Smithers Chairman Herman Hochschwender Dies
Herman Karl Hochschwender, chairman of Smithers Scientific Services, passed away Thursday, 28 April 2005 in Naples, Flrorida. He was 85.
Born in Heidelberg, Germany, on 1 March 1920, Mr Hochschwender moved to the US in 1930. In 1944 he settled in Akron, Ohio where he lived most of his life. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Yale University in 1941, and did post-graduate work at Harvard Business School.