Draft:Michael N. Vuchnich
 | Review waiting, please be patient.
This may take 2–3 weeks or more, since drafts are reviewed in no specific order. There are 701 pending submissions waiting for review.
Where to get help
How to improve a draft
You can also browse Wikipedia:Featured articles and Wikipedia:Good articles to find examples of Wikipedia's best writing on topics similar to your proposed article. Improving your odds of a speedy review To improve your odds of a faster review, tag your draft with relevant WikiProject tags using the button below. This will let reviewers know a new draft has been submitted in their area of interest. For instance, if you wrote about a female astronomer, you would want to add the Biography, Astronomy, and Women scientists tags. Editor resources
Reviewer tools
|
 | Certain historical revisions of this page may meet criterion RD1 for revision deletion, as they contain significant copyright violations of https://conference.cwbgroup.org/sites/conference.cwbgroup.org/files/canweld_program_2022_web.pdf (Copyvios report) that have been removed in the meantime.
Note to admins: In case of doubt, remove this template and post a message asking for review at WT:CP. With this script, go to the history with auto-selected revisions. Note to the requestor: Make sure the page has already been reverted to a non-infringing revision or that infringing text has been removed or replaced before submitting this request. This template is reserved for obvious cases only, for other cases refer to Wikipedia:Copyright problems. Note to others: Please do not remove this template until an administrator has reviewed it. |
Michael N. Vuchnich (1907–1986) was a Serbian Canadian businessman, civic leader, and long-time president of the Lincoln Electric Company of Canada[1] in Toronto.
Early history
[edit]Mike was born on 23 October 1907 in the coal mining hills of western Pennsylvania to Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Vuchnich. He had a brother (George) and a sister (Martha).[2] He quit school in 1921 at the age of 14 to take up mining to keep his family solvent. In 1930, an old teacher of his encouraged him to enter Hurst High School. But high school led to football, to a prep school year at Kiski and then to Ohio State, where Mike is remembered as one of the finest centers[3] in Columbus history .[4]
Career in business
[edit]After graduating from Ohio State University with a science degree, Mike joined the Lincoln Electric Company in Cleveland in 1934,[5] and two years later (1936), he was appointed sales engineer with Armco Limited, Lincoln distribution in Johannesburg, South Africa. In 1940, he was named General Manager and President of the Lincoln Electric Company of Canada Ltd., headquartered in Toronto.[6] There he became active in civic affairs, and took charge of Toronto's Employees 'Welfare Service Fund', for city welfare work.[7] Also, Vuchnich became a leader in the enlightened management of Canadian business. Michael N. Vuchnich was a pioneer in industrial profit-sharing,[8] an active fundraiser on behalf of retarded children, of the YMCA, YWCA, and of the United Church of Canada.
Legacy
[edit]Throughout the time of Michael N. Vuchnich's tenure as president of the Lincoln Electric Company of Canada Limited, Cleveland's Lincoln Electric became the world's largest manufacturer of electric arc welding machinery and products. The company was founded in Cleveland in 1895 by John C. Lincoln.[9] An annual prize of $2,500 and a plaque is named "Michael N. Vuchnich Award" since 1986[10]
Personal
[edit]Michael N. Vuchnich married Edith Virginia Myers Vuchnich[11] in 1936 in Johannesburg, South Africa.
References
[edit]- ^ Co, Atlas Publishing (1964). Who's who in Steel and Metals. p. 352.
- ^ The Canadian Who's who: A Handbook of Canadian Biography of Living Characters. University of Toronto Press. 1975. p. 1017.
- ^ The Big Ten. Prentice-Hall. 1967. ISBN 978-0-13-076208-5.
- ^ "1933-58 MEN OF ACHIEVEMENT - Sports Illustrated Vault | SI.com".
- ^ Industry & Welding. Industrial Publishing Corporation. 1936.
- ^ Ohio State University Monthly. Ohio State University Alumni Association. 1940.
- ^ Canadian Business. Canadian Chamber of Commerce. 1951.
- ^ Profit Sharing in Practice; Report on Visits to Profit-sharing Establishments, 1891-1952. Profit Sharing Research. 1953.
- ^ https://www.cwbgroup.org/files/documents/michael_n._vuchnich_award.pdf
- ^ Emili, Cynthia (October 19, 2023). "Tim Verhey Named This Years Michael N. Vuchnich Award Recipient".
- ^ "Edith Vuchnich - 2013 - Humphrey Funeral Home". www.tributearchive.com.