Name: Miguel (Mike) Angel Hernandez Jr.
Occupation: NASA engineer for close to 15 years. In 1982 started Hernandez Engineering, which my wife, Tery, and I ran until 2007 when the company was sold and merged with Bastion Technologies Inc., owned by my son Jorge Luis
Hometown: Havana, Cuba. Came to the U.S. after two years of communism in Cuba, in December 1960
Current home: Taylor Lake Village
Family: Wife of 50+ years, Teresita; son, Dr. Miguel Angel III and wife, Joanna, and their sons, Christopher Michael (21), Matthew Allen (19), Alexandra Marie (17) and Nicholas Scott (15); and son, Jorge Luis, and wife, Rosi, and their daughter Andrea Victoria (9)
My favorite writer is: John le Carre
Someone I’d like to meet: Benjamin Netanyahu
If I could switch places with someone for just one day, I’d choose: One of the U.S. astronauts on the Space Station
My favorite performers are: The Platters, Pat Boone, Nat King Cole, Michael Jackson, Diana Ross, Celine Dion.
I like to spend my leisure time: Skiing, scuba diving, gardening, riding horses and visiting interesting places
If I could travel any place, I’d go to: Antarctica
My favorite meal is: White rice with black beans, pork loin, and fry ripe bananas
As a youngster, I wanted to grow up to be: Aeronautical engineer
You’ll never catch me: Not doing something
The thing that bugs me the most is: People driving slow and blocking the left side of the road
My favorite movie is: The ones from Indiana Jones
Few people know: I was one of the engineers on console that received the call “Houston, we have a problem.”
