Stephen Michael Elonka

Stephen Michael Elonka (died 1983) was the author of numerous technical books, including Standard Plant Operators' Manual.[1] He also wrote a book of the adventures of one Marmaduke Surfaceblow, a fictional engineer who solves difficult problems in ingeniously simple ways.[2] POWER Magazine's Marmaduke Awards were named for this character.[3] Books by Elonka have been translated into Spanish, Portuguese, and Chinese.

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  1. ^ Elonka, Stephen Michael (1975). Standard Plant Operators' Manual (2 ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0-07-019296-0.
  2. ^ Elonka, Stephen Michael (1979). Marmaduke Surfaceblow's Salty Technical Romances. R. E. Krieger Pub. Co. ISBN 0-88275-967-1.
  3. ^ "POWER Magazine :: Archives :: August 15, 2008". Retrieved 2009-03-09.