[CEU Graduation Ceremony 1999 - Mayor Gábor Demszky's Speech]

Call Number
203-13-1:20/1

General information

Call No.:
203-13-1:20/1
Part of series
HU OSA 203-13-1 Records of Central European University: External Relations Office: Audio-visual Recordings
Located at
BetaSP PAL #20 / No. 1
Digital ver. identifier
HU_OSA_00007156
Date of production
1999-06-24
Date
1999
Level
Item
Primary Type
Moving image
Language
English
Duration
33 min.
Notes
Footage partially available on FA container #17

Content

Form/Genre
Raw material
Contents Summary
Recording of the CEU Graduation Ceremony of 1999. This section contains the last part of the conferment of MA degrees upon CEU's class of 1999 and the conferment of doctoral degrees. Key speaker is George Soros, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, founder and benefactor of CEU. George Soros introduces Vaclav Havel as the Guest of Honor and the recipient of the Open Society Prize. The Mayor of Budapest, Gábor Demszky, another key speaker in this ceremony is being introduced by Josef Jarab, Rector and President of CEU.