Vladimir Nicolaus Mackiw (August 4, 1923, Stanisławów – 2001,

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origin who revolutionized the mining industry with his inventions and techniques.

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Vladimir Nicolaus Mackiw - Canadian Mining Hall of Fame
1923 births 2001 deaths People from Ivano-Frankivsk Ukrainian emigrants to Canada 20th-century Ukrainian inventors 20th-century Canadian inventors Ukrainian chemists Canadian chemists 20th-century Ukrainian scientists 20th-century Canadian scientists University of Breslau alumni University of Erlangen-Nuremberg alumni Scientists from Ontario KU Leuven alumni Fellows of the Minerals, Metals & Materials Society {{Canada-scientist-stub