his photo * his statue * his tablet (Sopron) * his portrait (Phylaxia) * his portrait (Gödöllő)

Rezső Manninger (1890-1970) was a veterinarinarian, won the Kossuth-prize twice, was a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, head of the Department for Microbiology and Infectious Diseases at the College/University of Veterinary Science from 1927 to 1963. He established the Central Veterinary Institute and was its first director (1928-1943).
On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the foundation of the Central Veterinary Institute the idea started up to immortalize the establisher director's memory with a memorial tablet and a relief. The memorial tablet, made of bronze, was created by Sándor Tóth. The following six-line inscription can be read on it (in Hungarian): Rezső Manninger / member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences / establisher and first director / of the Central Veterinary Institute.
On the right side of the tablet in the same level there is a bronze relief portrait of Professor Manninger. The memorial tablet and the relief were placed in the hall of the new building of the Institute to the left of the entrance on the wall on the 12th of September, 1980. The inauguration speech was given by deputy minister Lajos Dénes. (MMJ)