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| Title | Desai, Pankaj |
| Creator | UH - Houston History Project
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| Interviewer | Quaraishi, Uzma
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| Project | UH - Oral History of Houston Project
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| Description | Pankaj Desai enjoyed an affluent childhood in Bombay where his parents had migrated in the 1930s. Originally, his ancestors were from Kindergarten through grade 12, Mr. Desai attended St. Joseph's, a private Catholic boy's school. In 1974 Mr. Desai arrived in Houston from Bombay as a graduate student in chemical engineering at the University of Houston. He completed his PhD in 1979. In 1980, he married a professional Indian women already settled in Chicago. He and his wife have one child, a daughter who attended private and suburban schools. As a side interest, Mr. Desai enjoys competitive running in half-marathons. |
| Date | August 26, 2011 |
| Genre | interviews
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| Subject (Name) | Desai, Pankaj
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| Subject.Topical (LCSH) | Immigration
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| Subject (Geographic) | Houston, Texas
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| Original Collection | Oral Histories – Houston History Project http://archon.lib.uh.edu/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&id=231 |
| Repository | Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries |
| Original Item Location | ID 2006-005, Box 13, HHA 00735 |
| Use and Reproduction | Educational use only, no other permissions given. Copyright to this resource is held by the content creator, author, artist or other entity, and is provided here for educational purposes only. It may not be reproduced or distributed in any format without written permission of the copyright owner. For more information please see the UH Digital Library Fair Use policy on the "About" page of this website. |
| File name | index.cpd |
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