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Patricia
Hein was born on Scott AFB, IL as a brunette.
Prior to her father retiring from the USAF, she attended Kindergarten
through 2nd grade at Misawa AFB,
Japan
and 3rd grade on McConnell AFB in
Wichita
,
KS
. In 1967, her family moved to
San Francisco
,
CA
where she attended 4th through 7th grade in The City.
Her father was offered a civil service job in
Stuttgart
,
Germany
so off she went to live on Patch Barracks (European Command) in 1971.
Unfortunately, she had to return to the states after her junior year of
high school. She graduated from
Seaside
High School
near
Fort
Ord
,
Monterey
,
CA
in December 1975 – class of 1976!
Always a California resident, she attended Monterey
Peninsula College where she received her AS degree in Data Processing,
California State University Fresno, and received her BS degree in Computer
Information Systems from Chapman University on Moffett Field NAS while
beginning her career in the Aeronautics industry.
She has worked for Lockheed Missiles and Space Company in
Sunnyvale
,
CA
; IBM Federal Systems Division in
Sunnyvale
,
CA
; The Aerospace Corporation in
El Segundo
,
CA
and then decided to move to the south. She
spent a couple of years in
Pensacola
,
FL
where she briefly worked at WEAR-ABC TV while surviving hurricanes
Erin
and Opal. Since moving to the
Atlanta
,
GA
area, she has worked for Lockheed Martin Aeronautics currently supporting the
C-130J, C-5M and F-22A programs.
True to brat form – she loves to travel and spend time
with her overseas brat friends – sometimes crashing their reunions.
She founded the Stuttgart/Ludwigsburg American High School Association
in 1986, has been involved with Overseas Brats since the first gathering in
1987, and supported AOSHS from its inception.
Her other organization involvement has been a member of the Daughters
of the American Revolution since 1983.
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