On the Engineering Merits of the Illustrious Bessarabian Inventor, Eugen STATNIC. 95 years since birth

The engineer and inventor Eugen Statnic was a Romanian Homo Creator.He came from Orthodox parents from the south of Bessarabia, with multi-ethnic roots.Born in 1929 in Pripiceni-Razesi, Orhei county, Romania, he worked in his country for 28 years -in industry and research, of which 20 years at Electronics Factory in Bucharest, in the fi eld of Radio and Television, becoming an excellent specialist in semiconductor electronics.He played a major role in the creation of Romanian color television, exported to several countries.In the years 1982-2009, he was active in the fi eld of light source and system electronics, working at Siemens, Osram and Sylvania (in Germany, Italy and USA).He was the author of several international patents and edited, during his 55 years of engineering , 10 books on electronics.Eugen Statnic gave the world the "Dulux-EL" fl uorescent lamp, developed in the years 1983-1985, which replaced Edison's 1883 incandescent bulb 100 years later.This new light source saves up to 80% of energy and lasts 10 times longer.In 2012-2020 he initiated, stimulated and materially supported the publication in Romanian of several history books (monographs, anthologies).He was also the author of fi ve books on ancient and modern history.