Hungarian Heritage Review, 1990 (19. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1990-02-01 / 2. szám
News Nuggets WASHINGTON, D.C. - As ol this dale, a new U.S. Ambassador to Hungary has yet to be appointed to fill the post vacated by former Ambassador, Mark Palmer, who decided to go into business in Hungary, with Ronald Lauder and other investors. Recently, the HUNGARIAN HERITAGE REVIEW has received letters and telephone calls suggesting that something be done to help promote Mary Mochary for this very important and sensitive position. Of course, it is not known yet whether she would be interested, but the HHR will try to find out. Meanwhile, this publication, who supported her when she ran for the office of the U.S. Senator from New Jersey in 1984, does recommend her as a candidate, will bring her name to the attention of President Bush and the Secretary of State, and hopes that the leaders and spokesmen for the Hungarian community in America will do the same. The former Mayor of the City of Montclair, New Jersey, and former Republican candidate for election to the U.S. Senate, Mary V. Mochary, who was born in Hungary and emigrated with her parents to the United States at the age of three, was appointed by former President Ronald Reagan as Deputy Legal Adviser to the U.S. Department of State. Her duties in this position include rendering legal opinions on international law, treaties, and on all aspects of international relations. When Mary Mochary and her parents arrived in the United States after fleeing from Hungary, they settled in Montclair, where she attended and graduated from elementary and high school. She then attended Wellesly College and graduated in 1963 with an ABA Degree in Economics and, after attending and graduating from the University of Chicago Law School in 1967, she became a member of the New Jersey and Arkansas Bars. She and her husband, Stephen, who is now a Superior Court Judge (Essex County), practiced law together and became associated with the prestigious Wall Street (New York) law firm of Lane & Mittendorf. A successful businesswoman as well, and a shareholder in the Astros Baseball Team of Houston, THE HUNGARIAN HERITAGE REVIEW’S CANDIDATE FOR U. S. AMBASSADOR TO HUNGARY: MARY MOCHARY Texas, this remarkable woman is fluent in six languages (including Hungarian, of course), the mother of two children, and yet found enough time to devote to a variety of interests. She chaired the Republican Task Force for the Women’s Political Caucus of New Jersey; was a Founding Member of the Foundation for Educational Alternatives, of the Whole Theater Company, and of the National Conference of Women Mayors; was a member of the Board of Directors of the Anti-Defamation League of B’nai B’rith; and is still a member of the Advisory Board of the American Hungarian Foundation, to whose “HUNGARIAN HERITAGE CENTER” she and her husband made a substantial contribution. In 1984, Mary Mochary was awarded the American Hungarian Foundation’s “Distinguished Service Award” and,- in 1985, she was voted “Woman of the Year” by the Suburban Essex Business and Professional Women organization. At the time of her appointment by President Reagan as Deputy Legal Adviser to the U.S. Department of State, Mary Mochary was asked whether she would consider running for public office again. Her answer was: “Right now, I am only interested in working as hard as I can to be the best Deputy Legal Adviser ever. But, let me add this: I am not discounting that realistic possibility.” But, there is also something else Mary Mochary said that the HUNGARIAN HERITAGE REVIEW has not forgotten, something that should also be of significance to the Hungarian community in America. “I am proud of my Hungarian heritage,” she said, “and I will carry the Hungarian banner wherever I may go!” This, then, is why the HUNGARIAN HERITAGE REVIEW believes that Mary Mochary is the best qualified for and should become the new U.S. Ambassador to Hungary! ************ FEBRUARY 1990 HUNGARIAN HERITAGE REVIEW 3
