Choe Yangboo, Korean Ambassador to Argentina, has a background in agricultural economics, receiving his B.S. and M.S. degrees from Seoul National University and his Ph.D. from the University of Missouri, Columbia. He has served in numerous advisory/specialist positions in the Korean Government, including Senior Secretary and Chief Policy Advisor of Agricultural, Forestry, Fisheries, and Rural Affairs. He also worked as President of The Agrofood Newmarketing Institute and Vice-President of the Korea Rural Economic Institute. Ambassador Choe has held leadership positions with a number of professional societies/corporations and forums, including the Asian Society of Agricultural Economists, the Korea Agricultural and Rural Infrastructure Corporation (KARICO), Food and Agrofishery Forum for Peace and Reunification, and the Gyeongbook World Agri-Culture Forum. He has received numerous awards and honors over his career, including Honorary Chair Professor, Mirayng National University; Order of Public Service Merit (Yellow Stripes), The Government of Korea; and Honorary Adjunct Professor of Agricultural Economics and the International Agricultural Leadership Award, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, University of Missouri, Columbia. The E.T. and Vam York Distinguished ASA Lectureship was established by Dr. and Mrs. E.T. York, Jr. in recognition of the importance of agronomic science and Dr. York's impact on the profession as evidenced by his contributions to research, education, and administration. The Lectureship is made possible by a gift from Dr. and Mrs. York to the Agronomic Science Foundation. This endowment fund supports excellence in programming to provide a cutting-edge lectureship based on value and timeliness of a topic and its relationship to issues currently of importance to the profession.