The Eighth Hungarian Tribe, 1982 (9. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1982-05-01 / 5. szám
May, 1982 THE EIGHTH HUNGARIAN TRIBE Page 7 and hundreds gave their lives for America. In World War II the chairman of the United States Atomic Commission, David E. Lillienthal, was of Hungarian origin. Mrs. Anna M. Rosenberg became Undersecretary of Defense in the Truman cabinet. The rank of major general was given to Theodor Karman of the United States Army Air Force. Later he became the aerodynamical advisor to the chief of staff of the United States Air Force. Hungarians also participated in the accomplishments of American industry. Maurice Fleischmann established the Fleischmiann Yeast Co. Louis Szántó of Richmond, Virginia, was a well known tobacco manufacturer.. The Pemco Co. of Cleveland, owned by Bela Köteles, is manufacturing heart pumps. Sinko and Szantay Manufacturing Companyies tool and dye makers in Chicago. Martin Benedek is president of the Automatic Manufacturing Company of New York, and Jacques Kreisler is chairman of the Kreisler Manufacturing Company of that same city. Stephen Gaymont is a food manufacturer and owner of Gaymont Research Laboratories. William Fox organized the Fox Theater Chains, and George Farkas is the founder of the Alexander Department Stores of New York. For about the past century in American political life, Hungarian have always been lcpresented. Indiana, New Jersey and Ohio communities elected mayors of Hungarian origin. In former days the city of Cleveland had outstanding judges who were bom in Hungary. Zoltán Ferenczy became chairman of the Democratic party in Michigan. In California, the legislature is served by a young American politician of Hungarian origin: Ernest L. Konnyu. The mayor Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is also of Hungarian origin through his mother’s side. Eugene Hainer, Gustave Finkelburg, Victor Berger, John Pillon, William Scherle, Theodor Weiss and Tom Lantos served in the United States House of Representatives. From this partial list you can see that many Hungarian contributions are influencing, changing, building and advancing America’3 spiritual and material gains every day, every hour, evry minute. So we can say with full confidence that the acculturation process is not one-way, but two-way traffic. America influences the Magyar immigrants, and in turn, the Hungarians influence the Americans. Books by the author can be used as reference: Hungarians in the U.SA.; American Hungarian Literature; Professional Hungarian Artists Outside Hungary. HUNGARIAN AMERICANS IN THE RESTAURANT FIELD Nancy Packo, owner of the Toledo, Ohio “Tony Packo’s Cafe”, which became internationally famous through the TV show M*A*S*H, was recently installed as the President of the North East Ohio Restaurant Association. Representing the National Restaurant Association as speaker was another Hungarian restaurateur, Louis Szathmary, owner of the also world famous Bakery Restaurant in Chicago. Not only in Toledo and Chicago, but all over the United States our fellow Hungarian Americans are leading personalities in the restaurant industry. George Lang is perhaps the most successful and most famous restaurant consultant today. Paul Kövi and Tom Margittai are co-owners of the world’s most elegant and finest restaurant, The Four Seasons in New York City, and from the Cafe Budapest in Boston to Fonds in San Francisco, the whole United Stales is full of famous and reowned restaurants owned and operated by our follow Hungarian Americans. CALL FOR RESERVATIONS 223-9591 San Antonio, Texas 78205
