The Master of Textiles
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The Top Woman in Public Relations
The Most Influential Turkish-American Women #11 - Huma Gruaz is an internationally recognized leading public relations and marketing executive. As an innovative communications expert and an accomplished artist, Gruaz exhibits a professional passion for both spoken words and illustrated arts. Born in Istanbul, and educated in Europe and America, Gruaz defies modern conventions. - Published in Latest
An Amazing Colorist
The Most Influential Turkish-American Women #12 - Sara Bengur Interiors enjoys a reputation for creating sophisticated yet warm spaces that unabashedly mix color, pattern and texture, all a reflection of the multi-cultural, well-traveled background of its founder, Sara Bengur. She comes by her particular brand of contemporary exoticism naturally: the daughter of a Turkish economist with the International Monetary Fund, she spent her formative years in Washington, DC; Istanbul, Turkey; and Maine. Bengur developed her design aesthetic early.- Published in Latest
Following In Her Grandfather's Footsteps
The Most Influential Turkish-American #13 - Banu Onaral, granddaughter of Nuri Demirağ, who was an early Turkish industrialist (in 1936 he established an aircraft factory employing 500 people in İstanbul), is H. H. Sun Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Electrical Engineering at Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA. She received her BS and MS in electrical engineering from Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey, in 1973 and 1974 respectively and earned her PhD in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania in 1978.
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