In the US, on June 27, on the age of 92, Lyubomyr Romankiv died – a Ukrainian inventor, a number one scientist of the IBM firm, the creator of just regarding 70 patents and two dozen discoveries, a member of the Plast nationwide scout group. About this reported Yuriy Yuzych, a public determine and head of the Regional Strata Council.
Lubomir Romankiv’s portrait is positioned within the US Nationwide Corridor of Fame along with the portrait Steve Jobs. The Ukrainian developed a revolutionary know-how – a technique of recording data on a tough disk with a magnetic head. The start of the period of private computer systems is related to this invention.
Romankiv labored at IBM for greater than 50 years, wrote greater than 150 scientific articles, and obtained 25 awards from IBM alone.
Lyubomyr Romankiv was born on April 17, 1931 in Zhovkiv, Lviv area. Throughout the Second World Warfare, collectively together with his household, he left for the USA.
For a few years, Lyubomyr Romankiv held the place preliminary plastun. He was the initiator and organizer of many strata occasions, together with gatherings, camps and jamborees – conventional scout gatherings.
In 2008, Romankiv was awarded the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Clever for his vital private contribution to the event of the Ukrainian scout motion.
