Famous Hungarian physicians

Abstract

Jnos (or Hans, as his mother was Austrian) Selye was likewise erroneously mentioned among famous Slovak physicians. The "father of stress", Jnos Selye also immigrated to the USA. Here, in 1980, he became Honorary President of the Hungarian Medical Association of America, a position he accepted with great pride and affection. In his hometown of Komarom (Komarno), a hospital, a Hungarian-language high school, and now, after decades of desperate political struggle, the first Hungarian-language university in Slovakia bears his name.