It is a regular occurrence when Harvey Heckmann sees that his shuttle is full of students to stand up and ask, “Is everybody going to Filmmakers?” When those students who do not know the drill raise their hands nervously and say, “No!” he chuckles and says, “Good. Me neither.”Because of his teasing, his annual light-up Santa hats during Christmas and random advice to students to finish school and follow their dreams, everybody knows Heckmann, the jolly Point Park shuttle driver who does more than just transporting students to and from the Pittsburgh Playhouse in Oakland.When looking back on his life, the 68-year-old said he has always been a people person – consistently jovial, a trustworthy friend, a loving father and grandfather who treats students like his own kids. Through guidance from his mother and elders, catholic upbringing and 30 years in the military, Heckmann became a man with no regrets, wanting nothing more than to be “a good person.””[Listening] to older people always seems to me to be the wisest,” Heckmann said in Lawrence Hall lobby. “You really have to experience things in life to realize what it’s all about, and if you don’t, it means nothing and you wasted your time.”A native of Pittsburgh, Heckmann does not mind that students say he does not look 68. A bit below average in height, he walks upright, with a spring in his step. His hair is nearly full and wears a green shuttle driver polo. He does not drink and has been cigarette free for 37 years.Where did this discipline come from?Heckmann says it started with his mother’s direct methods and catholic background. As the oldest boy and number three in the line up among nine other brothers and sisters, punishment at home was “old school.””If I screwed up – my dad would be home waiting. You did something wrong … your neighbors knew it, your parents knew it.”After Heckmann graduated from South Hills High School, he joined the Navy. As a 19-year-old, his drive was to become involved in the Vietnam War, but he was never actually deployed there on an aircraft carrier. He spent almost 30 years in the military, three years active and 27 years in the Navy reserve. He worked as a damage control man in charge of repairing all safety equipment and keeping the ship afloat.In Heckmann’s eyes, he became a man and a leader because of the military. Everything began to make sense. He learned that no one else was responsible for his decisions except himself.”Everyone is their own person; you always have to remember that you answer to no one but yourself. If you are doing something wrong, you quit it and make amends,” he said.After the military, Heckmann chose to work in transportation and continued to labor in the field for many years. He was a dockworker who unloaded cars and became manager for the airfreight company at the Pittsburgh airport.After retiring and settling in the South Side and finishing all household repairs, Heckmann had to do something or he would “go nuts.” He heard Point Park was hiring shuttle drivers, so he applied and landed the job. He has been a driver for five years since – and likes it.Heckmann brought his golden rule moral code with him behind the wheel that others should be treated the way that he himself should be treated.Despite serving in the military for many years, he does not like getting dressed up. For his 50th year class reunion, Heckmann would not wear a shirt and tie.”I am a T-shirt and dungaree person,” he said.If there is one chivalrous quality that students have experienced, it is his honesty. Courtney Neville, a senior musical theater major has talked with Heckmann since her freshmen year. One day on the shuttle, she was terrified. She was on her way to the courthouse to plead innocent for a speeding ticket she knew she was guilty of. She was going to cry on command and lie that she had been late to her best friend’s wedding.That was until Harvey said ‘no.'”And he said ‘listen to me,'” Neville said in the fourth floor of Lawrence Hall. “‘You just tell the truth.’ And that’s exactly what I did … I told the truth, and I got out of it.”Neville was not the first one to receive a word of wisdom from Heckmann, however.”He gives life advice … about jobs after college,” senior acting major Sheridan Singleton said on the shuttle.To Heckmann, each decision a person makes should be thought out thoroughly before acting it out.One of Heckmann’s good friends and fellow shuttle driver, George Moran, can vouch for his honesty.”Honest? Very. That’s one thing that he is, honest,” Moran said in the shuttle parking lot.The two men sometimes grab coffee, tea or popcorn together, but Heckmann always brings him the daily newspaper.”What do I like about him? Not too much,” Moran said sarcastically, pointing out that they have a lot in common.Occasionally, Moran will peep into Heckmann’s idling shuttle and ask, “You taking all these people to Filmmakers?” Both friends laugh followed by Heckmann saying, “I’ve got [George] doing it too!”