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Kudrnac, Ivoj Kristian, 1926-2018
1926-2018
Ivoj Kristian Kudrnac was born on January 26, 1926, in Czechoslovakia.
He arrived in Canada in 1948 after fleeing communist Czechoslovakia along with his family. Once settled in Montreal, Kudrnac, a chemical engineer, found employment with Anachemia Canada, a manufacturer of specialty chemicals. Within a few years, he became the owner of Anachemia and under his leadership the company emerged as the largest Canadian owned supplier of chemicals and supplies to the laboratory market in North America.
He died on June 25, 2018.