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The same original thinking that informed his fiction, giving life to tales o f space exploration, the evolution of man, and many other topics, led him to become one of the great pioneers in gear design. His family immigrated to the United States in 1927. After graduating from high school in 1935, Saari went to work for the Civilian Conservation Corps and attended a vocational school where he learned tool and die making. After that, he entered the University of Minnesota to study mechanical engineering. He graduated in 1943 and went to work for the Buick Motor Division of General Motors, where his interest in gears developed.