Terry Freiberg

Union High School

Class of 1965

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Terry Freiberg - Class of 1965 - Union High School

First Name	Terry
Last Name	Freiberg
Graduation Year	Class of 1965
Gender	Male
Current Location	Scottsdale, Arizona
Hometown	Grand Rapids, Michigan
Relationship Status	Married
About Me	The son of a master carpenter, I was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan. I have one younger brother, Fred, who lives and works in Long Island City, New York. In the sixties, I served as a Radioman in the US Navy during the Vietnam War. After being vetted for a Top Secret Clearance, I was assigned to a secret communications ship stationed in the Gulf of Tonkin. A floating naval station, this ship routed all communications between Saigon and Washington, D.C. After military service, I co-founded a chain of home entertainment specialty stores in Michigan and later, a groundbreaking, web-based business in Tampa, Florida that specialized in importing and distributing exotic automotive waxes, polishes, and cleaners. I have traveled the world extensively to broaden my knowledge of different customs, cultures, and religions. Today, I reside in Scottsdale, Arizona with my wife of forty-six years. A science and technology buff, I followed the building of CERN, the European Center for Nuclear Research, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland with great enthusiasm. Largely unreported in this country (our media being too preoccupied with what Lindsay Lohan had for breakfast), this organization built the world’s largest atom smasher, the Large Hadron Collider, to closely duplicate the instant of creation, the Big Bang, and discover, hopefully, its cause. About the time the Large Hadron Collider was coming online, I happened to be in Rome, Italy. One of Rome’s treasures is a quaint little piazza called Campo de’ Fiori. It’s located halfway between the Vatican and the Coliseum and hosts a large bronze statue of Giordano Bruno. A philosopher, mathematician and astronomer, Bruno made the mistake of stating the earth was not the center of the universe but rather, revolved around the sun. Pope Clement VIII declared him a heretic. On February 17, 1600, a stake was driven through his tongue and he was burned alive in the center of the piazza. A thought crossed my mind. How would the Vatican react today if a scientist at CERN unlocked the cause of the Big Bang, the very secret of creation? This fleeting thought became an obsession and ...(read more)