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Leonid Alexandrovich Umanskij * 1891 + 3.4.1957

UMANSKY, L. A., Power Rectifiers for Studio Lighting, v. 45, no. 6 (Dec. 1945), p. 414.

http://www.archive.org/stream/journalofsociety45socirich#page/414/mode/2up

Journal of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers, Report of Studio Lighting Committee, Oktober 1948, Bd. 51, S. 436)

Mercury-arc rectifiers have been considered as a direct-current source of power for motion picture studio lighting but no installations have been made to date. 6

L. A. Umansky, "Power rectifiers for studio lighting," J. Soc. Mot. Pict. Eng., vol. 45, pp. 414-441; December, 1945.

http://www.archive.org/stream/journalofsociety51socirich#page/430/mode/1up

New York Times

Edison Medal Won By Engineer For G. E. December 7, 1955

Science, Bd. 122, S. 1263

LEONID A. UMANSKY, manager of engineering for the industrial engineering department of the General Electric Co., Schenectady, N.Y., has been awarded the 1955 Edison medal, which is administered by the American Institute of Electrical Engineers. The award will be presented on 31 Jan. at a special session of the 5-day winter general meeting of the institute in the Hotel Statler, New York.

http://www.sciencemag.org/content/122/3183/1261.full.pd

Automomotive Industries, Automotive and Aviation Manufacturing, Engineering, Production, Management, Philadelphia 1.5.1957, S. 40

Leonid A. Umansky, 66, retired manager of industrial engineering for General Electric Co., died Apr. 3, at Schenectady, N. Y.

http://www.ai-online.com/Adv/catalog/downloadCatalog.php?id=526

LEONID A. UMANSKY, Ex-G. E. ENGINEER, 66

April 05, 1957, SCHENECTADY, N. Y., April 4-Leonid A. Umansky, former manager of industrial engineering for the General Electric Company, died here yesterday in his home. His age was 66.

http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F70714FE345A137A93C7A9178FD85F438585F9 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.145.233.92 (talk) 14:36, 7 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Ohio State Engineer, vol. 21, no. 7 (June, 1938).

FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT

Each year General Electric honors those employees who have done outstanding work in their fields as provided in the Charles A. Coffin Foundation. This year 40 men were chosen—15 of them college graduates:

L. A. Umansky, Polytechnical Institute of Petrograd, '15;

https://kb.osu.edu/dspace/bitstream/handle/1811/35545/OS_ENG_v21_i07_999.pdf?sequence=4 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.145.241.63 (talk) 19:09, 7 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Schenectady Gazette, 1.2.1956, S. 8

Umansky Receives Edison Award for Achievement

Leonid. A. Umansky, retired manager at the General Electric Co., yesterday received the 1955 Thomas A. Edison medal "for his outstanding contributions to the electrification of industry.

Presentation of the award was announced at the winter general meeting of Electrical Engineers in New York City.

Umansky, who lives at 1400 Keyes avenue, retired from GE last July after managing the industrial engineering department for five years.

Mr. Umansky was sent to the Soviet Union in 1931 as a representative of the company's International Division.

Winner of the GE Coffin award in 1938, Umansky holds 18 patents. A native from Russia, he was educated at the St. Petersburg Polytecnic Institute an came to this country in 1915. His association with GE began in 1919 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.145.202.39 (talk) 07:36, 8 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]