Caution: You’re About to Be Prolerized
The Memoirs of Samuel Proler
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This is a story of one homespun, hard working, always thinking out-of-the-box man, who was driven to success by partaking in the American dream. He did so with intelligence (some say genius), hard work, humor, honor and integrity. Yet, there appeared more to Sammy’s story than just his fortune through a series of inventions, or his longevity. Part and parcel of Sammy’s life was about a man whose wisdom and patience prevailed during outside worldly traumas of almost the entire twentieth century... Sammy’s memoirs will highlight the man and his love of family as outsider’s do not know him. My hopes are that when you finish reading this biography you will recognize that his invention, The Prolerizer™, was not just a revolutionary process that changed the Steel Industry forever, but also is a word that defines who Sammy is. He reaches everyone by an unseen aura that radiates outside of him, and is absorbed by those who get to know the real Sammy Proler. “I was born naked and broke. They named me Samuel Proler. We couldn’t even afford a middle name.” Snow settled on what should have been grass on the narrow streets outside the cracked bedroom window. Ben, Rose and their 2 year old daughter Sarah lived in a small, two-room, cold-water flat in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. On February 1, 1917, Samuel Proler entered into a world closed off to him for the past nine months. Eyes sealed shut; the baby screamed his little lungs out, no doubt wanting to return to his earlier environment and its warmth. He calmed down when he found himself in his mother’s bed cradled in her warm arms and welcoming breast... It was colder inside than it was outside; the snow blanketed the roads, while the cold-water flat was just plain winter-cold. . “One man’s junk is another man’s treasure,” was not just a sign on an office wall. It would become a way of life for the Prolers. His family was growing and Ben, with his meager savings, bought their first house. By the time Sammy was five and entered Anson Jones Elementary School in Houston, Calvin Coolidge was about to become America’s 30th president. “Prohibition” was the law of the land and “The Roaring Twenties” was in full swing.
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Sam “the Alchemist” Proler created his American Dream from nothing more than ambition, sweat, and chutzpah—and this is his story.
Born to poor, newly immigrated parents in 1917, Proler is a first-generation American who made the most of the opportunities he found and created. With only an eighth-grade education, he became one of the best-known twentieth century entrepreneurs and inventors in his field. At twelve, he helped his father in the family’s backyard junk business. Soon, the motivated teen parlayed that into the foundation of his future empire. By his eighteenth birthday, he was running the business. Over the next forty years, his vision became Proler Steel, with associated plants all over the world. Sam Proler’s inventions and processes, copyrighted, trademarked, and patented, revolutionized the entire steel industry starting in 1955. Some of his processes are still used to this day. These memoirs are also about Sammy Proler, the family man. After retirement, Sammy the father, grandfather, and great-grandfather has devoted the rest of his life to his wife and large family. He insists that his grand- and great-grandkids call him “Sammy,” so they could always enjoy life with him as their friend. Caution: You’re About to be Prolerized! shares not only Sam Proler’s life, but also his philosophy. Feel free to laugh and cry as you experience his mysterious aura, and you become Prolerized!About the Author
Alan B. Berkowitz was born in New York City and has enjoyed a diverse professional life as a writer, management consultant, pianist, and actor. His other titles include Confessions of a Jewish Santa and The Jazz Girls and the Flyboy. Berkowitz lives with his family in the Woodlands, a suburb of Houston, Texas.