A remarkable American, Romanian-born inventor. A note on the history of a ubiquitous item

Abstract

After 1939, numerous bright young people emigrated from Romania. Among them, a teenager who has not completed his studies, graduated high school in UK and then emigrated to US where he received an engineering degree from Harvard. That young man, Steven Ausnit, became a remarkable inventor and a very successful entrepreneur in US. His inventions are literally in every house today, yet he is insufficiently known as an inventor in Romania. This study represents an analysis of his inventions and entrepreneurship activities.

Keywords

• invention
• reclosable plastic bag
• ziploc®
• romanian-born inventor
• ausnit
• 20th century