In Memoriam – Peter George Forbath, MD

May 1, 2024

  JULY 1, 1925 – APRIL 19, 2024   Dr. Peter George Forbath passed away on April 19, 2024. He was 98 years old. Peter was born in Debrecen, Hungary on July 1, 1925. He started medical school in Debrecen in 1943 and completed his medical studies in Budapest following...

Mechtler Fund

Sep 11, 2022

It is with heavy heart the Society must relate the news of the passing of Mrs. Gizella Mechtler, Gizi Néni, mother of our members, István and László. Although not a member of the HMAA, she was one of many behind-the-scenes helpers for the Student Exchange program,...

Thomas Z. Lajos, MD

Jun 10, 2022

Dr. Thomas Lajos passed at the age of 86 on March 19, 2018 in Longboat Key, FL. Dr. Lajos was born in Pecs, Hungary. He survived the Nazi occupation and the “Soviet liberation” of Hungary. He graduated as an MD in 1956 and worked as a house surgeon in Budapest during...

Thomas Fried, MD

Jun 10, 2022

Some people believe the 1953 match at London’s Wembley Stadium when Hungary’s Magyars rolled up a 6-3 score – inflicting England with its first loss on home turf to a European team – remains the best soccer game ever played. Tom Fried was there, part of...

Janos Hans Selye, MD

Jun 10, 2022

Janos Selye was born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary on 26 January 1907. He grew up in Komárom, Slovakia, and the Slovakian language university in that town bears his name. He became a Doctor of Medicine and Chemistry in Prague in 1929, went to Johns Hopkins University on...

George J. Vareska, MD

Jun 10, 2022

George J. Vareska was born in 1919, in Mád, Hungary, in the heart of the Tokaj- Hegyalja wine growing region.  He was the oldest of three children; his father was employed in the wine business, his mother was a homemaker. His formative education included grammar and...