[aaus-list] Re: Off-Topic: Bohdan Hurko and the advancement of civilization

[Max Pyziur]

> 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.

Make that 93.


> 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 at brama.com
>