Bethlen Almanac 1998 (Ligonier)

The Hungarian Reformed Federation of America

The American Hungarian Foundation Celebrates 45th Anniversary and Founder’s Days in 1999

Laureates of the Foundation’s George Washington Award at the 1998 Awards dinner at The Waldorf-Astoria in New York City: Left to right:

Zoltán Merszei (1976), Bruce S. Gelb (1997), George Jelűnek (1986), Rabbi Arthur Schneider and László Papp, who were honored at the 1998 Awards dinner.

In 1999, the American Hungarian Foundation celebrates dual anniversary years: the 45th year of its establishment and the tenth year of the opening of the Museum, Library and Archives facility in New Brunswick, NJ. The building was designed by László Papp. You are invited to share in all of the anniversary celebrations, especially the gala Founders’ Days programs on May 21-23, 1999.

“The Hungarian Spark in America,” the Museum exhibition that will open on May 23, 1999, will be the 35th exhibition since the Museum opened in 1989. Over 75,000 visitors have come to the Museum and the Heritage Center, which includes a Library of 40,000 volumes and major Archival collections. The Archives of the Foundation documents the history and contributions of Hungarians to American life since colonial days. Recently, the Bethlen Archives, a major archival collection about American Hungarians, their churches and organizations, was deposited with the Foundation. The trustees of the Bethlen Museum & Archives, Inc., have made a $120,000 four-year grant to the Foundation to support the cataloging of the Bethlen collection.

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