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Prof. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

is a Hungarian psychologist. He created the psychological concept of flow, a highly focused mental state.[1][2] He is the Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Management at Claremont Graduate University. He is the former head of the department of psychology at the University of Chicago and of the department of sociology and anthropology at Lake Forest […]

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Mrs. Edith K. Lauer

Ms. Lauer was one of the founders, first President, then Chairman, and presently is the Chair Emerita of the Hungarian American Coalition, a nationwide 501©3 nonprofit organization, founded in 1991, to promote public understanding of issues of Hungarian American interest.

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Mr. George Andrew Olah

Olah is currently a distinguished professor Emeritus at the University of Southern California and the director of the Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute.Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He received a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1944.

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Mr. Vilmos Zsigmond

Vilmos Zsigmond, together with his friend and fellow student László Kovács, chronicled the events of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution in Budapest on thirty thousand feet of film and then escaped to Austria shortly afterwards. He became an Award Winning Cinematographer in California.

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Ms. Eva Szorenyi

Éva Szörényi (May 26, 1917 – December 1, 2009) was a Kossuth Prize-winning actress of the Hungarian National Theatre. Her acting career started in the early 1930s playing leading roles in over 20 motion pictures, a result of which she quickly became famous and beloved by the Hungarian people. Her voice was also heard frequently […]

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Prof. Antal K. Bejczy

His visionary work in robotics and related automation at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in the 1970s through the 1990s pioneered the development of several innovative robot components such as “smart hands” with “smart sensors”.

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