Fraternity-Testvériség, 1999 (77. évfolyam, 1-4. szám)
1999-04-01 / 1. szám
FRATERNITY Page 5 Biographical Sketch of Csaba A. Kúr Csaba A. Kúr was bom in Hungary in 1926. He received his elementary and high school education there, and began also his first studies in art and art history. Fleeing from his homeland, which was under Soviet occupation forces in 1945, he sought refuge in Germany with his parents. His father, Géza Kúr, was a Reformed (Calvinist) minister. In Augsburg, Germany, he received further training to become a professional artist, painting portraits in oil as well as sculpting. He was the youngest foreign—bom artist to be accepted for membership in the “Schutz—Verband Bildender Kuenstler,” an organization of creative artists in Augsburg, Bavaria. Later he worked in the studio of Joseph Z. Kiss, a Hungarian-born portrait painter known in Europe, particularly in England. Mr. Kúr created prints and water colors, and portraits in oil which were dominated by an individually developed, expressionistic style. Soon, however, he was recognized for his work as a sculptor, working mostly in bronze. In 1951 when Mr. Kúr immigrated to the United States, he also developed his figurative art in religious subjects. His one-man shows in the United States began in 1960, at Thiel College, in Greenville, Pennsylvania. Among the many local and international awards won by Mr. Kúr are the award for artistic excellence by the “Steel Valley Art Teacher Association” and the first prize (gold medal) which he won at the annual “International Exhibition of Hungarian Artists” organized by the “Arpad Academy” (Cleveland, Ohio, 1983). Notable works by Mr. Kúr on display in public places include a bust of W.D. Packard in the Packard Music Hall (Warren, Ohio); a statue of Béla Bartók in the permanent collection of the John F. Kennedy Center of the Performing Arts (Washington, D.C.); the bust of Joseph Butler III, at the Butler Institute of American Art (Youngstown, Ohio); the War Memorial (Youngstown, Ohio); the Memorial of the 1920 Peace Treaty of Trinanon, France, (Akron, Ohio); the Hungarian Freedom Fighter Memorial (Detroit, Michigan); and the Memorial of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 (Passaic, New Jersey). A Warm Welcome is Extended to Three New Employees of the Home Office We are pleased to introduce to our readers three new employees who joined the Home Office in January of 1999. Carole Boensel who was formally employed as executive assistant to the Medical Director of AETNA U.S. Health Care. Carole joined the President’s Department, replacing Teri Pflum who retired in December 1998. Andrea Bárok who, prior to joining Treasurer’s Department, was employed by Aerotek, working in the Finance Department. She graduated in 1997 from the University of Maryland, College Park, with a degree in International Business and Finance. Ilona Hegedűs - who, prior to joining the Federation, worked in the retail industry. She is working in the Treasurer’s Department on a part-time basis. L. to r.: Andrea Bárok, Ilona Hegedűs, Carole Boensel
