aaus-list @ ukrainianstudies.org -- [aaus-list] Re: [Ukrainians For Obama] Off-Topic: Bohdan Hurko andthe advancement of civilization

["R.L. Chomiak" <rolech@mac.com>]

Thanks, Max, for telling us about Bohdan Hurko.  I didn't know of  
him, but should have.  We really should blow our horn more.  About 4  
or 5 years ago in Ukraine (!) I learned that a Ukrainian, Nick  
Holyniak, invented the light emitting diode, for Pete's sake.  LED is  
everywhere (not unlike the self-cleaning oven!)  I can't wait to tell  
my WASP-y friends, Hey, you like your self-cleaning oven?  Thank a  
Ukrainian, #%%$#@&^%.
rlc



On Mar 18, 2009, at 11:17 AM, Max Pyziur wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> I just have been made aware of Bohdan Hurko's passing on December 11,
> 2008. However, all is not lost. Saturday, March 21, 2009 is the
> anniversary of his birth when he would have been 83.
>
> Bohdan Hurko hailed from Ukrayina, studied engineering in Austria  
> and at
> the University of Louisville in the state of Kentucky. In his  
> lifetime, he
> had over 60 patents.
>
> Bohdan Hurko's claim to fame? The self-cleaning oven popularized by
> General Electric.
>
> On the tail end of the vernal equinox, toast Bohdan for relieving
> civilization from yet one more burden of the kitchen.
> ;-)
>
> http://www.legacy.com/Louisville/Obituaries.asp? 
> Page=LifeStory&PersonId=121303047
>
>
> Vichna Yomu Pamiat!
>
> Vanya Z. Dorohy
> pyz@brama.com
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