In 1939 he returned home to finish his study at IU and graduated in May 1941 with a degree in chemistry, history, and Spanish.
At the same time he attended classes at the Purdue University as a DuPont scholar to complete post-graduate work in chemistry.
Ten years after the end of World War II, SerVaas was invited to Taiwan to receive the Chiang Kai-shek Medal of Honor.
[4] His business career started in 1949 when he bought a struggling electric plating company for $5,600, the sum he saved during his military service.
His business activity was spread across engine rebuilders, rubber refiners, and makers of cleaning products, including the brand Bar Keepers Friend.
SerVaas built the first color TV manufacturing plant in Poland before the fall of Berlin Wall.