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Mehta
,
Mohinder
Paul
Abstract
An
Educator
,
Mohinder
Paul
Mehta
moved
to
Canada
from
Lahore
,
Pakistan
(formerly
India)
in
1964
, on
receiving
a
teaching
position
in a
school
at
Leask
,
Saskatchewan
.
Yearning
to
teach
in a
University
, he
took
a
doctoral
degree
in
English
from
University
of
Montana
in
1970
, and
taught
English
at
Minot
University
,
N
.
Dakota
.
Eventually
he
rose
to the
position
of
Dean
of the
College
of
Education
&
Human
Resources
. He was also
involved
in
politics
and
became
the
Co-Chair
of the
Democratic
Convention
in
1984
.
Getting
an
offer
of the
Dean
at
Prairie
View
A&M
Unversity
,
Texas
, he
moved
to
Houston
,
TX
, and
stayed
there for
21
years
.
Motivated
to
serve
the
community
,
Dr
.
Mehta
became
involved
in the
India
Culture
Center
,
where
he was its
President
and
Trustee
. He was also
one
of the
founders
of the
Punjab
Culture
Club
.
Date of Interview
July 28, 2011
Subjects
Mehta
,
Mohinder
Paul--
Interviews
;
Educators--United
States--Interviews
;
Indian
educators
;
Prairie
View
A
&
M
University
;
Minot
State
University
.
ǂb
Division
of
Humanities
.
Subject Keywords
Educators--United
States
;
Indian
educators
.
Interviewee
Mohinder
Paul
Mehta
Interviewers
Jawahar
Malhotra
Original Format
AVI
Language
English
Ownership Notice
The Houston Public Library retains the literary and publishing rights of its oral histories. No part of the interviews or transcripts may be published without the written permission of the Houston Oral History Project.
Coverage-Spatial
Houston
(Tex.)
Length of Interview
31mins 13secs
Type
Sound ; Text
Format
Flash Video FLV ; Text
Relation-Is Part Of
Indo-American
Oral
History
Collection
.
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