Eugene Michael Gluhareff

Eugene Michael Gluhareff (April 5, 1916 – July 15, 1994)[1] was born in Petrograd (now known as St. Petersburg), Russia and moved to the United States in 1924.

Gluhareff graduated from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1944 with a Bachelor of Sciences in Aeronautical Engineering.

[6] Gluhareff began his career at the Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation in 1944, one of the initial projects he worked on included the VS-300 and the R-4 helicopters.

In 1964, Gluhareff joined the Douglas Aircraft Company, where he worked as a Design Engineer Scientist in the development of the S-4 stage of the Saturn Rocket which was part of the Apollo program.

[7] Gluhareff died due to illness whilst he was working on the production and marketing stage of the EMG-300 helicopter in 1994.