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Deák Party Politicians
Deák or Deak is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Deak Evgenikos, American actress originally from New Jersey *Edward Deak, the Roger M. Lynch Professor of Economics at Fairfield University in Fairfield, Connecticut *Ferenc Deák (politician) (1803–1876), Hungarian statesman and Minister of Justice *Ferenc Deák (footballer) (1922–1998), Hungarian football player *István Deák (born 1926), Hungarian-born American historian, author and academic *Jon Deak (born 1943), Hungarian American double bassist and composer *László Deák (1891–1946), Hungarian army officer who served in World War I and World War II *Marcell Deák-Nagy (born 1992), Hungarian sprinter who specialises in the 200 and 400 metres *Nicholas Deak (1905–1985), Hungarian-American banker *Tamás Deák (composer) (born 1927), the composer and conductor for ''Cat City'' and ''Vízisí'' See also *Deák Ferenc Bilingual High School *Deák Ferenc tér, major intersection and transport junction i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deak Evgenikos
Deak Evgenikos is an American actress originally from New Jersey. Her date of birth is December 13, 1977. She is best known for her role in Jamie Babbit's film Itty Bitty Titty Committee, a girl-powered romantic comedy that explores themes such as lesbianism and female empowerment. Evgenikos graduated from Sarah Lawrence College before beginning her acting career, starring in Guinevere Turner's short film A short film is any motion picture that is short enough in running time not to be considered a feature film. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of 40 minutes ... "Hummer" in 2003. She appeared in the films "Frozen Smile" and "Hung" in 2005 before being cast in the role of Meat in Itty Bitty Titty Committee. Go Magazine listed her as one of its "100 Women We Love." Filmography References External links * * http://www.gomag.com/article/100_women_we_love1/91 Actresses from New Je ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Deak
Dr. Edward Deak is the Roger M. Lynch Professor of Economics and Chair of the Department of Economics at Fairfield University in Fairfield, Connecticut. Dr. Deak is also a Board Member and the Connecticut Forecast Manager for the New England Economic Partnership. In 2007, Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell named Dr. Deak to the Governor's Economic Advisory Council, an eight-member panel of leading economists from throughout the state to advise her on key issues affecting the Connecticut economy. Dr. Deak published a book, ''The Economics of e-Commerce and the Internet'' (Southwestern Thomson Learning 2003), in which he tackles misconceptions about the economics of the Internet. He testified on the Y2K problem before the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Subcommittee on Financial Services and Technology, and was the Governor's appointee and chair to the Connecticut Economic Conference Board. Dr. Deak earned his bachelor's, master's and doctorate in econ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferenc Deák (politician)
Ferenc Deák de Kehida (archaically English: Francis Deak, hr, Franjo Deák; 17 October 180328 January 1876) was a Hungarian statesman and Minister of Justice. He was known as "The Wise Man of the Nation" and one of the greatest figures of Hungary's liberal movement. He was an instrumental contributor to a number of major events in Hungarian history, including passing and support of the April laws, the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 and the Hungarian Nationalities Law (1868). While generally supporting reformist policies, he was well recognized for finding and negotiating reasonable middle ground compromises between various extremist political factions throughout his career. Early life and law career Born in Söjtör in the county of Zala, in southwestern Hungary, Deák belonged to an ancient noble family. His father was Ferenc Deák de Kehida (1761–1808), jurist, landowner, chief magistrate of the district (''főszolgabíró'') of Kapornak. His mother was the noble l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferenc Deák (footballer)
Ferenc Deák (16 January 1922 – 18 April 1998) was a Hungarian footballer who played as a striker for clubs such as Szentlőrinci AC, Ferencváros and Budapesti Dózsa, and who played internationally for Hungary, scoring 29 goals in just 20 caps. His nickname was Bamba. With over 795 goals in official matches scored during his career, the bulk of which came during WWII, Deák is the seventh top goalscorer of all time. Early life He was born on 16 January 1922 in Ferencváros, Budapest. Deák, who also worked in his family's bakery, began his career as a goalkeeper at the age of thirteen, but his parents banned him from football when a shot hit him in the head and he lost consciousness. However, outside the field, his talent to strike a ball skilfully, powerfully and accurately was quickly noticed by a coach who was searching for talent, and that coach subsequently managed to convince his parents that the boy could continue playing, but they made a condition: he could no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
István Deák
István Deák (born 11 May 1926) is a Hungarian-born American historian, author and academic. He is a specialist in modern Europe, with special attention to Germany and Hungary. Life and work Deák was born at Székesfehérvár, Hungary into an assimilated Jewish family that had converted to Catholicism. His parents were Istvan and Anna (Timár) Deák. He was educated at a Catholic gymnasium (high school) in Budapest and began his university studies in 1945 at the University of Budapest. His studies were disrupted by the war and postwar chaos, and he left Hungary in 1948, following the communist takeover. He then studied history at the Sorbonne in Paris and worked as a journalist in France and for Radio Free Europe in West Germany. In 1956, unable to gain residence in France, he settled in New York City where he studied modern European history at Columbia University under Fritz Stern. He obtained an M.A. (1958) and then a Ph.D. (1964), with a dissertation on "Weimar Germany's ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jon Deak
