The Eighth Tribe, 1980 (7. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1980-04-01 / 4. szám
Page 6 THE EIGHTH TRIBE April, 1980 Persons in the News . . . DR. LOUIS C. NANASSY RECEIVES THE JOHN ROBERT GREGG AWARD Dr. Louis C. Nanassy, professor of business education at Montclair State College, Upper Montclair, N.J., is the recipient of the prestigious John Robert Gregg Award for outstanding contributions to the advancement of business education. Presentation was made at the general session of the annual convention of the National Business Education Association held in the grand ballroom of the Chicago Marriott Hotel. Dr. Nanassy, a long-time member of the H.R.F.A. was born in Debrecen, Hungary, and at the age of eight immigrated with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Kalman Nanassy, to Perth Amboy, N.J. He is the nephew of the late Rev. Dr. Louis Nanassy, noted Magyar Reformed Church leader and former superintendent of the Bethlen Home in Ligonier, Pa. Selected for the Gregg Award from among the more than one hundred thousand business educators in the United States, Dr. Nanassy’s citation reads as follows: “The twenty-sixth John Robert Gregg Award is presented to a person who has devoted himself to the improvement of business education. He has made significant contributions in each of the areas ihat define a scholar and a leader. In addition to the influence he has had on the numerous students who have been privileged to know him personally, his influence has been extended to countless other students and educators as a result of his many consulting and speaking engagements. As co-editor and editor of the Business Education Index from 1947-1977, he has directly influenced the efforts of virtually every business education graduate student and researcher during those thirty years. He has also authored many textbooks and teaching materials, and he has had articles published in practically every business education periodical. For his many significant contributions to business education as a teacher, author, scholar, orator, administrator, and inspirational leader, the John Robert Gregg Award is presented to Louis C. Nanassy.” Dr. Nanassy received his Bachelor of Science degree from Indana University of Pennsylvania in 1936. He earned his Master of Arts degree from The Ohio State University in 1941, and took additional post-graduate work at Harvard University. His Doctor of Education degree was earned at Columbia University in 1952. Dr. Nanassy was a business teacher in Pennsylvania and New Jersey high schools for ten years. From 1946-1957 he was a professor of business education at Paterson State College, and has been on the faculty of Montclair State College since 1957, where he is in charge of the graduate programs in business education. He has also served as summer visiting professor at eighteen colleges and universities from coast to coast. Dr. Nanassy is the co-author or author of fourteen major books and teaching materials and has published about a hundred articles in virtually every business education periodical and yearbook. He has held major offices in state, regional, and national honorary fraternities, and his biography is listed in six Who’s Who publications. The John Robert Gregg Award is the highest honor and recognition given in the field of business education. It consists of a citation and a cash gift of $1,000, both supplied by the Gregg Division of the McGraw-Hill Book Company. In 1941, Dr. Nanassy married the former Evelyn H. Starkey of Camden, N.J., an elementary school teacher. Their son Richard is an electrical engineer in Denver, Colorado; daughter, Mrs. Jean Nanassy Harris, an associate director of nursing in Oneonta, New York. The Nanassys live in Pompton Lakes, N.J., and are active members of the Pompton Reformed Church. (A.G.) —Reprinted from Fraternity “TRANSYLVANIAN LEGACY” by Fredrick H. Barth 302 pages — Hard bound The author notes in his book that even after 800 years the Saxons kept their religion, customs and the German tongue. (They were guaranteed these human rights under the Hungarian Constitution). Now under the dictatorship of the Rumanian government they not only lost all their freedom, but the people have been uprooted from their ancestral homes and scattered all over Rumania proper. So not only are the 3 million Hungarians but also the 600,000 Germans and other small nationalities (in Transylvania) losing their freedom. Such treatment is unprecedented in history. That this could happen in the twentieth century is unbelievable. The book can be purchased through the Eighth Tribe. Price is $11.00. Make checks payable to Fredrick H. Barth.
