Herbert Permillion

Herbert Lloyd Permillion III (May 3, 1943 – December 27, 2022) was an IBM typewriter service team member and owner of California Typewriter Company, a longstanding typewriter repair shop in Berkeley, California. He was the subject of the documentary feature film, California Typewriter.

Biography Permillion was born in New Orleans to a line of jazz musicians, his father a big-band trumpeter. In his youth, his family relocated to Oakland, California, and later to Berkeley, California. He graduated from Berkeley High School in 1961. That year he was employed by Pacific Bell, and in 1967 joined IBM as a repairman.

Recognition California Typewriter, a 2016 American documentary film directed by Doug Nichol, featured Permillion, his family, employees and the community members he influenced as the owner of California Typewriter Company.