Interview with Judit Geszti (Program Manager at Soros Foundation, Hungary) taking place on 17th of February 1999 where she presents the pre-CEU situation as well as CEU's early history in Budapest. The interviewer is Béla Nové. The cassette contains remarks by Judit Geszti describing how the university became a reality after evolving from a series of lectures held in Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia (now Croatia) before 1989, how courses were created and financed, what was George Soros' role and who else got involved and why in creating a Western-modeled university.