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My father Andor Szentivanyi {May, 4 1926 to October, 22 2005} was born in Miscolc, Hungary. He was a Holocaust survivor who knew personally Raoul Wallenberg. Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg disappeared in the Soviet gulag after saving countless Hungarian Jews from deportation with Swedish identity papers.

 He joined Wallenberg's group after he escaped a labor camp in the Hungarian interior.  Szentivanyi's contributions to the Wallenberg group have been honored at The Florida Holocaust Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida.

As a young man he graduated from Debrecen University Medical School of Debrecen, Hungary. He went on to a residency in Internal Medicine. While in residency he co-authored the world's first research paper showing the brain regulates immune cells through the hypothalamus. This lead to Drs. Ader and Cohen to establish the field of Psychoneuroimmunology.

The field of Psychoneuroimmunology gained acceptance and prestige since its inception. Several scholarly journals specialize in PNI and UCLA established The Norman Cousins Center for Psychoneuroimmunology.

Bill Moyers popularized Psychoneuroimmunology with his TV program and book "Healing and The Mind". Moyers added cridibility to his program by interviewing Nick Hall also from The University of South Florida about the case for a mind body connection.

Andor Szentivanyi escaped Hungary with his wife and son Peter in 1956. He taught and researched Allergy/Immunology at The University of Chicago where he was a Rockefeller Fellow and The Colorado Health Sciences Center. While teaching at The Colorado Health Sciences Center, his second son Eddie was born. Eddie changed his last name to the English translation of Szentivanyi {Saint-Ivan}.

In 1966, Andor Szentivayi was appointed Chair of Microbiology at Creighton University. While teaching at Creighton University, he wrote "The Beta-Adrenergic Theory" and it was published in The Journal of Allergy. According to The Journal of Allergy, the Beta-Adrenergic Theory has been cited more times than anyother paper in the journal's history. The Beta Adrenergic Theory was also named a citation classic useing the Science Citation Index.

The Beta Adrenergic Theory refers to the Beta (2)Adrenergic receptors of smooth muscle cells in the lungs because those receptors affect constriction.

In 1970 Andor Szentivanyi was recruited to The University of South Florida's brand new medical school. As founding Chair of Pharmacology and Therapeutics he recruited outstanding faculty and won the medical school's highest awards in teaching and research.

After USFs second Dean of Medicine Hollis Boren stepped down Andor Szentivanyi took his place. While serving as Dean of Medicine and Vice President of Medical Affairs, Szentivanyi oversaw the construction of two university hospitals and oversaw planning of a third. In 1986, Szentivanyi decided to resume full time research and the following year he was named University Distinguished Professor of Internal Medicine and Pharmacology.

In 1988 Szentivanyi won the prestigious Dag Hammarskjold Award for Medicine. That same year Robert Good Ex-President of Sloan Kettering and Time coverman nominated Szentivanyi for The Nobel Prize in Medicine.

In 1995 President Clinton invited Andor Szentivanyi to visit Little Rock so several scholars could plan nationalized health care. While in Little Rock President Clinton personally asked Andor Szentivanyi to be Undersecretary of Health and Human Services but he couldnt easily sell his home and turned President Clinton down.

In 1995 Szentivanyi and colleague Khalid Ali discovered that IgE antibodies {the rosetta stone of all atopic disease is the overproduction of IgE} block Beta receptors.

In 1999 Andor Szentivanyi won "The Science of Medicine" Award given jointly by The American College of Physicians and The American Society of Internal Medicine. Andor Szentivanyi's wife Judith is a retired Dermatologist in Tampa. He is also survived by his sons Peter Szentivanyi and Edward Saint-Ivan.

Sources

Mc Cartney, A. Former USF Dean Helped Holocaust Hero The Tampa Tribune Metro Section, October, 24 2005

Jonas, Connie K. A Great Start And Still Sparling With Promise The University of South Florida College of Medicine Celebrates 25 Years 1995

Mathews, David Outstanding Educators of America 1972

"Citation Classics" The Garfield Library The University of Pennsylvania

The Florida Holocaust Museum 55 5th Street South St. Petersburg Fl. 33701