Detre Centennial Conference
Commun. Konkoly Obs. N°. 104
© Konkoly Obs., Budapest, 2006
LÁSZLÓ DETRE
19 April 1906, Szombathely - 15 October 1974, Budapest
- 1924: Final exam in the Premonstratensian Secondary School in Szombathely
- 1924-1929: Studies at the Pázmány Péter University (Budapest)
and Friedrich Wilhelm University (Berlin)
- 1929: PhD degree (Friedrich Wilhelm University)
- 1929-1974: Staff member in the Konkoly Observatory
- 1943-1974: Director of the Konkoly Observatory
- 1946-1949, 1955-1973: Corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
- 1961-1974: Editor of the Information Bulletin on Variable Stars
- 1964-1968: Head of the Department of Astronomy at the Loránd Eötvös University
- 1967-1970: President of the IAU Commission 27 (Variable Stars)
- 1968-1974: Honorary Professor of the Loránd Eötvös University
- 1970: State Prize awarded
- 1973-1974: Ordinary member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences