The Cross of the Hungarian Order of Civic Merit was given to Charles J. Vörösmarty (professor – CUNY, iASK) by the president of Hungary. Among research projects supervised by him, special mention needs to be made of the work into he is doing into integrating sustainable development considerations and nature-friendly solutions into infrastructure projects. Hungarian academic life owes him a lot. As a descendant of the poet Mihály Vörösmarty, he is proud to be Hungarian, proud of his family history.