The Eighth Tribe, 1980 (7. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1980-12-01 / 12. szám
December, 1980 THE EIGHTH TRIBE Page 7 NEWS BRIEFS:— THE ABRAHAM LINCOLN AWARD In name and in symbolism the Abraham Lincoln Award is inspired by the life, works, and words of the sixteenth president of the United States of America. Lincoln often spoke of the great role the immigrant and their descendants played in American Life. The Award recognizes outstanding and eminent contributions, which persons of Hungarian background and ancestry have made in particular to our American life. It seeks to honor persons whose contributions are in the broad field of human knowledge, the arts, and to the betterment of mankind. The award also honors those not of Hungarian extraction who have enhanced the appreciation of Hungarian culture in America or who have aided the Hungarian community at large. The Abraham Lincoln Award is presented by the American Hungarian Foundation of New Brunswick, N.J. ABRAHAM LINCOLN LAUREATES DR. STEPHEN D. KERTESZ Distinguished scholar, editor, author, teacher in the field of international relations; born in Hungary, rose to the highest levels of the diplomatic profession in the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs only to suffer imprisonment in 1944 by the Nazis and mortal danger after the war; he came to the United States in 1948 after resigning from his career in Hungary; first, he taught at Yale University and then in 1950 joined the faculty at the University of Notre Dame, where as an extraordinary teacher, and scholar he inspired and challenged hundreds of young men and women; until his retirement he was Cardinal O’Hara Professor of Government and International Relations; at Notre Dame he founded the Slavic and East European Program, directed the Institute for International Studies, author of Diplomacy in a Whirpool; Hungary between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union and Quest for Peace through Diplomacy, edited innumerable publications and published numerous articles aqd other books. SIR GEORG SOLTI, KBE One of the world’s most honored conductors, he has dramatically extended the worldwide reputation of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra since 1969, when he was appointed its music director; his renowned recordings with the orchestra have set standards by which others are measured; born in Budapest, where he studied piano, composition and conducting with Bartók, Dohányi and Kodály, and became a conductor at the Budapest Opera; before the outbreak of World War II, he went to Switzerland; following the war, he was appointed music director of the Bavarian State Opera; subsequently, he became artistic and music director of the Frankfurt City Opera for ten years before assuming the post of music director of the Royal Opera House, Convent Garden, during 1961-1971; he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth of Great Britain in 1972; recently, he assumed the posts of principal conductor and orchestra director of the London Philharmonic Orchestra; his guest conducting engagements have taken him to all major European music festivals and to the podiums of the world’s leading orchestras. Sister Wilma Halmassy, director of nursing at Kalaupapa, Hawaii, holds ceremonial key to the new Kalaupapa Memorial Hospital where she will supervise care of leprosy patients as she has in the old dispensary. Sister Wilma Halmassy’s parents came from Hungary in the early 1900’s.
