Bethlen Almanac 1997 (Ligonier)
Halottaink
REV. DR. LAJOS NAGYBACZONI NAGY 1914-1997 Professor Nagy was born in Erdély (Transylvania) what was Hungary before World War I and is now part of Romania. He was educated in Hungary and in Scotland. During the Second World War, because of his fluent English, Dr. Nagy became the leader of the Scottish Presbyterian Mission in Budapest. After the war, he became the member of the Hungarian Diplomatic Service, and was sent to represent Hungary in London. Years later he emigrated to Canada and the USA and became the minister of the Cliffside Congregation in New Jersey. After an early retirement he went to work at Kean College, in Union, NJ, where he was a professor and director of the library. During the last 20 years he lived in a garden apartment of the same city. Central New Jersey’s daily The Star Ledger gave the following accounts of the tragedy: Authorities said the Rev. Dr. Louis Nagy was crossing North Broad street in front of St. Elizabeth’s Episcopal Church just after 5 p.m. Sunday when a late model Nissan struck him and sent his body into the side of another vehicle traveling nearby. The hit-and-run driver slowed momentarily before speeding away from the scene, police said. The driver of the other car, a 17 year old girl, who graduated from Elizabeth High School, stopped immediately. Rev. Nagy was rushed to University Hospital in Newark and was believed to be able to survive the head and other injuries he suffered. “His condition was listed as stable around 6:15 p.m., but at 7:10 p.m. he went to critical and then he dies at 10:42 p.m.” said Edward Wald, an investigator with the Elizabeth Police Department. Reverend Nagy is survived by his wife and by his three daughters: Réka, Ann and Kati and by a granddaughter. He left all of his Hungarian books to the American Hungarian Foundations, Hungarian Heritage Center, New Brunswick, New Jersey. Magyar Egyház 264
