Ebrahim Lotfollah Victory

Ebrahim Victory was born in Tehran, Iran on December 26, 1933 (12 Bahman, 1312). He attended Kourosh Primary School and Firooz Bahran High School before coming to the United States in 1952. After studying English for a year at Wesley Junior College in Dover, Delaware, Eby pursued his passion for engineering at M.I.T., where he studied from 1953 to 1958. There he earned both his Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Mechanical Engineering, specializing in textiles technology and aerodynamics. During his final years at M.I.T., he taught a graduate course on textiles technology and conducted research on a project for the U.S. Air Force designing a wind tunnel for testing parachute fabrics.

Following his time at M.I.T., Eby embarked on a 17-year research career from 1958 to 1975, working on classified projects for the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy, and NASA. He served as a consultant on research projects for various American corporations including product development roles at Johnson & Johnson. He contributed to significant government initiatives, including work on the Effects of Nuclear Weapons for the U.S. Air Force, silent propulsion systems for the U.S. Navy, and combustion instability for NASA's rocket programs. His work placed him at the forefront of Cold War military technology and the space race.

In 1977, he returned to Iran, where he served as Managing Director for a consulting firm associated with the Ministry of Agriculture. He departed in 1978—just before the Iranian Revolution—and returned to the United States, where he established his own company developing custom computer programs for medium-sized businesses.

Eby appeared on numerous Persian-language radio and television programs for over 12 years, where he discussed space exploration, astronomy, and cosmology. He shared his knowledge on programs hosted by prominent Iranian journalists including Parviz Kardan, Alireza Meybody, and Sharam Homayoun. From September 2002 to June 2006, he wrote and hosted a two-hour weekly television program in Farsi called "The Wonders of the Universe," which aired on Channel One International satellite TV. The show covered space exploration, astronomy, and cosmology, filling a significant gap in Persian-language science education. For the Iranian diaspora scattered across North America and beyond, Victory became a familiar voice explaining everything from dark energy to NASA missions.

In July 2006, he began "The Mysteries of the Universe" on Andisheh satellite TV, which aired twice weekly and featured content from his book series alongside photographs, illustrations, and video clips. In 2008, he launched "Red Chair," a live weekend quiz show where contestants competed to answer questions about cosmology, astronomy, and NASA history.

A prolific writer, Eby authored approximately 50 scientific articles documenting his research findings, as well as more than 500 popular science articles on space, astronomy, and cosmology for various Persian-language magazines and publications. His published books include "The Wonders of the Universe" (1997), "The Mysteries of the Universe Part I" (2005) and "Part II" (2007), "God, Religion, and Science: Why Man Created God" (2008), which marked a departure into philosophical territory, comparing religious conceptions of divinity with scientific understanding; and his final work, "Cosmic Phenomenon" (2009), which focused on separating fact from fiction regarding cosmic events and phenomena.

Throughout his career, Eby maintained memberships in prestigious scientific organizations including the American Rocket Society, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, American Astronautical Society, American Physical Society, and Explorers Society. He was a Fellow of the Society of Sigma Xi, the scientific research honor society.

Ebrahim Victory is survived by his son and daughter-in-law, Michael Altman and Suzan Bymel; his daughter, Mena Victory; grandchildren Lexy Altman and wife Emily Coutts, Raquel Altman, Jacob Schultz, and Hanna Schultz; and great-grandson Wyatt Day. He is also remembered by his sister and brother-in-law, Fereshteh and Behrooz Shokati; sister-in-law Gohar Victory; nephew Shahram Victory; niece and nephew-in-law Soraya Victory and Paul Reuter; and their children, Darius and Zubin Reuter.