Jon Deak (born April 27, 1943) is an American composer, contrabassist and education specialist. He is a former Associate Principal Bassist of the New York Philharmonic, a position he held from 1973 to 2009 after joining the Philharmonic in 1969 under Leonard Bernstein, and a prominent contemporary composer of orchestral and chamber works. He currently serves as the Young Composers Advocate of the New York Philharmonic, where he founded the award-winning Very Young Composers Program in 1995. Early life Jon Deak was born in Hammond, Indiana and grew up in an artistic environment in Oak Park, Illinois, where he attended Oak Park and River Forest High School, playing in the orchestra under Harold Little and The Deuces dance band. His father and mother were sculptors and painters from Eastern Europe; he himself has worked in sculpture and was active in the "performance art" movement in New York's Soho district. He attended Oberlin College, The Juilliard School, the University of Illi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
László Deák
László Deák (1 July 1891 – 5 November 1946) was a Hungarian army officer who served in World War I and World War II. He was accused and convicted of war crimes due to his involvement in the massacre of Serbian and Jewish civilians during the Axis armies' invasion of Yugoslavia. He was sentenced to death by hanging and was executed in 1946. Military record In the years 1906–1909 Deák was a student at the School of Infantry in Sopron. In 1912 he graduated from the Royal Military Academy "Ludovika" as a Lieutenant, accepting a post to the Royal Hungarian Honvéd's 19 Infantry Regiment, stationed in Peczu. He took part in the First World War, and after the war he joined the Hungarian Army. He rose to the rank of colonel. As a Honvéd Colonel who had participated in the 1942 raid in southern Bačka or "''Razzia''" in January 1942 in the Bačka region. In August 1942, he was pensioned and retired from the army due to his role in the massacres of Serbian and Jewish civi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcell Deák-Nagy
Marcell Deák-Nagy (born 28 January 1992) is a Hungarian sprinter who specialises in the 200 and 400 metres. At the 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics in Moncton, Canada, Deák-Nagy won a silver medal over 400 metres. At the 2012 European Athletics Championships in Helsinki, Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ..., he won a silver medal over 400 metres. Personal best References External links * 1992 births Living people Hungarian male sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Hungary European Athletics Championships medalists Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade gold medalists for Hungary Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade 20th-century Hungarian peop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas Deak
Nicolas Louis Deák (8 October 1905, Hátszeg, Transylvania, Hungary (now Hațeg, Romania) — 18 November 1985, New York City, US) was a Hungarian-born American banker, chairman of the Deak-Perera group and a secret service operative, serving both in the OSS during World War II and its successor the CIA during the Cold War. Deak earned a Ph.D. from the University of Neuchâtel in Switzerland in 1929. In 1939 he came to New York to open Deak & Company, a foreign exchange business. During World War II he worked for the Office of Strategic Services, serving in Egypt, Burma, Thailand and Malaya. In 1946 he returned to New York and resumed his business, subsequently acquiring Perera U.S., Inc. His business expanded into banking and dealing in gold coins and bullion. His worldwide financial group, spanning both legitimate enterprises and fronts for CIA operations, was shaken in the late '70s and early '80s by multiple scandals involving money laundering and criminal connections. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamás Deák (composer)
Tamás Deák (born 27 April 1928, Székesfehérvár) is a Hungarian composer and conductor. To the greatest extent, he was engaged in jazz music, played the trumpet, and since 1964, he led the Deak big band. He was one of the pioneers of jazz music education in Hungary. Since 1969 he has been the head of the jazz class of the Bela Bartok Music School in Budapest. On the territory of the USSR and the CIS, he is known as the author of the instrumental composition "Water Ski" ( hu, Vízisí) (1968), which was later used in the opening credits of the animated series ''Nu, pogodi!'' (a number of his other compositions are also used in this animated series), as well as music for the animated series ''Gustav'' (1964–1977) and the animated film ''Cat City ''Cat City'' ( hu, Macskafogó (Cat Catcher)) is a 1986 Hungarian animated comic science fiction film, directed by Béla Ternovszky and written by József Nepp. The title ''Cat City'' was used in the United States distributi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deák Ferenc Bilingual High School
The Deák Ferenc Bilingual High School (Hungarian: ''Deák Ferenc Gimnázium'') is a public, co-educational secondary school in Szeged, Hungary established in 1988. It is the youngest secondary educational institution in the city of Szeged. It is named after Ferenc Deák, a famous 19th-century Hungarian politician who is also known as the ''Sage of the Nation''. From the beginning, language education served as the main focus of the school in addition to its mission to provide a multifunctional place amidst its surroundings of panel housing estates, hence it leases out the Theater Hall—which can be opened together with the Atrium—for various cultural programs. The school has been participating in the debate forum called European Classes since 1997, it is the member of the initiative PUSCH (Schools: Partners of the Future), and that of the DSD program since 2008. The rate of acceptance to higher education is 89-90%. Students within the Hungarian-English bilingual program have a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deák Ferenc Tér
The Deák Ferenc square (''Deák Ferenc tér''), named for Ferenc Deák, is a major intersection and transport junction in Budapest. Károly körút, Bajcsy-Zsilinszky út, Király utca, Deák Ferenc utca, and Harmincad utca converge here. Three lines of the Budapest Metro each converge on the station under the square. Tram lines 47 and 49 also originate from the square, as well as several bus lines. Deák Ferenc tér is a popular gathering for young people. Alcoholic beverages are sold at the grassy area, and it is common for Deák Ferenc tér to be populated until the midnight hours. Deák Tér is mentioned in ''Ending Theme'', a song by Swedish progressive metal band Pain of Salvation Pain of Salvation is a Swedish progressive metal band led by Daniel Gildenlöw, who is the band's main songwriter, lyricist, guitarist, and vocalist. Pain of Salvation's sound is characterised by riff-oriented guitar work, a broad vocal range, o .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Deak Fere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
