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Our membership chair
and official photographer, Herschel Weintraub, is originally from
Cincinnati, Ohio. He studied
Biomedical Engineering at Case Institute of Technology in Cleveland,
Ohio in 1970 and subsequently earned a doctorate in Macromolecular
Science at Case Western Reserve University
in 1975.
His research involved the determination of the shapes of drug
molecules using computer-based techniques.
Herschel's first
paying job was as an Assistant Professor in the Purdue University
College of Pharmacy in Indiana, where he met his wife, Kay.
He subsequently worked in Pharmaceutical Research at Eli Lilly,
Abbott, Merrell Dow (now Sanofi Aventis), Johnson & Johnson, and
Genentech. At Merrell Dow
and J&J, he headed up the Computational Chemistry groups.
At Genentech Herschel was responsible for R&D IT.
Following Genentech he was a consultant with IBM Life Sciences
Consulting, specializing in IT applications in Pharmaceutical and
Healthcare R&D.
His first car was a
hand-me-down 1956 Buick Roadmaster.
His first new car was a 1970 Chevrolet Monte Carlo.
In 1983 he purchased his first used BMW, a 1983 733i 5-speed.
In 1998 he replaced it with a 1995 BMW 740iL (which he still
drives). In 1999, he
purchased his 2000 Z3 2.8.
Herschel's wife Kay
owns a 2009 Mini Cooper Clubman.
In addition to the Arizona Z-Series Club, Kay and Herschel belong
to the Queen City Coopers (Mini Club) in Cincinnati as well as the Cin-Z-Roadsters,
the Z-Series Club in Cincinnati.
He is the photographer for these clubs.
Herschel and Kay value the many friendships they've made in these
groups.
In 2001 the
Weintraubs moved to northern Peoria from the Bay Area, and in 2006 moved
to Cincinnati after a few hot Phoenix summers.
After a few cold Cincinnati winters, they moved back to Peoria
and now spend most of the year in Arizona and about 4 months in
Cincinnati.
Herschel's other
interests include photography, computers, travel, woodworking, and model
railroading. |