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January 23, 2006

got a passion? bring it to the forefront

I have a number of searches which run automatically looking for keywords of interest to PHOSITA – patent, license, inventor – you get the idea.

So it is always interesting to see what comes up in the searches from time to time – it is a serendipitous kind of thing that can leave you laughing or scratching your head.  Well, this morning was one of those days when I could only smile while reading a story of an 84 year old entrepreneur with a passion for college wrestling.

From the Amateur Wrestling Blog (Via USATODAY.com):

The 84-year-old founder of a firm that will webcast college wrestling this weekend doesn’t even have a laptop computer. Bob Feldmeier’s main business is manufacturing equipment for the dairy industry.

“I’m computer illiterate, but I have a lot of engineers working for me that know how to do the laptops and all the computer work,” says Feldmeier, an amateur wrestling fan who sees the Internet as a way to get the sport to others like him.

Now why in the earth did this story turn up in my aggregator, well because it included the word “patent” —

In 1952, Feldmeier, a former Princeton wrestler, founded Feldmeier Equipment Corp., a Syracuse, N.Y., firm with about 370 employees. He holds a patent on his “triple tube heat exchanger,” used in pasteurization.

As someone who enjoys working with inventors, I am a sucker for these kinds of stories.

Posted by Douglas Sorocco at 09:38 AM.
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