1. OBUDA UNIVERSITY
Trefort Agoston Centre for Engineer Education
November 6, 2010
Dr. István Simonics
Associate professor
EF MNP 1993
Hungarian Fellows at a Glance

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EF History 1
• In 1953, to celebrate President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s first
birthday in the White House, a group of Pennsylvania businessmen
established an international leader exchange program to honor
Ike’s devotion to world peace.
• The Eisenhower Fellowships differed from existing international
scholarship and exchange programs because the Fellows, both
from overseas and the United States, were not students or faculty,
but mid-career professionals who had already achieved leadership
positions.
• EF bring two groups of approximately 25 outstanding mid-career
Fellows (aged 32-45) drawn from 49 different countries to the U.S.
annually for an intensive, individually designed program in the
fellows professional field. Fellows are identified by high-level in-
country nominating committees and selected by a committee at
Eisenhower Fellowships headquarters in Philadelphia.

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EF History 2
• Over five decades of existence, some 1,700 emerging world
leaders have become Eisenhower Fellows.
• Since the late 1990s, EF has given high priority to the
maintenance of an active network of alumni. An online Directory of
Fellows and regularly-updated news on the EF website augmented
the usefulness of the network.
http://www.eisenhowerfellowships.org/index.php
• In 2008, the Eisenhower Day of Fellowship was initiated to renew
the fellowship experience, increase the impact and visibility of
Eisenhower Fellowships, and commemorate the founding of the
organization.
• In 2010 we have organized the first Eisenhower Day of
Fellowship in Budapest.
http://conf.uni-obuda.hu/Eisenhowerday_2010/index.html

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Years of Hungarian Fellowships
1940
1950
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000
2010
2020
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Years of Hungarian fellowships

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– Procurement decision systems
– Environment management
– Technical Scientific Cooperation
– Monetary and capital mechanisms
– International Trade Rights
– International negotiation
– Transnational capital movement
– Informatics
– Control systems
– Law and Economics
– Vocational teacher training
– Distance learning
– Feeding
– Animal husbandry
– Environmental and human rights
– Sustainable future
Topics of studies

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Decade 2: 1980-1990
Prof. Dr. László KEVICZKY,
1986
Topics
– Informatics
– Control systems
– Optimization
Professor
Former
– Vice Chairman and Secretary
General of Hungarian
Academy of Sciences
Dr. Csaba MAKÓ
1987
Topics
– Labour Market
– Law and Economics
– Management Science
Professor, University of Debrecen,
Faculty of Economics
Director of Research, Institute of
Sociology, Hungarian Academy
of Sciences

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Decade 3: 1990-2000
Dr. István SIMONICS,
1993
Topics
– Vocational teacher training
– Vocational education, adult
training
– Distance learning
Associated Professor at Obuda
University Trefort Agoston
Centre for Engineer
Education
Dr. Béla BORSOS
1994
Topics
– Ecology
– Alternative agricultural
systems
– Intentional communities
Advisor for UN and UNDP

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Decade 3: 1990-2000
Dr. János GUNDEL,
1996
Topics
– Animal husbandry
– Feeding
– Agricultural education
Professor at Budapest Business
School College of
Commerce, Catering and
Tourism head of Hospitality
Department
Dr. Miklós NÉMETH
1997
Topics
– Environmental protection
– Water management
– Sustainable future
Retired from Ministry of Rural
Development
Advisor and expert

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Changes and Relationships
Eisenhower Day of Fellowship in
Budapest
9/11
Decade 4: 2000-2010
Dr. György RASKÓ,
2000
Topics
– Agricultural policy issues
– Commodity risk
management
– Farms
CEO of Csopak Holding
Ltd. and Tokaj Wine Ltd.
Dr. Kálmán KOVÁCS
2001
Topics
– Digital divide
– Information Society
– Sustainable future
Director of BME
Federated Innovation
and Knowledge Centre

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Decade 4: 2000-2010
Péter ROHONYI,
2008
Topics
– Climate policies
– Environmental and human
rights
– Renewable energy
Expert of environmental
sustainability
Zsófia CSEH
2009
Topics
– SMEs management
– Environmental
protection
– Sustainable future
Project manager in
Organica Ltd.

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OBUDA UNIVERSITY
Trefort Agoston Centre for Engineer Education
Thank you for your attention!
Dr. István Simonics
Associate professor
simonics.istvan at tmpk.uni-obuda.hu