Fraternity-Testvériség, 1958 (36. évfolyam, 1-11. szám)
1958-05-01 / 5. szám
FRATERNITY 7 During the course of the operation, the Academy staff personnel was too preoccupied day and night to be concerned with keeping score of the number of refugees interviewed and placed. Indeed, the staff recognized from the beginning that it was dealing with individuals and that it mattered little which organization achieved actual placement so long as it was professionally adequate and utilized the newcomers’ professional talents. Building a high score of placements by the Academy itself was not an objective of the program. Instead, emphasis was placed upon helping as many individuals as possible, paying special attention to those highly qualified. This often was accomplished by counseling and referring a refugee to another American organization more closely related to the individual’s special field. Ideally the interviewing and placement of refugees could best be accomplished by an American professional society devoted to the same profession as the refugee. Because there were no such organizations at Camp Kilmer, the Academy’s office was asked by the President’s Committee for Hungarian Refugee Relief to assist other professionals such as lawyers, practicing physicians, social scientists, etc. Table 1 presents a tabulation of placements from the beginning of the Academy’s program late in December 1956 until the termination of the parolee program on December 31, 1957. Because registration with the Academy’s office was entirely optional, an undetermined number of scientists among the refugees are not included in the figures shown in the table. While it is still too early to evaluate the magnitude of the contribution which the newcomers are making, from numerous reports it appears that the vast majority seem pleased with their new positions and several have participated in the solution of particular research problems at both industrial and academic laboratories. A score or more of those with scientific and technical talents also are satisfactorily serving with various research organizations of the federal government, including those of the military services. As a result of a more comprehensive survey, it soon will be possible to pubilsh details of the distribution and positions of those assisted under the program. TABLE 1 Placement of Hungarian Refugee Scientists Tabulated by Professional Fields Chemical Engineering .................... .................. 71 26 4 101 Electrical Engineering .................... .................. 39 17 3 59 Civil Engineering ............................ .................. 37 21 30 88 Mechnical Engineering .................. .................. 71 50 13 134 Other Engineering .......................... .................. 21 23 4 55 Medicine ........................................... .................. 108 82 28 218 Chemistry ......................................... .................. 21 11 0 32 Mathematics and Physics ............ .................. 26 9 5 40 Other Natural Sciences .................. .................. 34 32 4 59 Other Professions (Social Science, Law, Etc.) 51 88 44 173 Technicians ....................................... ................... 36 44 32 112 Total ........................................... ................... 515 416 150 1,081
