Charles Ota Heller

My interview with Sheilah Kast, host of “Maryland Morning,” which airs on Baltimore’s National Public Radio station, WYPR, will be rebroadcast on Friday, November 23. The particulars are:                            Friday, November 23, 9:15 am, WYPR-FM, 88.1 I will be discussing, and reading from, Prague: My Long Journey Home, at the Enoch Pratt Free Library on Wednesday…

Oklahoma State University’s Edmon Low Library My faith in America’s youth was reinforced last week on the beautiful campus of my alma mater, Oklahoma State University. When my book, Prague: My Long Journey Home, was published ten months ago, I was concerned that the only readers interested in my story would be older Americans with…

I will have the opportunity to discuss my book, Prague: My Long Journey Home, at my alma mater, Oklahoma State University, on several occasions next week. In all but one, I’ll be joined by my friend, Chic Dambach, the author of the wonderful memoir, Exhaust the Limits. If you’ll be in Stillwater or anywhere nearby,…

A chapter in my forthcoming memoir describes encounters with some famous people I have met during my life as a student, athlete, engineer, academic, entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and author. I hope you enjoy Part 1, titled “The Blonde-Headed Singer.” THE BLONDE-HEADED SINGER             One fall afternoon of my freshman year at Oklahoma State University, my…

vimeo.com/50099779It’s a discussion of my book at the Walden University plenary session in Orlando, Florida. (I don’t know why I keep looking at the papers in my hand. They don’t contain the answers to the questions. Bad habit!)

A week ago, I had the pleasure and honor to participate in an annual Authors’ Luncheon in Annapolis, Maryland. It was sponsored by Metavivor, a wonderful organization which advocates for research funding for MBC — metastatic breast cancer, a terminal illness. With some ninety persons, many of them cancer survivors, in the audience, seven authors discussed their books,…

On Saturday, September 15, 11:00 am – 2:30 pm, at the Doubletree Hotel on Holiday Court, off Riva Road, in Annapolis, Maryland:   I’ll be privileged to participate in an Authors’ Luncheon, sponsored by a wonderful organization – METAvivor – devoted to funding research in the field of metastatic breast cancer. This is the Annapolis…

The Paralympic Games begin today in London and go through September 9. I am rooting for (and supporting) an incredible young lady — an engineering graduate of my alma mater, Oklahoma State University — named Cassie Mitchell. Please check out the telecast below to learn more about a woman who, after a tragedy which would…

I am a huge fan of the Olympics. While the Games — Summer or Winter — are going on, I become a couch potato, glued to the TV. My admiration for Olympic athletes, especially those in sports which don’t bring them riches (rowing, judo, fencing, …) knows no bounds. At the same time, the contempt I feel for…

Orlando Residency Keynote Session (featuring Charles Ota Heller) Saturday, August 18, 1 p.m. Eastern timeLocation: Peabody Orlando, Orlando, Fla. Author Charles Ota Heller will speak at Walden University’s Orlando, Fla., residency on Aug. 18, 2012, at the Peabody Orlando. An entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and teacher, Dr. Heller was born in Czechoslovakia on the eve of…