In this interview, Jessie and Sam Karipalli talk about growing up in India and moving to the United States, touching on the challenges and rewards of living in the United States, religion, community service, and other issues.
In this interview, Eldurkar and Sucheta Bhaskar discuss their lives in India and their journey to the United States, particularly touching on issues of race and identity as Indian-Americans.
Eldurkar Bhaskar was born in Chennai, India, in Tamil…
In this interview, Prasad Tadepalli talks about his family and experiences growing up and going to school in India, his journey toward becoming a computer science professor, his experiences as an immigrant in the United States, as well as his life in…
In this interview, Bella Bose talks about his experiences growing up and going to school in India and the challenges of going to school in the United States. He also discusses how the OSU computer science department has changed and grown since he…
David Toyama was born on Kauai in Hawaii, where his parents settled after their immigration from Japan. Toyama was a teenager when World War II broke out in 1942. He later joined the Army and served in the Military Intelligence Service (MIS). He and…
Hiroshi Ogawa was born and raised in Pasadena, California, in 1941. His family was interned in Gila Bend, Arizona for four years. He went to college at the University of California at Santa Barbara where he first started making pottery, graduating in…
Ken Nagao was born in Hawaii to a large family just before World War II. Nagao came to Eugene to attend the University of Oregon in the 1960s to study architecture. He now has his own firm, Nagao Pacific Architectural PC, and has designed numerous…
Chiyo Mori was born in Stockton, California, in 1921. Her parents emigrated from Aichi prefecture in Japan and ran a hotel in Stockton. Mori grew up in Sacramento, California, and attended Sacramento Junior College and studied at the Hazmore School…
Edward T. Miyakawa was born in Sacramento, California, in 1934. His grandfathers both had emigrated from Japan and owned a strawberry and grape farm among other businesses. His father graduated from Harvard University in the 1920s. Miyakawa's family…
Yoko Matusoka McClain was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1924. Her maternal grandfather was the write Natsume Soseki (1867-1916), well known for his novels, short stories and poetry. Yoko lived in Tokyo during World War II and graduated from Tsuda College,…