Constantine Mylonas

MYLONAS, CONSTANTINE,

a resident of Providence and Athens, Greece and professor emeritus of Brown University, passed away on August 25, at the age of 94.He was born in Athens, Greece, the son of the late Miltiades and Elli (Zannou) Mylonas.

He is survived by his wife, Despina. He also leaves his daughter Elli and husband David Durand of Providence, RI, his son Paul and wife Xenia of Athens, Greece, and 3 grandchildren, Despina Durand and Daphne and Constantine Mylonas. He was the brother of the late Paul M. Mylonas.

He received his university degree in Engineering from the National Polytechnic University of Athens, where he graduated first in his class. During WWII he served in the Greek army until the Nazi occupation of Greece, then he escaped to Egypt and served in the Free Greek Navy in Alexandria. After the war he went to graduate school in London, where he received his PhD from University College, London. In 1954 he came to Brown University, where he was a professor in the Division of Engineering until his retirement. At Brown he conducted research into the strengths of materials and was very involved in developing and teaching the foundation course for engineering students.

Constantine Mylonas had hobbies throughout his life, such as photography, marksmanship, and writing computer programs. He was a champion marksman with pistols, who represented Greece in the 1947 World Shooting Championships in Stockholm, where he received a silver medal and a bronze medal. He was also a member of the Greek Olympic team, competing in the 1948 Oslo Olympics. In the US, he took up skeet and trap shooting. Always looking for ways to improve on how things worked, he invented and patented a shell catcher for use with shotguns. Later, when he was writing an engineering textbook for the National Polytechnic University of Athens, he created his own Modern Greek font on the computer, in order to have attractive lettershapes.

The funeral was held in Athens, on August 27. He will be missed by his family, friends and

colleagues.