B. Papp szerk.: Studia Botanica Hungarica 38. 2007 (Budapest, 2007)
Dancza, István: In memoriam Endre Jeney. (16 August 1934, Debrecen - 11 February 2004, Budapest)
Studio, bot. hung. 38, pp. 33-39, 2007 IN MEMÓRIÁM ENDRE JENEY 16 August 1934, Debrecen - 11 February 2004, Budapest I. DANCZA H1039 Budapest, Hímző u. 1. VII./38, Hungary; dancza@t-online.hu Endre Béla Jeney was born in the town of Debrecen on 16th August, 1934 as the eldest child (among three boys) of Katalin Forgách and István Jeney. His father worked at the Wolf-vineyards as the chief gardener. The young Endre studied in the primary school in Debrecen, where his excellent ability in drawing was discovered quite early. From 1949 to 1952 he studied at the Faculty of Plant Cultivation of the Secondary Technical School for Agriculture in Debrecen, where he was regarded as the most talented pupil of his class. His secondary school teacher, Zoltán Siroki (1906-1987), a renowned local botany professor has created an excellent cultivated plant collection at the technical school. The young Jeney liked to visit the collection - as he used to jokingly say, "the place where the weeds grow" . In accordance with the profile of the secondary technical school, Z. Siroki taught agrobotany as part of the agricultural biology courses. The kind way he was teaching and introducing plants, and his knowledge of botany, have made Endre Jeney an enthusiastic young botanist. During his studies in the technical school he was preparing for the Kossuth Lajos University also under the direction of Zoltán Siroki. After passing successful exams in 1952 at the secondary school he was admitted to the Kossuth Lajos University. Endre Jeney always regarded Zoltán Siroki, as his mentor - witnessed by a field note written on 24 August 1984 when he remarked, "I visited professor Siroki, the person who made me love plants". As a junior student in the first semester at university, Endre Jeney has successfully passed a difficult exam of plant physiology taught by professor Rezső Soó. According to professor Tibor Simon (communicated at the meeting, held in memóriám Endre Jeney, of the Hungarian Botanical Society lectures, Budapest, 2002), Jeney was among those exceptionally rare students, who got a very good mark from professor Soó. The young student Endre Jeney was already excellent in plant geography and taxonomy.
