WELP Radio Greenville, SC 1360AM & 104.3FMNorman McCombs-01/20/2022Lets Just Talk by Kathryn Raaker

Norman McCombs, a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers who recently was awarded the EDISON Medal, the society's highest patent award. Norman also an author discusses his latest book, A Reason to Be a semi-autobiographical book. Also, an original screenplay by Norman McCombs, based on his historical novel "A Reason to Be," was picked up as the Best Sci-Fi Screenplay Award from the Los Angeles Film Awards. This autobiographical novel creates parallel stories as the protagonist, suffering deeply from the loss of his lifelong sweetheart, starts a redemptive journey through family history reaching back centuries from North America to the Scottish Highlands. McCombs' connections to the famed Highland Clans form the foundation of a journey through history which, in no small way, saved his life.