Alfred Schwab was born in Romania and spent his childhood in postwar Germany. As a teenager, he came to America and served in the US Navy. He earned a math degree from CCNY and enj...view moreAlfred Schwab was born in Romania and spent his childhood in postwar Germany. As a teenager, he came to America and served in the US Navy. He earned a math degree from CCNY and enjoyed a technical career in systems programming at IBM in the Hudson Valley region of New York, where he still resides.view less