Olie Germantsis - From Macedonian shepherd to prominent Australian chemical engineer

Olie Germantsis, chemical engineering, shepherd, Neret, Aegean Macedonia, STEM Subjects, Macedonian community,

Olie Germantsis (Manoli Germanchev) (bottom left), the shepherd boy who wanted to know 'how things work'. Source: Olie Germantsis

In his first book titled: ‘My Childhood Memories - From a Shepherd to a Chemical Engineer’, Olie Germantsis methodically traces the first eight years of his humble beginnings herding sheep in the Macedonian village of Neret, to becoming a chemical engineer – designer of heavy weaponry for the Australian Defence Force.



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