Igor Karassik

Igor J. Karassik (Russian: Игорь Иванович Карасик) (December 1, 1911 in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire[1] – July 2, 1995 in Maplewood, New Jersey)[2][3] was a Russian-American engineer known for his pioneering work with pumps, a field in which he was "world-renowned"[4] and an "outstanding authority".

[6] His father, a mechanical engineer, John (Ivan) Karassik (1880—1969) was a son of a Kharkov merchant Nukhim-Perets (Peter) Karasik (c. 1849—1906).

The family emigrated from Russia to escape the Russian Revolution and naturalized the United States in 1923.

[9][10] He attended Carnegie Institute of Technology,[11] and also studied in Turkey and France.

[11] In 1980, he became the first recipient of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers' Henry R. Worthington Medal for achievement in the field of pumping.