Born: December 17, 1915 (Semjenhaza, Hungary)
Died: February 10, 2005 (Buckhannon, WV)
Education:
- Ph.D. Eovtvos Lorant University, Budapest, Hungary (Law and Social Science) (1951)
- M.L.S. Syracuse University (1964)
- Post-Graduate work at the University of Pittsburgh 1969-1970
Taught:
- Associate Professor of Library Science 1967-1981
- Associate Professor of Library Science, Emeritus 1981-2005
Notes:
- Hungarian Freedom Fighter against Communist takeover
- Imprisoned in a forced-labor camp after WWII
- Escaped and settled in Buffalo, NY area
- Arrived at Ellis Island on December 16, 1955
- Rare book cataloguer at the University of detroit, 1964-1965
- Assistant librarian cataloguer, classifier at New York State University from 1965-1967
- Owned and operated Little Hungary Winery in Buckhannon
- Member of West Virginia Beekeepers Association
- Member of West Virginia Grape Growers
- Member of Mountain State Organic Growers Association
- Remembered by friends as a very kind, gentle person, who loved to sing Hungarian songs and celebrate nature
Sources:
- Catalog: 1980-1982; 1990-1992; 2000-2002
- DeVito, C. (2004): East coast wineries: a complete guide from Maine to Virginia: Rutgers Press.
- Obituary, Record Delta
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