He is survived by Joanna, whom he married in 2010, his son, David, and daughter, Sarah, from his first marriage, and a granddaughter, Alice [3] Samuel J. Herman was born in Mexico City in 1936.
Upon receipt of a scholarship, Herman afterward traveled to Great Britain for study with Helen Turner at the Edinburgh College of Art from 1965 to 1966.
[8] In 1974 he traveled to Australia, where, in cooperation with the South Australian Craft Authority, he set up the glass area at Jam Factory Workshops, Inc. in Adelaide.
[11] His former students include firstly the previous Head of Department, Michael Harris - who left the position which Sam took over to form Mdina Glass in Malta - Peter Aldridge Clifford Rainey, Jane Bruce, Pauline Solven, Annette Meech, Steven Newell and Jiri Suhajek.
[12] Herman left the RCA when he was invited by the South Australian government to found the glass studio at Jam Factory Workshops.
[15] Sam Herman featured in the exhibition "Glass, Light, Paint & Clay: Objects from the Graham Cooley Collection" at the Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery from 28 October to 14 December 2017.
The catalogue (ISBN 978-1-78808-185-6) features an interview with Sam (conducted by Graham Cooley at the Swindon Museum and art gallery on 27 October 2016) [16] describing his life and work.