Fraternity-Testvériség, 1971 (49. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1971-10-01 / 10-12. szám
WINNERS OF THE ‘STUDY CONTEST"’ OF OUR FEDERATION Our Federation sponsored a “Study Contest” among our young members attending Colleges or Universities during the summer of 1971. There were 10 contestants. Out of those, five were selected as winners and were approved by the Board of Directors at the September meeting. Winners of the study contest: 1. Rev. L. M. Medyesy, 2. Katherine E. Kovach, 3. Anikó A. Kovács, 4. Zsursa Yizsolyi, 5. Csilla G. Bodnar. Since the existence of our Federation it has been our policy to help our young members with “Student Aid”. We also support the Youth Camps and Conferences of the different denominations. Every year we have Summer School in our Bethlen Home. We support the “Hungarian Language Chair” at four Universities. We have always gone to the farthest limit possible to preserve the Hungarian heritage among our young members, and we will continue to do so in the future. FIRST PRIZE WINNER Rev. L. M. Medyesy Born in Budapest in 1940 I completed my High School (Gymnasium) studies and then for V/2 years attended the Reformed Theological Academy there, until leaving for Vienna, Austria. I worked and attended the University of \ ienna for a year while proving my status, and then received a World Alliance of Reformed Churches Scholarship from Geneva to study in the United States at McCormick Theological Seminary. In 1965 this land of opportunity provided me a beginning job at Inland Steel Company and with no English I launched my intellectual “career” at the Seminary. A Master of Divinity degree in 1967 and a Master of Arts degree in Church and Community the following year gained me admittance to the University of Chicago for a Masters degree in International Relations in 1970. During my studies, in the Fall of 1968 I was ordained by the Calvin Synod, U.C.C. in Joliet, Illinois and later called to serve the First Hungarian Reformed Church of Whiting, Indiana. In addition, I am presently attending Indiana University in Bloomington both as a student in the Russian and East European Institute and as a Ph.D. candidate in their Uralic and Altaic Department. With a full life including a wife, child, and diverse annual travels God has been more than gracious to me. Letter of Thanks: Dr. Zoltán Beky, Bishop The Hungarian Reformed Fed. of America 3216 New Mexico Ave. N. W. Washington, D. C. 20016 Nov. 15, 1971 Dear Bishop Beky: It was a happy surprise to receive your letter concerning the good news that I had been selected by the Federation’s Board of Directors as one of the winners of the Study Contest. May I express my sincere thank you to the Federation for this recognition. 1 assure you that this amount will he most helpful in financing the ever-increasing expense of higher education. Also, according to your request you will find a short biography and picture of me enclosed for the “Fraternity”. Please transmit my lasting feeling of gratitude to the leaders and constituency of the Hungarian Reformed Federation of America. Yours in the Fellowship, Rev. L. M. Medyesy SECOND PRIZE WINNER Katherine Kovach Miss Katherine E. Kovach, bom in Washington, D. C. on November 16tli, is presently a member of the freshman class at the University of Kentucky. She graduated from Walter Johnson High School. Previously, she attended Kensington Junior High School and Parkwood Elementary. THIRD PRIZE WINNER Anikó A. Kovach Born Oct. 25, 1948. Attending West 20
