Background
Tihany, Leslie Charles was born on December 28, 1911 in Hungary. Came to the United States, 1930. Naturalized, 1940. Son of Béla and Katalin (Báródy) Tihany.
(The purpose of this monography is to narrate and analyze ...)
The purpose of this monography is to narrate and analyze for the first time the events that took place between 1918 and 1921 in the Yugoslav parts of the Hungarian county of Baranya, a microcosm of political crises and confrontations in post-World War I Central and Eastern Europe.
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Tihany, Leslie Charles was born on December 28, 1911 in Hungary. Came to the United States, 1930. Naturalized, 1940. Son of Béla and Katalin (Báródy) Tihany.
Bachelor of Science, Franklin and Marshall College, 1931. Master of Arts, Northwestern University, 1933. Doctor of Philosophy, Northwestern University, 1936.
AM, Harvard University, 1938. Doctor of Philosophy, University Chicago, 1943. Posdoctoral study, University Helsinki.
Research fellow American Council Learned Societies, 1938-1940. Assistant history University Chicago, 1941. Teaching fellow Harvard University, 1942-1943.
Professor University Denver, 1943. Joined Foreign Service, Department State, 1943, foreign affairs specialist, 1943-1956. Consul Salzburg, Austria, 1956-1957, Bombay, 1957-1959.
1st secretary American Embassy, Beirut, 1960-1961, 1st secretary, chief economic officer, 1961-1965, Saigon, Vietnam, 1965-1966. Public affairs officer Bureau Far Eastern Affairs, Department State, 1966. Counselor of embassy, assigned Department State, 1966-1969, international relations officer Bureau European Affairs, 1966-1969.
American consul general Antwerp, Belgium, 1969-1972. Distinguished professor humanities and social science Northern Kentucky University, 1972-1976, professor emeritus, since 1976. Adjunct professor history University Cincinnati, since 1978.
Visiting professor Ecoledes Hautes Etudes de l'Histoire et de la Philologie, Sorbonne, Paris, 1984. Museological study, Paris, 1992, 93, 95.
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Board directors Institute Mediterranean Art and Archeology. Lieutenant colonel United States Air Force Reserve, retired. Member Society Finno-Ougrienne, Cosmos Club.
Married Elizabeth Derricott, 1936. Married second., Maria Dekom, 1959. Children: Elizabeth, Richard, Peter.