Ambassador András Simonyi presented the Order of Merit,
Officer's Cross, to Tommy G. Thompson, the former U.S. Secretary of Health and
Human Services yesterday. The decoration was awarded by the President of
the Republic of Hungary, László Sólyom, to Mr. Thompson in
acknowledgement of his active role in strengthening U.S.-Hungarian
relations in the fields of health care and medical research.
The
award ceremony was held yesterday at the residence of Nancy G. Brinker,
the former U.S. ambassador to Hungary, in the presence of acting FDA
commissioner Andrew C. von Eschenbach and many other high-ranking health
officials.
Ambassador Simonyi presenting the Officer's Cross to
Mr. Thompson
Mr. Thompson, Ambassador Brinker, and Ambassador
Simonyi at yesterday's ceremony
