A Picture is Worth…

I left Madurai for the States in 1978 for further study to work on my Ph.D. degree in mathematics at George Washington University, Washington, D.C. A couple of years later, Oli joined me as she got admission into Georgetown University for her Ph.D. work in Biology, and then our children, Satyan and Divya, arrived. Since then, we have lived in the States for more than 40 years–first several years in Washington, D.C., 30 years in Naperville near Chicago and all the years since my retirement in Boulder, Colorado. During all this time, I never left India for good. We had a house in Courtallam for many years and now we have one in Madurai. Our life in the States and our visits to Courtallam-Madurai bring lots of great memories: family get-together, visiting brothers, sisters, their families, nieces and nephews, visiting places, entertaining friends and relatives who visited us in D.C., Naperville, and Boulder. Some of the memories in these places–Boulder, Naperville, Washington, D.C., Madurai and Courtallam–are captured in the following pages.

Boulder

(Left) After moving to Boulder, I got license to ride motorcycle, October 2015. (Right) With Hal Wilde,
former president of North Central College with whom I worked as Vice-President for Academic Affairs
and Dean of Faculty,when he visited with me in Boulder (2016).

Hal and Benna visiting with us in our home in Boulder (2016).

(Left) Satyan with Essie and his nieces in Boulder. (Right) Bolder Boulder 10k run
on Memorial Day, 2016.

(Right) At Satyan’s place in San Diego.

(Left) When Troy Hammond, president of North Central College, visited with me in our home
in Boulder (2017). (Right) With Rick Spencer and Troy Hammond in an Alumni gathering in
Denver (2017).

(Left) With Phyllis Kittel, former Vice-President and Dean of faculty at Illinois Benedictine College
(2016, Salida, CO). (Right) With Hal in Denver (2019).

Naperville

During our time in Naperville, we had the pleasure of receiving friends and relatives from abroad and this page
captures their visits.

(left) With Jeyasingh, former American College colleague, his wife and their daughter. (Right) With Selvan,
Oli’s cousin.

With Selvan at a later visit.

(Left) With Dinakaran Michael. (Right) With Dinakaran (at a later visit) and Suriyakumar.

Our Naperville house, both front and backyard views.

With David Samuel, Oli’s cousin, from England during his visits.

(Left) Aravind in Peoria. (Right) Oli with her Malaysia chithi.

With Ramkumar.

With Jeyakar (left) and Edison (right).

With Varadan who attended an international Rotary Club meeting in Chicago.

Varadan with Hal Wilde, president of North Central College.

(Left) With Chuck Lineman, a brilliant student of mine and Jim Elander, a faculty colleague.
(Right) With Gnanaraj, son of Chellaraj.

(Left) With Prasad at his residence in Fresno, California. (Right) With Babu, chief architect of Tamil schools
in Chicago area. Assisted by volunteer teachers, he has been running Tamil classes for many years on North
Central College campus for Tamil family children.

Washington, D.C.

(Left) The Church we attended: 1920 G. Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. (1978-1985); (Right) Old Church Friends:
(L to R) George and Dan, Letha in the middle (2018)

(Left) Divya and Satyan with George, Letha and their daughter; (Right) Pastor Michael (L) and the Humphreys.

(Left) Dan and Elaine Lozier; the wife of Pastor Michael is in the middle. (Right) Mr. and Mrs. P.T.Chellpa with
Jon Sanford who visited American College and addressed the faculty while P.T.C. was the principal.

(Left) Get-together with my old church friends when I visited D.C. in 2005. Clockwise: myself, Carol, Dan, Jon, Elaine,
Letha, and George. (Right) Hannah, Satyan and Divya with Charlotte ca.1982.

A grand get-together of former American College chemistry students doing research in the USA with Professor and Principal
P.T.Chellappa and his wife when they stayed with us in our Arlington apartment.

(Left) With P.T.C and Amir Maleki–friend, roommate and a fellow Ph.D. student. (Right) With Professor of Swamiraj of Bishop
Heber College.

(Left) With Orlando Espadas, World Bank Officer whom I tutored in mathematics while at GWU, and the Larkins;
(Right) With Manoharan and his wife.

(Left) With Lawrence and (Right) With Lawrence and Amir Maleki

(Left) With Jeyasingh, former American College colleague, his wife and their daughter; (Right) With Krishnamani,
former American College colleague, and his wife Vatsala.

(Left) With Shanthi Manuel, former principal of Lady Doak College, at Arlington Cemetery and (Right) With Nedumaran,
former American College colleague at Lincoln Memorial.

(Left) With Professor Hugo Junghenn and his wife Mary at their residence in Alexandria. (Right) with Gupta, his wife Elsie
and their children at the Wolf Trap National Park in Virginia.

Madurai

(Left) House bought in 2012. (Next) After the ground floor was completely remodeled in 2015.
(Next) Boiling milk as part of Housewarming ceremony. (Right) Divya and Franck visiting the Princes (2007).

Mohan and Malar receiving Satyan, Doris, grandchildren, and Satyan’s friend Chris at Madurai airport (2007).

Malar and Mohan hosting a grand feast for Divya, Franck, Satyan’s family and Chris (2007).

(Left) Mohan receiving Divya, Franck, and grandchildren at Madurai airport (2015). (Next) Grandchildren ceremoniously
declaring the ground floor open (2015). (Next two) Enjoyed Kathakali and Bharatha Natyam performances at Thekkady (2015).

(Left) With my cousin Hitler, brother and good friend.

Malar teaching grandchildren Kolam and Grandchildren enjoying a ride with Mohan Thatha (2017).

(Left) International airport departure gate. The laughter is about Oli’s parcel of broomsticks going to USA. (Right) With Nimmie,
her sisters and their families in Chennai at Nimmie’s residence, January 2017.

(Second from left) With Hema and Subhasingh at their residence in Sivakasi, December 2017. (Next two) With Gunasingh and
Banumathi at their Bell Hotel in Sivakasi (2001)

(Left) With my Madurai circle of friends–clockwise: Suriyakumar, Sam George, Ramasamy, Lawrence, Rajendra Pandian,
and I, December 2017. (Next) With my good friend Lawrence, December 2108. (Next) Cousin Chandran Annatchi.
(Right) Oli with cousin Papa Akka; the two cousins are Hitler’s siblings.

Long-term employees of American College: Nagarajan (Left) and Ganesan (Right).
I know them for more than 40 years. Deeply loyal, they continue to be in touch
with me for the past four decades, providing personal assistance during all
my visits to Madurai.

Courtallam

Ayya advised me to buy a plot in Courtallam to build a house. We bought a corner plot in 1987. Mohan and Malar, with hard work, built this house for us in 1990. The third picture was taken on the occasion of Housewarming ceremony in 1990. The house was sold in 2011 after all my brothers moved from Courtallam.