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| Béla Heinrich Bánáthy | |
 Prof. Béla H. Banathy, president of the International Federation for Systems Research from 1994-98 | |
| Born | 1 December 1919 Gyula, Hungary |
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| Died | 4 September 2003 Chico, California |
| Nationality | Hungarian-American |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Occupation | Educator, systems scientist, professor, author |
| Known for | Founded the White Stag Leadership Development Program, International Systems Institute, co-founder of the General Evolutionary Research Group, pioneer of conversation-based systems sciences conferences |
Béla Heinrich Bánáthy (December 1, 1919 – September 4, 2003), was a linguist, systems scientist and a professor at San José State University and UC Berkeley. Bánáthy was the founder of the White Stag Leadership Development Program whose leadership model was adopted across the United States; founder of the International Systems Institute;[1] and its innovative "conversation"-oriented conference structure; co-founder of the General Evolutionary Research Group[2] an influential professor of systems theory; and a widely-read and respected author.
