Alexander Sandor Nadas: November 12, 1913 – May 15, 2000

Among the many honors during his career, he received a Guggenheim fellowship, a Fulbright professorship, the Gifted Teacher Award of the American College of Cardiology (Fig. 1), the Edgar Mannheimer Memorial Lecture Award from the European Association for Pediatric Cardiology, and the Paul Dudley White Award of the American Heart Association. 1 In adolescence, Alex enjoyed playing chess, going to movies, playing bridge and tennis, cross-country skiing, and swimming at beaches and in the pools established in Hungary by the Turks in the 16th century. In his powerful paternal role, his sense of values, most prominently those of honesty, decency, hard work and dedication to the best possible care of the patient, permeated the department, and fostered a commonality of purpose.