Budapesti Evangelikus Gimnazium

(Budapest Lutheran High School)

Busts of Wigner (left) and von Neumann in front of the entrance to the main auditorium.

John von Neumann, the developer of electronic computer, came from this high school. In addition, it produced two Nobel Laureates, namely Eugene Wigner (1963 physics) and Janos Harsanyi (1994 economics).

• Campus: Old black/white photo of the Campus.

• Where is this high school? At 17-21 Varosligeti fasor, H-1071 Budpest, Hungary.

• Front view of the Campus.
• Front. Another view.

• Rear view of the Campus.

• Main hallway.

• Gala: Gala hall inside.

• Memorial dedicated to those who made the ultimate sacrifice to protect Hungary during the years 1914-19.

• Wall: One of the wall paintings.

• Church: Evangelikus Templon (non-Catholic church). Hungary is a predominantly Catholic country.

• Inside the Church.

• Istvan Szabo, the director of the School library and museum who contributed the photos in this album. We are grateful to him.
• Wigner Photo. He is holding copies of the Wigner photo which I donated to the School. I took this photo with my Canon AE-1 camera in 1991 at Wigner's house in Princeton.

Wigner Jeno

• Wigner's 1920 Class. Wigner 2nd from right in the front row.

• In 1987, Eugene Wigner visits his high school.

• Wigner's Photo in one of the school booklets.

• Eugene Wigner: more about Wigner and Wigner-related programs.

Neumann Janos

• Janos Neumann's 1921 Class: second from the left on the second row from the top.

• John von Neumann: from one of the newspaper clippings in the School library.

• von Neumann: von Neumann and his computer at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton.