OSCAR H. BANKER (ASADOOR SARAFIAN) of Chicago is one of the most prolific American inventors. He invented helicopter controls for Sikorsky helicopters and the first practical car automatic transmission. His design is now the standard worldwide… Armenian MELIK TANGIEV of the Soviet Union designed the first oil platform in open sea (the Caspian)… In 1916 STEPHAN STEPANIAN of the US designed the first ready-mix concrete trucks… ED ISKENDERIAN invented (1963) the hydraulic racing camshaft… BORIS BABAYAN is the father of the Soviet superconductor… ARTHUR H. BULBULIAN invented the oxygen mask (A-14) for the US Air Force in 1914… ARDEM MIKOYAN, the younger brother of Soviet President ANASTAS MIKOYAN, is the co-inventor of the MiG fighter… Mathematician LEONID KHACHIYAN invented the system which solved linear programming problems—considered intractable until then.

OSCAR H. BANKER (ASADOOR SARAFIAN) of Chicago is one of the most prolific American inventors. He invented helicopter controls for Sikorsky helicopters and the first practical car automatic transmission. His design is now the standard worldwide… Armenian MELIK TANGIEV of the Soviet Union designed the first oil platform in open sea (the Caspian)… In 1916 STEPHAN STEPANIAN of the US designed the first ready-mix concrete trucks… ED ISKENDERIAN invented (1963) the hydraulic racing camshaft… BORIS BABAYAN is the father of the Soviet superconductor… ARTHUR H. BULBULIAN invented the oxygen mask (A-14) for the US Air Force in 1914… ARDEM MIKOYAN, the younger brother of Soviet President ANASTAS MIKOYAN, is the co-inventor of the MiG fighter… Mathematician LEONID KHACHIYAN invented the system which solved linear programming problems—considered intractable until then.