Former U.S. Congressman Ernie Konnyu, (R-San Jose) who represented the citizens of Silicon Valley including Stanford University in the U.S. Congress in the 1980’s. Konnyu is a retired Air Force Major and the former director of internal audit at National Semiconductor Corporation of Santa Clara.
In 17 chapters, 110 pages, 41 000 words, full color pics championing America for the opportunities she gave this Hungarian immigrant. It has me shaking hands with Presidents Ford and Reagan as well as Pope John Paul II (top right hand side of below cover).
The memoir spends a chapter on living through World War II bombings, one on living in Austrian refugee camps, one on coming to America, a couple chapters on my Air Force life ending as major, one on getting a degree from The Ohio State University, another couple on my California Assembly days (with the final two years as Chair for Policy of the Republican Caucus), one on my work in the U S Congress and one on the politically tragic ending to my career in the House.
“I finish off the book on showing people how I became a multimillionaire after Congress, reveal what it is like going to a secret lunch with the President, and reveal in the last chapter how I lost 52 pounds in 2015 and kept it off for six years.” Ernie Konnyu, Retired US Congressman
However, the Hungarian born Konnyu also spends two chapters on his search for love and a wife. “My second best love was a 22 year old Minot, North Dakota, young lady who was of Norwegian heritage. She was a beautiful blonde but reserved nursing student training at Cook County General Hospital in Chicago. She was my biggest infatuation and I detailed my five main wife search relationships in my new book, “Grandpa! Tell Me About Your Good Old Days”
Event organized by Éva Szabó