Samsung Display CEO Yi Chung has been named a fellow of the Society for Information Display (SID), one of the highest honors in the global display industry, the company said Thursday. SID, widely regarded as the world’s most prestigious academic organization in the display sector, awards fellow status to members who have made outstanding and widely recognized engineering or scientific contributions to the display field. The number of fellows selected each year is traditionally limited to approximately 0.1 percent of the society’s total membership. “For pioneering the world's first foldable OLED displays and multiple other advances in OLED display technology, and for leadership in advancing display ecosystems toward energy efficiency and environmental sustainability,” SID said. Yi, who joined Samsung in 1992 and holds a PhD in chemical engineering from Pohang University of Science and Technology, has played a key role in advancing the company’s display technologies. Promoted to an executive position in panel development in 2012, he contributed to the development of Samsung Elec