Tibor Boldizsar, the 'Father' of direct-use geothermal development in Hungary, died in Budapest on November 26, 1998, at the age of 85. He was born in Budapest on June 9, 1913. In 1931, he matriculated at the Hungarian Royal University of Mining and Forestry Engineer. He received his Ph.D. in 1952 and a Doctor of Science degree in 1956. From 1936 to 1944, he worked for the First Danube Shipping Company as a mining captain and mining engineer near the city of Pecs. He was the chief mining engineer at the Hungarian Bauxite Co., Inc., from 1945-46, and was then nominated to be the managing chief engineer of the Hungarian National Coal Mines Co., Inc., in Budapest. From 1949-50, he was head of the department at the Mining Research Institute, and in 1952 became professor and head of the department at the Polytechnical University of Heavy Industry. He was a professor at the University of Miskolc from 1959-80, and retired in 1980