Carl J. Hudecek (born December 3, 1934) is an American, internationally known expert on
sealing glasses,
metal expansion and contraction, and
metal oxidation processes for glass sealing. Hudecek holds or co-holds many U.S. and international patents in sealing glasses, television picture
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materials and processing, and sealing
alloys.
Hudecek was born in
Toledo, Ohio. He is from
Perrysburg, Ohio and graduated from the
University of Toledo.
Most of his working career was spent at
Owens-Illinois
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Glass Company in Toledo, where he was chief physicist and laboratory manager. Hudecek was one of the U.S. pioneers in designing and installing
turnkey manufacturing operations
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for sealing glasses in Russia and Germany. Through his consulting company,
Perrysburg, Ohio-based Bridgecon Services, Hudecek consults in the area of sealing glasses. He has also taught courses on sealing and joining at
Rutgers University and
Missouri School of Mines
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.
In addition, Hudecek is an expert at the game of
contract bridge. He won the national
American Contract Bridge League Life Master Open Pairs championship in 1966, partnered by Ray Zoller. Hudecek has been a long-term member of the panel of experts for ''
The Bridge World'' magazine
[ and has written many bridge articles and commentaries.. He holds the title of Sapphire Life Master with the American Contract Bridge League (ACBL).
]
Bridge accomplishments
Wins
* North American Bridge Championships (1)
** Nail Life Master Open Pairs (1) 1966
References
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1934 births
Living people
American contract bridge players
Glass engineering and science
People from Toledo, Ohio
University of Toledo alumni
People from Perrysburg, Ohio
Engineers from Ohio