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Creating a giant of green cleaning products with a $22 budget
[:el] Eftyhis Vlahakis was born and raised at Chania. He died on April 6th, 2014. His dream was to become a doctor, but due to financial hurdles he was urged to leave Greece at the age of 17 to pursue a better life in the...
The pioneer of neon
[:el] Stephen Antonakos was born in 1926 in Saint Nikolaos of Lakonia and by 1930 his family relocated to New York, where he lived and worked. He died in New York City aged 87 on August 17th, 2013. Since the ‘60s, Antonakos has been distinguished for...
One of the founders of the European Research Council
[:el] Fotis Kafatos was a Professor of Biology, born on the 16th of April, 1940. He was an eminent scientist who played a key role in establishing the European Research Council (ERC). In fact in 2011 he received a prestigious prize for his dedication to...
“If you succeed in New York, you succeeded everywhere”
[:el] Her biography is full of distinctions. Her first major project “the Cycladic Books”, were marked by the art critic Barbara Rose as a harbinger of Minimalism. Her first solo exhibition was held in 1961 in the Betty Parsons Gallery and at the same year...
World-renowned professor of Epidemiology
[:el] Dr. Dimitrios Trichopoulos served as Professor of Hygiene and Epidemiology and Director of the relevant Department of Medicine, University of Athens. He has also served as Director of the Department of Epidemiology School of Public Health and Director of the Cancer Center at Harvard...