The Eighth Hungarian Tribe, 1985 (12. évfolyam, 1-11. szám)
1985-10-01 / 10. szám
Restoration of the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation”. Mr. Louis Ruszkay, who was elected as chairman of this committee, informed us that the committee itself has been dissolved because lack of cooperation between the representatives of the organizations that formed the committee. For our readers information, as far as we can see, the following is happening. The Hungarian Reformed Churches (all demoninations) will have their own drive, the donations will be channelled through the Hungarian Reformed Federation of America; the William Penn Association probably will do the same through their membership (although till this time we have no official information); then we have the Hungarian Eighth Tribe Foundation, as you can see in this magazine. It is not through which group you send in your donation, but please donate. One of the reasons is so that America remembers that a Hungarian played a major role in collecting sufficient funds 100 years ago to erect the Statue of Liberty. Maybe at the final count, we’ll be able to figure out the total donation by the Hungarian Americans. DONATIONS TO THE STATUE OF LIBERTY ELLIS ISLAND FOUNDATION to August 31, 1985 Total Donations to June, 1985 ...................................$280.00 Martha H. Clancy........................................................... 15.00 Trenton, New Jersey Edward A. Mattie........................................................... 25.00 San Jose, California Donald R. and Violett H. Wray...................................... 10.00 Merrllvllle, Indiana Total Donations............................................................$330.00 Please Note: All Hungarian Americans, or others, who would like to have their donations to the Statue of Liberty—Ellis Island Fund listed in the Eighth Hungarian Tribe magazine and recorded by the Hungarian Eighth Tribe Foundation, please make your check out to: STATUE OF LIBERTY-ELLIS ISLAND FOUNDATION, and mailed to: HETF, P.O. Box 637, Ligonier, PA 15658. After it is recorded for publication, it will be forwarded to the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation's New York address, and will be credited to the Hungarian Americans' Account. In case you have already sent in your donation straight to the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation's address in New York, let us know. We will carry these donations separately, but it will help in the final count credited to the Hungarian-Americans. Page 10 LADISLAUS KALMAR REMEMBERED by Dr. Zsuzsanna Agnes Berenyi Ladislaus Kalmar was born 00 years ago in Edde-Alsó- Bogátpuszta, on March 27, 1905. His mathematical talent was already evident in childhood and later, in his High School years, he won the National Competition of Mathematics. He enrolled in the University of Budapest, majoring in mathematics and physics. His favorite professor was Leopold Fejer, the world renowned scientist of mathematical analysis, and author of Fejer's Theorem, for approximating the "Fourier-sets". Professor Fejer's teaching deeply affected his students throughout their lives. The young Kalmar began his teaching career at the University of Szeged (southern Hungary) as professor of physics, though he preferred mathematics. In those days the University of Szeged had an outstanding Science Department staff. One was Professor Frederic Riesz, one of the founders of the "functional analysis", another was Professor Alfred Haar, one of the founders of modern mathematics. Both were from the University of Kolozsvár, Transylvania. Kalmar nicknamed the town of Szeged, "Hungarian Gottingen", Gottingen, Sweden being the universal center for mathematics in those days. In 1929, Kalmar received a scholarship to the 6ottingen University, where he became acquainted with the most modern mathematics and the teaching of mathematical logic. From this experience he wrote many works on that theme, and was able to solve some of the very complicated cases of Godel's problems, touching the limits of philosophy. After the death of Professor Alfred Haar in 1934, Kalmar became the head of the Mathematic and Science Department of the University. He applied mathematics to linguistics, to medical sciences and, a first in Hungary, to cybernetics (the study of human control functions and of mechanical and electrical systems designed to replace them). He established the Cybernetical Laboratory in the University to teach his students to prepare programs and explorations for applying computers to different sciences. Professor Kalmar was always looking for the most modern way to teach the sciences, and he had many new ideas. He visited several congresses, gave lectures not only in Europe, but in China, Canada and in the United States or America. He became a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, numerous Hungarian and foreign scientific societies, and received many honors. Kalmar died in 1976. Miss Rose Peter, a professor of Mathematics at the University of Budapest eloquently stated that his Memorial would be the "Hungarian Cybernetics'. Eighth Hungarian Tribe
