Herb is a retired Engineer, employed over 30 years in the space and missile defense field. For most of those 30 years he has enjoyed developing and landscaping his home yard. Within the last 3 years he started working with stone to accent his landscape with borders and water features. He is also an avid bird watcher and since retiring he has expanded his interests into design and construction of a natural water feature as a landscaping element to create a natural wildlife habitat in his backyard. He and his wife Terry (MG 1995) live in Madison County. Terry says that although Herb used to work 12 hours a day at his paying job, he always found time to work in the yard, which she called his "R&R". He would get up at 5 AM in order to "play in the yard" an hour before getting ready for work. He would almost rather work in the yard than to eat.