Ilchi Lee was acknowledged by the City of Albuquerque when Mayor Martin J. Chavez issued Executive Order 07-129 to proclaim August 31, 2007, as Ilchi Lee Day, recognizing his outstanding contributions in Brain Education.
The executive order “encouraged all citizens to celebrate this distinguished friend of our community.”
In the Executive Order, the Mayor made these declarations regarding Ilchi Lee and his accomplishments: Focusing his efforts on the brain because through it human being experience and affect all reality; founder and president of the University of Brain Education; founder and president of the Korea Institute of Brain Science, and founder and chairman of the International Brain Education Association; Brain Philosopher and Educator continuing to contribute to the health and wellness of Albuquerque; and devoted his life to the study of brain awareness and its potential to improve the human condition.