Background
Banker, Oscar H. was born on May 31, 1895 in Moonjoosoon, Turkey. Son of Harutun and Sultan (Chakujian) Sarafian.
Banker, Oscar H. was born on May 31, 1895 in Moonjoosoon, Turkey. Son of Harutun and Sultan (Chakujian) Sarafian.
Student American School Boys, Turkey, 1911-1913, Young Men’s Christian Association Night School, 1915-1917, University of Wisconsin extension, 1919-1920.
Came to the United States, 1913. Machine designer Racine Tool & Machine Company (Wisconsin), 1915-1917. Successively with R&V Ordnance Company, Moline, Illinois, 1918, Hamilton Beach Company, Racine, 1919-1922, Bud Company, Philadelphia, 1923-1926, Clayborn Process Corporation, Milwaukee, 1926-1928.
Formed New Products Corporation, Chicago, 1930 (merged with Fawick Corporation 1959), then director research and development, 1959-1960. Founder Bay Products Development Company, 1961. Formed Med-E-Jet Corporation, 1967, director, to 1979.
Inventor automatic transmission, final drive, controls for helicopters, inoculator gun medicine, saw sharpening machine, four-color flatbed printing press, numerous others. Crusader automobile safety.
Member National Roster Science and Specialized Personnel, World World War World War II. Member Smithsonian Associates, National Geog Society, Society Automotive Engineers, Automotive Old Timers (life), Field Museum Natural History (life. Mason. Holder more than 300 patents in various fields.
Married Aroosiag Rose Yacoobian, December 10, 1924. Children: Margaret Helen (Mistress John Carlson), Oscar Henry, Claudia Joyce (Mistress David Evans) and Matilda Rose (Mistress Donald James Kuch) (twins).