György Enyedi - Curriculum vitae#

Obituary by Prof. Gyula Horváth, President of the Regional Science Committee, Hungarian Academy of Sciences

Personal data
Born: 25. August 1930, Budapest, Hungary
Married to Iren Pardi (1954), one daughter (Ildiko, 1955)

Education

• M.A. University of Economics, Budapest,1953
• Ph.D.1958

Employment

• Research Professor & Chairman of the Scientific Council, Centre for Regional Studies, Hung.Ac. of Sc. 1991-
• General Director, CRS 1983-91
• Head of Dept, Institute of Geography, H.A.S. 1960-62 and 1976-83
• Deputy Director, Inst.of Geogr. 1962-69
• Assoc.Prof Univ.of Agriculture, Gödöllő 1955-1960
• Assist.Prof Univ. Of Economics, Budapest,1953-55

Membership

• Hungarian Academy of Sciences: corresponding member:1982 regular member:1990 Foreign Secretary of the HAS:1988-96 Vice *President:1999-2002.Member of the Executive Council:2002-2008
• Central European University,Budapest, trustee ( 1995- 2007)
• Collegium Budapest, member of the supervisory board
• Academia Europaea ( London )member (1990)
• International Geographic Union: president, Commission on Rural Development ( 1972-84 ), Vice President, 1984/92
• Honorary memberships: Finnish Geogr.Soc.1978, Polish Geogr. Soc. 1981, French Geogr. Soc. 1982, Royal British Geogr. Soc. 1983, Hungarian Geogr. Soc. 1985, Croatian Geogr. Soc. 1995

Honours

• Szechenyi Prize, 1998 (highest honour for scientific activity)
• Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary, 2004
• Honorary Doctor, University of Pécs, 2004
• Lauréat d’honneur ( Intern.Geographic Union)

Visiting professorship and fellowship

• Ford Foundation Research Fellowship, Chicago,Berkeley, 1966/67
• Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, D.C. 1987/88
• Visiting professorships in different universities abroad, e.g. Universite de Montpellier (France), 1972/74; Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (Paris), 1992; UCLA, Los Angeles, 1997