Leslie Konnyu

Background

Konnyu, Leslie was born on February 28, 1914 in Tamasi, Hungary. Daughter of Joseph and Mary (Polhamer) Polhamer.

Education

Diploma, Teachers Training College, Hungary, 1933. Diploma, Teachers Training College, Hungary, 1944. Bachelor of Music, St. Louis Museum and Arts College, 1954.

Diploma in Cartography, St. Louis Museum and Arts College, 1957. Master of Arts in Geography, St. Louis Museum and Arts College, 1965. Doctor of Philosophy, Budapest Eotvosl University, 1990.

Career

Teacher elementary school, Hungary, 1936—1942. Secondary school teacher Hungary, 1942—1944. Director Refugee School, Austria, 1944—1949.

Church organist St. Peter's Church, Jefferson City, Missouri, 1949—1951. Laboratory technician School Medicine, Washington University, St. Louis, 1951—1955. Cartographer Defense Mapping Agency, 1955—1973.

Achievements

• Leslie Konnyu has been listed as a notable geographer, cartographer, author by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Eagles of two continents;: A story about the Hungarian participants in the Civil War during the Missouri Campaign (The American Hungarian review)
  • Acacias; Hungarians in the Mississippi Valley
  • Modern Magyar literature;: A literary survey and anthology of the xxth century Hungarian authors (The American Hungarian review)

Membership

Director Hungarian Radio Program, 1952—1958. Founder American Friends Hungarian Culture, 1959—1964. Director American Hungarian Welfare Committee, 1956—1964.

President American Hungarian Cultural Club, 1967—1968. Chairman Thomas Stearns Eliot Monument Committee, since 1972, American Hungarian Art History Committee, since 1979. Member of International Academy Poets, International Poetry Association, Missouri Writers Guild, International P.E.N., Thomas Stearns Eliot Society, St. Louis Poetry Center, St. Louis Writers Guild.

Connections

Married Elizabeth Gelencser Konnyu. Children: Ernest, Gabriella Konnyu Heizer, Joseph Z.

Father:

Joseph Polhamer

Mother:

Mary (Polhamer) Polhamer

Spouse:

Elizabeth Gelencser Konnyu

child:

Joseph Z. Konnyu

child:

Gabriella Konnyu Heizer Konnyu

child:

Ernest Konnyu