"Szeged is especially proud of its great scientist," Mayor
Laszlo Botka told a joint session of the municipal council and the
senate of the local university.
Szent-Gyorgyi (1893-1986), who became a professor and faculty
head of Szeged University in 1928, was awarded the Nobel Prize for
Medicine in 1937 "for his discoveries in connection with the
biological combustion processes, with special reference to vitamin C
and the catalysis of fumaric acid".
"Szent-Gyorgyi symbolises innovative research and creative
thinking for the whole world," Vice-Rector Bela Racz told the
ceremony.
Szent-Gyorgyi moved to the United States in 1947, continuing his
research at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in
Massachusetts. He was particularly interested in cellular
respiration, cellular oxidation, the biochemistry of muscles,
bioelectronics, biogenetics and the inception and treatment of
cancer. He taught at Dartmouth College from 1962 to 1971.
