Hungarian Studies Newsletter, 1983 (11. évfolyam, 35-38. szám)

1983 / 35-36. szám

procedure. For further information write to Eastern Europe, Division of International Programs, National Science Foundation, 1800 F. Street, N.W., Washington, DC20550. Program managers are Charles Zalar and Deborah L. Wince.

AWARDS 1982

The NSF activated 9 research grants, 1 seminar grant, and 6 developmental grants in 1982.

RESEARCH PROJECTS

(1) Molecular catalysis (36 months): B. King, U. of Georgia, and L. Marko', U. of Chemical Engineering, Veszprém.

(2) A Mini-Ti Plasmid Vector for Introducing Novel Genes Into Plant Protoplasts (36 months): M. Chilton, Washington

U. , and P. Maliga, Biological Research Center, Szeged.

(3) Computer Control of Industrial Processes (36 months):

K. S.P. Kumar, U. of Minnesota, and L Kevicky, Technical U. of Budapest.

(4) Role of Prostaglandins in Uterine Function: A Molecular Approach (36 months): F. Hertelendy, St. Louis U., and L. Pál and T. Sze'kely, HAS.

(5) Fundamental of Solid State Fermentation of Agricultural Cellulosic Residues (24 months): R.Tengerdy and V. Murphy, Colorado St. U., and L. Fodor, Technical U. of Budapest.

(6) New Materials and Processes by Carbocationic Polymerizations (12 months): J. Kennedy, U. of Akron, and F. Tüdős and T. Kellen, Central Research Inst, for Chemistry.

(7) Coupled Hydrothermal-Biochemical Eutrophication Models (12 months): D. Harleman, M.I.T., and P. Benedek, Watermanagement Research Inst. (VITUKI).

(8) Solar Wind-Planetary Ionosphere Interaction (12 months): A. Nagy, U. of Michigan, and T. Gombosi, Central Research Inst, for Physics, HAS.

(9) Wear and Its Reduction in Tribological Systems (36 months): F. Ling, Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst., and J. Fodor, Autoindustrial Research Inst. (AUTOKUT).

SEMINAR GRANT

A Detailed Investigation of Extensional Models for the Creation of the Pannonian Basin (18 months): J. Sclater and C. Burchfield, M.I.T., and L. Stegena and F. Horvath Eötvös

L. U.

DEVELOPMENTAL GRANTS (VISITS)

(1) Improvement of Operational Hydrological Forecasting and Conjunctive Use of Multiple Sources of Water (6 months):

V. Yevjevich, George Washington U., and K. Stelczer, VITUKI.

(2) Theoretical Studies of CW Lasers (6 months): F. Hopf, U. of Arizona, and J. Bergou, Central Research Inst, for Physics.

(3) Photoaffinity Labeling on Luteinizing Hormone-Releasing Hormone Receptors (6 months): J. Ramachandran, U. of California, San Francisco, and I.Teplan, HAS.

(4) Material Science (6 months): L. Azaroff, U. of Connecticut, and L. Pal and T. Székely, HAS.

(5) Photosynthesis (6 months): M. Gibbs, Brandeis U., and A. Falud Daniel and K. Csatordy, HAS.

(6) Chronologic Resolution of East European Cenozoic Deposits and Faunas (6 months): E. Lindsay, U. of Arizona and N. Opdyke, U. of Florida, and M. Pécsi, Geographic Inst., HAS.

ACADEMIES EXCHANGE AWARDS

The National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council awarded the following scholars and scientists for the year

NO. 35-36, SPRING-SUMMER 1983 HUNGARIAN STUDIES NEWSLETTER

1982-1983 in the framework of its exchange program with the Hungarian Academy of Sciences:

AMERICANS TO HUNGARY

Edward E. Bell (for the study of energy metabolism and thermoregulation of newborn infants.

David W. Frayer (U. of Kansas): for research in paleoanthropology.

John Z. Lukacs (Stanford U.): for the study of medical school education and public health care delivery.

Stephen Molnár (Washington U.): for study of human evolution and physical anthropology.

Michael D. Plummer (Vanderbilt U.): for the study of theory of graphs.

Michael Sozan (Slippery Rock St. Coll.): for the study of social change in rural society.

Hans Suess (U. of California, San Diego): for the study of Carbon 14 dating, and cosmochemistry.

Lajos Vincze (Bowling Green St. U.): forthe study of peasant societies.

George Wolf (MIT): for the study of nutrition biochemistry, vitamins and cancer.

For information on support write to Kaara N. Ettesvold, Program Officer, Section on USSR and Eastern Europe, Commission on International Relations, National Academy of Sciences, 2101 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20418.

MEETINGS

The 7th Annual Conference of the American Hungarian Educator’s Association was held at Montclair St. Coll., on April 16 and 17,1982. The history session was devoted to the “Political and Cultural Consequences of the Trianon Peace Treaty,” chaired by Peter Pásztor (Montclair St. Coll.). William Batkay examined Hungarian domestic policy in the interwar years challenging those who maintain that Trianon was the cause of all ills. István Deák (Columbia U.) commented on this and on the papers of Agnes H. Vardy (Robert Morris Coll.) and Steven B. Vardy (Duquesne U.) which were only read in summary because of the absence of the authors. A sesson on “Migration, Emigration, and Immigration," chaired by Joseph Toth (Montclair St. Coll.) served as an introduction to the program on Hungarian culture in the U.S. and Canada. Bela Vassady (Elizabethtown Coll.) examined the “Homeland Cause” as a factor in Mihály Károlyi’s 1914 tour in America, giving insight into the power politics of Hungarian organizations that entered into the success or failure of the tour. Martin L. Kovács (U. of Regina) spoke of the second Hungarian peasant settlement in Canada, and of the role of the Hungarian settlements in Canada’s development.

Dieter Lotze’s (Allegheny Coll.) paper on a contemporary East German drama on Mada'ch and his Tragedy introduced the session on literature. Nicholas Kolumban, (Footprint Magazine), chaired. Carolyn Scielzo (MontclairSt. Coll.) spoke on translating Russian fairy tales, and Kolumban presented some practical insights into the problems of translation. László Gutay (Purdue U.) chaired the session on science in which both the social and the physical sciences were represented. Peterl. Hidas (Dawson Coll.) spoke on a theory of the urbanization process in Hungary in the mid-nineteenth century, and Janos Horvath (Butler U.) argued that the

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