EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem (ELTE), founded 1636 in Trnava, Slovakia, and relocated 1777 to Buda after the dissolution of the Jesuits. In Pest since 1784.

Location:
Budapest, Hungary

Founding Date:
1636

Motto:
Universitas Budapestinensis de Rolando Eötvös nominata

Enrollment:
30,000

Official Website:
http://www.elte.hu/

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Georg von Békésy	Scientist	3-Jun-1899	13-Jun-1972	Mechanism of cochlear stimulation
Victor L. Berger	Politician	28-Feb-1860	7-Aug-1929	Socialist Rep. from Wisconsin
André de Toth	Film Director	15-May-1912	27-Oct-2002	House of Wax
John C. Harsanyi	Economist	29-May-1920	9-Aug-2000	Game theory
George de Hevesy	Chemist	1-Aug-1885	5-Jul-1966	Radioisotope researcher
Oscár Jászi	Sociologist	2-Mar-1875	13-Feb-1957	The Dissolution of the Habsburg Monarchy
Zoltán Kodály	Composer	16-Dec-1882	6-Mar-1967	Psalmus Hungaricus
Philipp Lenard	Physicist	7-Jun-1862	20-May-1947	Investigations of cathode rays
Karl Mannheim	Sociologist	27-Mar-1893	9-Jan-1947	Ideology and Utopia
Rudolph Maté	Cinematographer	21-Jan-1898	27-Oct-1964	When Worlds Collide
Karl Polanyi	Scholar	25-Oct-1886	23-Apr-1964	The Great Transformation
Fritz Reiner	Conductor	19-Dec-1888	15-Nov-1963	Music Director, Chicago Symphony, 1953-62
Albert Szent-Györgyi	Scientist	16-Sep-1893	22-Oct-1986	Vitamins C and B2
Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn	Historian	31-Jul-1909	26-May-1999	Conservative ideologue
John von Neumann	Mathematician	28-Dec-1903	8-Feb-1957	Computing pioneer, inventor of Game Theory

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Georg von Békésy	Scientist	3-Jun-1899	13-Jun-1972	Mechanism of cochlear stimulation
John C. Harsanyi	Economist	29-May-1920	9-Aug-2000	Game theory

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Albert Szent-Györgyi	Scientist	16-Sep-1893	22-Oct-1986	Vitamins C and B2

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