The postwar village · Emigration
Loukas Kouvaras sets off round the world
1956 Proven
Loukas Kouvaras, born in Myloi in 1931, studied mechanical engineering at the University of Houston. From 1956 to 1988 he worked for multinationals in Houston, New York, London, Brussels, Geneva, New Delhi, Bombay, Hong Kong, Singapore, Dubai and Cairo, before returning to his village.
- Where
- Myloi (the village)
- Threads
- Emigration
- Certainty
- Proven confirmed by primary sources
Sources
- argolika.gr, «Έφυγε από τη ζωή ο Λουκάς Κουβαράς, πρώην δήμαρχος Λέρνας», 25-10-2022 Open (opens in a new tab)
Also in this period
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31 July 1959
New York's Greek paper reports the honour
On 31 July 1959 the Greek-American daily Εθνικός Κήρυξ in New York reported, in its provincial news, that Caskey had been made an honorary citizen of Myloi. The news from the village thus reached emigrants in America.
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1967
Dimosthenis Ganas leaves for Winnipeg
Dimosthenis Ganas, born in Myloi in 1945, followed his brothers Nick and Ted to Canada at the age of 22. In Winnipeg, Manitoba, he became "Jim" and later joint owner of Nick's Inn, a roadside diner in Headingley.