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From Melon Fields to Moon Rocks: The adventurous life of biochemist and entrepreneur Charles W. Gehrke
Contributor(s): O'Brien, Dianna Borsi (Author)

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ISBN: 1942168217     ISBN-13: 9781942168218
Publisher: Compass Flower Press
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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: March 2017
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- Biography & Autobiography | Science & Technology
- Biography & Autobiography | Business
Physical Information: 0.56" H x 6" W x 9" L (0.80 lbs) 268 pages
 
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Charles W. Gehrke was unflinching. Determined. Persistent. He grew up among the poorest of the poor, yet carried only happy memories of those early years. Out of necessity he learned the value of hard work, as he and his brother helped support their family, even as children--but he never complained and never stopped working until his final days on this earth. He learned the importance of family, also at a tender age. They looked out for each other and stayed close all their lives, and Charles's own family always came first, even as he rose to the top of his profession, recognized around the world for his pioneering scientific techniques and visionary thinking--modeling and promoting interdisciplinary collaboration and shared instrumentation long before those now commonplace tenets were on the radar of most scientists. He was chosen by NASA to examine lunar samples, searching for signs of life, and in the midst of it all, launched an entrepreneurial effort resulting in a company that grew and thrived for 40 years, employing more than 300 people.

Dianna Borsi O'Brien has captured the essence of this man who achieved greatness, but in the end cared just as much about the people in his life as the things he'd accomplished. His story is inspiring, engaging, entertaining--and not to be missed.


Contributor Bio(s): O'Brien, Dianna Borsi: - DIANNA BORSI O'BRIEN is a gifted story teller who started out as a reporter at a small newspaper in South Carolina in 1987, with subsequent work as a reporter at the St. Joseph News-Press and night city editor at the Messenger-Inquirer of Owensboro, Kentucky. She taught English in Busan, Korea and also spent two years as a faculty editor at the Columbia Missourian, a community newspaper affiliated with the University of Missouri. Today she's a freelance writer and an adjunct instructor at the University of Missouri School of Journalism, where she received her master's degree in 1993. Dianna is thrilled that she still wakes up every morning excited about reporting, researching and writing, whether the topic is Moroccan cooking classes, package design for pet food, gas-liquid chromatography or local businesses like ABC Labs, now EAG Labs. Her next book project will look at Columbia's historic homes and how they tell the story of the city's development.
 
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