Boomer of the Week:
Pat Herman
Santa Cruz, CA
The stories of personal transformation that we are sharing with you each week have been written by members of our Boomers TV community. They are generously sharing their journey with us to offer hope and inspiration.
This week, we introduce you to Pat Herman, who makes his home in Santa Cruz, CA.
Pat Herman
Pat's Personal History
Pat Herman studied engineering in his native Chile and then moved to the US with his wife. In Chile, he worked for General Tire and came to Akron, Ohio expecting to stay for only one year. He started to work for General Tire in Akron and started to take math classes. Along came his first child, and the then two more boys. Pat completed his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in Mathematics at the U of Akron as well as his thesis and course work in System Engineering for his Ph.D. at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio.
Transitions
Working as a Mathematician at General Tire, he soon he fell in love with the field of computers. He later joined General Motors at Hudson, Ohio, working as a Senior System Engineer. Pat soon got tired of the frigid winters and hot and muggy summers and moved to sunny San Jose, California to work for IBM. Pat worked as a computer consultant for IBM and other companies until he got involved with tiny glasses.
Reading the menu...an inventor is born!
Exasperated trying to read a restaurant menu because he forgot to bring his reading glasses, inventor Pat Herman decided to end his frustration once and for all. He took a pair of his drugstore reading glasses, cut off the lenses and connected them with a spring wire. He then had the first pair of glasses small enough to carry in his wallet. After that, everywhere he pulled them out, someone inevitably wanted to borrow the tiny glasses.
Pat's Motto: If you want to be young, have an active mind and a body to carry it!
Besides working full time on the tiny reading glasses, Pat also finds the time to design and invent new products and dance East Coast Swing during the week ends. He currently works with a trainer three times a week, sails in the Monterey bay and swims in the frigid waters of San Francisco each year, as a participant in the Alcatraz SharkFest, and the Golden Gate Bridge Swim. In 2003 he swam the one-and-one-half-miles from Alcatraz in 48 minutes. He is also an accomplished East Coast Swing dancer.
Pat will swim the Alcatraz Sharfest again in September 2006. He will start swim training in May 2006 to get ready: after the first month of training, Pat will be swimming one mile a day, and by September, he will swim it under 30 minutes.
This week, we introduce you to Pat Herman, who makes his home in Santa Cruz, CA.
Pat Herman
Pat's Personal History
Pat Herman studied engineering in his native Chile and then moved to the US with his wife. In Chile, he worked for General Tire and came to Akron, Ohio expecting to stay for only one year. He started to work for General Tire in Akron and started to take math classes. Along came his first child, and the then two more boys. Pat completed his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in Mathematics at the U of Akron as well as his thesis and course work in System Engineering for his Ph.D. at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio.
Transitions
Working as a Mathematician at General Tire, he soon he fell in love with the field of computers. He later joined General Motors at Hudson, Ohio, working as a Senior System Engineer. Pat soon got tired of the frigid winters and hot and muggy summers and moved to sunny San Jose, California to work for IBM. Pat worked as a computer consultant for IBM and other companies until he got involved with tiny glasses.
Reading the menu...an inventor is born!
Exasperated trying to read a restaurant menu because he forgot to bring his reading glasses, inventor Pat Herman decided to end his frustration once and for all. He took a pair of his drugstore reading glasses, cut off the lenses and connected them with a spring wire. He then had the first pair of glasses small enough to carry in his wallet. After that, everywhere he pulled them out, someone inevitably wanted to borrow the tiny glasses.
Pat's Motto: If you want to be young, have an active mind and a body to carry it!
Besides working full time on the tiny reading glasses, Pat also finds the time to design and invent new products and dance East Coast Swing during the week ends. He currently works with a trainer three times a week, sails in the Monterey bay and swims in the frigid waters of San Francisco each year, as a participant in the Alcatraz SharkFest, and the Golden Gate Bridge Swim. In 2003 he swam the one-and-one-half-miles from Alcatraz in 48 minutes. He is also an accomplished East Coast Swing dancer.
Pat will swim the Alcatraz Sharfest again in September 2006. He will start swim training in May 2006 to get ready: after the first month of training, Pat will be swimming one mile a day, and by September, he will swim it under 30 minutes.
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