RICHBORO >> Peter Vari, Entrepreneur and Engineer, will speak from his personal experience, “From Hungary to the United States: The 1981 Immigrant Experience”, in the community room of the Northampton Township Free Library from 14 h Saturday, October 9. His speech is sponsored by the Friends of Northampton Township free library.

Please register in advance at www.northamptontownshiplibrary.org/adult-programs/

In 1981, at the height of the Cold War with the Berlin Wall and the Iron Curtain still intact, Peter Vari, his wife, Eva Jakabovics MD, and their young son emigrated from Communist Hungary to the United States. The details of this heartbreaking experience, the reasons behind it, and the implications for preserving democracy in America today will be discussed by Vari in his presentation.

Peter Vari graduated from the Polytechnic University of Budapest (BME) in Hungary in 1979 with degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Automation Controls. He has spent most of his career in manufacturing automation, implementing process improvement based on lean six sigma principles and in the solar photovoltaic renewable energy industry.

Peter has created five companies in the areas of machine building, factory maintenance, automation, real estate and solar power generation.

Peter Vari and his wife, Eva Jakabovics MD, live in Richboro. They are members of Newtown Friends Meeting.