sil and Yi Cheon, a praise-movement guidebook (2002) and "Modern K-HYO Is Praise" (2009).