Ivan Boszormenyi-Nagy | |
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| Born | Iván Nagy 19 May 1920 |
| Died | 28 January 2007 (aged 86) Glenside, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Known for | Family therapy, Psychoanalysis |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Psychiatry |
Ivan Boszormenyi-Nagy (May 19, 1920 – January 28, 2007) was a Hungarian-American psychiatrist and one of the founders of the field of family therapy. Born Iván Nagy, his family name was changed to Böszörményi-Nagy during his childhood. He emigrated from Hungary to the United States in 1950, and he simplified his name to Ivan Boszormenyi-Nagy at the time of his naturalization as a US citizen.