Name: Gurmukh Sarkaria

Home: Santa Rosa, California

What country did you emigrate from? India

When did you emigrate to the U.S.? May 1956

How did you arrive in the U.S.? By boat to New York with wife, an American citizen

Why did you immigrate to the U.S.? I came in 1946 on scholarship and erned two MS degrees, one from Brooklyn Polytech and one from Harvard. I then spent 2 more years training at USBR in Denver. Decided then there was more social and professional opportunity in US. I went back to India and was far back in seniority because of my 4 years in US. Sent to Denver again in 1952 on a government assignment and met my wife. We returned to India in 1953 so I could complete my 5 year contract (bond). We left for US as soon as the contract was over. I have been a citizen since 1960.

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