Postai és Távközlési Múzeumi Alapítvány Évkönyve, 1998
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posterity many lost postal relics. His legacy, the Sopron Postal History Collection, is confined to 10 filing cabinets and 14 cupboards in the corridor of the Postal Administration building, and to the care of the writer of these lines, who is honoured to have Sándor Mesterházy as his predecessor. The upkeep of the Sopron Postal and Telecommunications Collection is now undertaken by the Sopron Administration of the Hungarian Post Office and the North-Western Technical Administration of MATAV Rt. These two institutions provide the space, the lighting, heating and collection facilities. The curator in charge is a member of staff of the Foundation of Postal and Telecommunications Museums, who hereby promises to provide the Yearbook with regular updates on the Sopron Collection. Károly Borsos: An arbitrary interpretation of history, or an attempt look at the facts in a new way Károly Borsos (1912-1997) was a retired senior member of staff, postal engineer, and an outstanding figure in Hungarian telecommunications. His name is associated with many telecommunications patents, development plans and scientific studies. He was a member of the Transport and Telecommunications Science Society, and honoured there by memorial medals. The National Development Board also valued his advice. Károly Borsos was a polymath who won four first prizes and one second prize in town planning and civil engineering design competitions. He designed a new national theatre and a new set of historical statues. Right up to his death he was concerned with the future potential of telecommunications, which he sometimes referred to as a “tele-aggression nightmare Surviving to receive his diamond-jubilee university degree, he received the Gábor Baross Prize from the Ministry of Transport, Telecommunications and Water, on the day of his death. His daughter, írisz Borsos, presented objects and documents from his career to the Postal Museum as the donation of the year in 1998. The bequest has been placed in the Postal Museum’s reading room and database. The documents include a piece by written his granddaughter írisz in 1982 entitled An arbitrary interpretation of history, or an attempt look at the facts in a new way. We are now publishing it to memorialise Károly Borsos and thank the Irises - daughter and granddaughter - for placing the bequest in the museum and giving us an insight into one of the outstanding figures of a great generation of engineers. Klára Pataki: It would be good to be a soldier now For one hundred and fifty years, many young people have envied those of their forebears who had the chance of glory in the Revolution and War of Independence. Fewer realise that every generation is presented with its own stimulating and motivating events, the opportunity for struggle and “heroic deeds" on an everyday scale. We are faced with choices of humanity and honour every day. Young people, and indeed every member of society, can find the occasion to act for the community. In our everyday lives, however, it is nevertheless stimulating to turn our minds to the anniversaries and outstanding events of our history. Young people in 1998 and 1999 have the occasion to make a fitting celebration of the 150th anniversary of the 1848-49 events. 258
