A Brief History of the Club:

Our club was founded in 1988 by four Magyars: Attila Csányi, András Bányai, Fred Griesbacher and Piroska Rohosy. The four split the Albuquerque phone book into quarters and called everyone with a Hungarian surname. Imagine their surprise when over 200 people crowded into the meeting place on March 15! Who would have thought that this sparsely populated state could yield so many people who share common roots?

For 19 years now, the Club has met regularly with the purpose of fostering Hungarian culture among those residents of New Mexico who are of Hungarian descent and others who may not be, but who are interested in the preservation of ethnic cultures which may become lost without organizational effort.

Our membership now includes over 100 families and individuals of all ages. Some of whom emigrated as far back as the 1940’s, several who have only just arrived in the last few years and a number of members whose parents, grandparents or great-grandparents were the first to come to this country. The club also publishes a quarterly newsletter to help us keep in touch and to disseminate local membership news.

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