John L. Saksun

Male, Person

1922 –

56

Who is John L. Saksun?

John L. Saksun is a Canadian-Czechoslovakian tool and die maker and precision machinist. He was born in Zalobin, Czechoslovakia. At age 16, shortly after the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia in March 1938, Saksun left the country for Canada. After gaining standing as a top-tier machinist by delivering on tank radar and de Havilland Mosquito bomber manufacturing contracts in World War II in the 1940s, he founded military and commercial aircraft manufacturer, The Queensway Machine Products Ltd in 1952. He later founded golf club manufacturer, Accuform Golf in 1975.

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Born
May 2, 1922
Also known as
  • John Saksun

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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