Alan's story - The reason we are doing this
The Alan Frederick Schien Memorial golf tournament is just a couple of months away on Sunday, September 3rd at the beautiful Osage National Golf Club. Leading up to the tournament, we want to share some stories about Alan, so that you can learn a little bit about this wonderful man's life and why Easterseals means so much to us. We hope to see you at the tournament, and if you would like to sign up a team, donate to Easterseals, or provide a silent auction prize, please go to www.fredheadgolf.com for more information.
Kent Schien is a Senior Executive who Built a thriving engineering consulting business that culminated in 13 patents applicable to the aerospace, energy and health care markets. He has earned a reputation for expertise in assembling and leading top-performing teams in solving extremely complex technical problems and turning around failing, essential projects. Kent has also co-authored 8 patent applications and 4 published papers and solely authored a published paper on water recovery and purification.
Kent Schien’s father, H. Fred Schien, was a prominent Lake of the Ozarks real estate executive until his death in 2013. H. Fred’s family continues to call the Lake of the Ozarks home.
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My Son the Control Freak (from Kent Schien)
So my son was a control
freak. He had to control his environment. This is coming from
a non-verbal, person with little to no communication skills. His need to
control was deeply rooted in who he was. If I left my shoes on the floor,
Alan would have a cow! He would point and sometimes howler until someone
figured out that Dad had once again left his shoes on the floor.
The house always had to be neat and organized. If
something was out of order, like a office bag was sitting on the couch Alan
would let you know. He kept our house neat as a pin. Thank you
Alan, because you know your Mom and I are basically Pigs!.
Alan, like most children and young adults loved the
TV. From the time he got up in the morning until he went to bed he had to
have the TV on. Sound was optional, but the TV had to be on. One of
his quarks was at night, when it was time for bed the TV in the great room had
to be turned off. It didn’t matter if I was watching an intense
basketball game or the world’s greatest movie – that TV had to be turned off
before he would voluntarily go to bed. Even if we had a house full of
guests or family…
Not everything that Alan pointed at did we understand what
was going on. Once when we were in Florida two of Alan’s personal care
assistance took him shopping. They returned later that evening and all
seemed well with the world. The next day the five of us were in the car
and Alan kept pointing at the roof of the car. Both girls were
entertaining Alan and telling him how silly he was and that was the end of
that. When Alan passed away and we had his memorial, most of Alan’s girls
made it to the event to celebrate his life. Then and only then did we
find out what happened that day. At his memorial all the girls that were
present came on to speak about Alan. Each told a story about funny things
that had happened and things that Carol and I never knew about. Well the
day that the girls had taken Alan shopping they had left the car with the
sunroof open and as we all know in Florida rain storms pop up in the
afternoon. Well it did that day and it filled the inside of the with
rain. The cup holders were full and the interior was soaked.
The girls mopped up what they could and then that evening attempted to dry
the car with towels. So the next day Alan was trying to tattle on
the girls for leaving the sunroof open.
If one of the girls used the shower upstairs because they
were going out that night; we would come home to Alan pointing at the
staircase. This was a common occurrence and we became accustomed to this
“Alan language” and we were say, “Oh did one of the girls taken a shower
upstairs and he would nod and say "Uhuh".
About Kent Schien
Kent has been involved with strategic business planning and business development for several large corporate and government entities including Lockheed Martin, Boeing, The US Air Force, and Bell Helicopter. He is the founder of Innoventor Engineering and grew this engineering consulting firm to 185 engineers and more than 50 suppliers providing design/build services to 60+ top tier aerospace customers. He managed a business culture characterized by fast growth, robust technical challenges and constant change.
Kent is highly involved with Easterseals Midwest, serving the organization since 1986. He is on the Board of Directors, serving since 1996, and served as Chairperson of the Board several times over the past decades. He has degrees from the University of Illinois, Washington University, and continues to serve on several other boards in the St Louis/Illinois area.
Kent's wife is Carol, his high school sweetheart, and they have been married for 37 years! Carol is a senior manager at Boeing, working in accounting for 34 years. Alan was their only child and he lived with them until his death.
Kent's wife is Carol, his high school sweetheart, and they have been married for 37 years! Carol is a senior manager at Boeing, working in accounting for 34 years. Alan was their only child and he lived with them until his death.
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