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Charles J. Herget

Brief Personal History

Charles Herget was born in Los Angeles, California, in 1937, in the area now known as South Central LA, the youngest of five children of Anton and Blanche Morton Herget.
He attended public schools in Los Angeles, graduating from high school in 1955.
He attended the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), majoring in Engineering and graduated with a BS degree in 1959.
After graduation, he went to work at Hughes Aircraft Company in Culver City. He continued graduate work at UCLA while working at Hughes and received a Ph D in 1967.
In 1964, he married Marlene Sternberg, an elementary school teacher in the Los Angeles City School District. In 1967, they had their first child, a daughter, Laura.
In 1969, he and his family moved to Ames, Iowa, where he took a position on the faculty of the Department of Electrical Engineering at Iowa State University. In 1970, they had their second child, a son, Edward.
In 1978, he and his family moved to Livermore, California, where he took a position with the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL).
He and Marlene were divorced in 1984.
In 1993, he accepted an incentive for early retirement from LLNL.
In 1994, he married Therese Hunter, an escrow officer and real estate agent.
In 2003, he and his wife moved to Alameda, California, where they now live.

Brief Resume

Education

BS (1959), MS (1965), PhD (1967), all in Engineering,
University of California, Los Angeles

Professional Experience

1959 - 1969: Hughes Aircraft Company, Culver City, California
1969 - 1978: Department of Electrical Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
1978 - 1993: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California
1993 - 1998: Consultant, Herget Associates, Livermore, California
1998 - 2021: Licensed Real Estate Agent, Livermore and Alameda, California

Previous Positions with IEEE

1993 - President IEEE Control Systems Society
2001-2002 - President IEEE Council on Intelligent Transportation Systems
2003 - President IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Society
2011-2016 - Chair, IEEE Oakland/East Bay Life Members Affinity Group

Publications

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For information on the Herget family descendants of Blanche and Anton Herget, my mother and father, go to www.hergetfamily.us.


For the web sites for my junior high school, high school, and college classes, go to the following.

Bret Harte Junior High School, Class of Winter 1952
George Washington High School, Class of Winter 1955
UCLA Engineering Class of 1959


For some family pictures, click here.

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