My Rotary Journey

In 1990, Rotarians from Busan, Korea, gave Wooj Byun a new life. Their gift? A Rotary International Ambassadorial Scholarship. With this simple gesture, they created a path for Byun to become an American student, lawyer, global citizen--and Rotarian.

From that moment, Byun was committed to Rotary's motto of ''service above self.'' Originally joining Rotary to pay back his scholarship, he quickly embraced the organization's giving spirit. In My Rotary Journey, Byun details tutoring a group of elderly Korean immigrants so they could earn their US citizenship, writing books to help Koreans in the US understand the legal system, and tirelessly cheerleading for Rotary locally, nationally, and internationally as president of the Rotary Club in Edina, Minnesota.

With his own brand of wit and an observational style that could only come from a true global citizen, Byun shares his heartfelt, humorous personal stories, inspiring others to become Rotarians and take up the call of service above self.