Lubomyr Taras Romankiw (April 17, 1931 – June 28, 2024) was an American computer scientist, IBM fellow and researcher at IBM's Thomas J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, New York.[1][2]
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Romankiw earned his B.Sc. from the University of Alberta in 1957, and both M.S. and Ph.D. degrees (in metallurgy and materials) from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1962. He is listed as a co-inventor on over 65 U.S. patents, 150 papers and edited 10 volumes of various technical symposia.[3]
Background
editRomankiw was born on April 17, 1931, in Zhovkva, then part of Poland, nowadays Ukraine. Much of his work involved magnetic materials, reflective displays, and copper plating. While working for IBM, the inventor developed magnetic thin-film storage heads (co-invented with David Thompson in the 1970s), a revolutionary technology for recording and reading information on hard drives.[4] He was an IBM fellow, a member of the IBM Academy of Technology, an IEEE fellow, and an Electrochemical Society fellow.
He received the Perkin Medal from the Society of Chemical Industry in 1993,[5] the Vittorio de Nora Award from the Electrochemical Society in 1994,[6] and the 1994 IEEE Morris N. Liebmann Memorial Award.[7]
In March 2012, he was inducted into the National Inventor's Hall of Fame.[8] In 2014, he was elected as a foreign member of the National Academy of Engineering of the United States for his innovation of thin-film magnetic head structures and electrochemical process technologies for microelectronics device fabrication.[9]
He was active in various organizations, most notably serving as the Nachalniy Plastun (Chief Scout) of the Plast National Scout Organization of Ukraine. Romankiw was a member of the Shevchenko Scientific Society, USA.[citation needed]
Romankiw died in the United States on June 28, 2024, at the age of 93.[10]
Awards
edit- Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise (August 22, 2020)[11]
See also
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References
edit- ^ Popovych, Orest (January 4, 2004). "Shevchenko Society celebrates 130th anniversary with conference in N.Y." Ukrainian Weekly. Retrieved January 7, 2007.
- ^ "Prominent Ukrainian inventor and scout Liubomyr Romankiv dies in US". Ukrainska Pravda. June 28, 2024. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
- ^ "Storage Newsletter: Lubomyr Romankiw, David Thompson". National Inventors Hall of Fame 2012 Inductees. Archived from the original on September 11, 2012.
- ^ "Lubomyr T. Romankiw". ETHW. February 3, 2016. Retrieved April 13, 2024.
- ^ "Society of Chemical Industry: SCI Honours". Society of Chemical Industry Webs Site. Society of Chemical Industry. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved January 7, 2008.
- ^ "Vittorio de Nora Award". The Electrochemical Society Web Site. The Electrochemical Society. Archived from the original on December 11, 2007. Retrieved January 8, 2007.
- ^ "IEEE Morris N. Liebmann Memorial Award Recipients" (PDF). IEEE. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 3, 2016. Retrieved February 27, 2011.
- ^ "Meet the 2012 National Inventors Hall of Fame Inductees". National Inventors Hall of Fame. 2012. Archived from the original on March 6, 2012. Retrieved March 8, 2012. National Inventors Hall of Fame 2012 Inductees
- ^ "Dr. Lubomyr T. Romankiw".
- ^ "У США помер видатний український винахідник і пластун Любомир Романків". June 28, 2024. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
- ^ "УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ №341/2020 — Офіційне інтернет-представництво Президента України". September 24, 2020. Archived from the original on September 24, 2020. Retrieved June 29, 2023.
External links
edit- IBM Press Release - Inventor of the Year, NY Intellectual Property Law Association
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