Hungarian Scientists On US West Coast Establish Club
- 12 Dec 2013 3:00 AM
Scientists, engineers and inventors of Hungarian origin have established a Hungarian Scientists’ Club on the West Coast of the United States. The club was officially founded at a conference attended by 14 scientists on Tuesday, Hungary’s consul-general in Los Angeles, László Kálmán, the idea’s proponent, told MTI.
Nobel Prizewinning chemist György Oláh joined the club in a letter and was elected honorary president. The founders asked József Pálinkás, head of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, to be the club’s chief patron.
The foundation of the scientists’ club offers a number of opportunities for scientific education as well as contributing towards the policy for Hungarian communities abroad. It will also contribute to strengthening Hungary- US relations, the consul-general said.
Members of the new club are planning to meet four times a year in Los Angeles.
A similar club on the East Coast was formed in November 2010, at the initiative of then Hungarian President Pál Schmitt.
Source www.hungarymatters.hu
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