And after he finished his studies in New Brunswick, he moved to Bartlesville, Oklahoma to work for Phillips Petroleum.
He comes from India to the coldest place in North America, New Brunswick, Canada, and had no idea what to expect and made his way there. He came to the US with $21 in his pocket, and he could only come to a university that offered him a full scholarship with a stipend, with living. And I heard the story a million times, but it’s true. His three siblings saved enough money for him to come to the US to go to do his master’s. He did his undergraduate in India, studied chemical engineering at IIT, so he was a very academic guy. He was the youngest of four kids, and he moved to the US. His dad died when he was about 13 years old, so it was very much about academics and supporting himself and supporting his family. And so I guess, for a long time, I don’t think my creativity flourished because it was very focused on a very straight and narrow path on the academic route.ĪL: My father was born and raised in New Delhi, India. And my father was in business, and he was a much more traditional immigrant parent, where it was all about the academics. So I think maybe some of that infused me, I hope. My mother was an artist, or is an artist, I should say. And it was a really totally suburban upbringing in the parts of Southern California which are defined more by freeways and strip malls. What were you like as a kid? Were you creative? Were you-ĪL: I was a chubby little kid, and I liked to play baseball a lot. I grew up in Diamond Bar.” And it’s not the best part of Southern California, but it was a good childhood. Where did you grow up?ĪL: I grew up in a town called Diamond Bar, California, which when the people say, “Where’d you grow up?” I say, “Around LA.” They say, “Oh, that sounds cool.” And I say, “Well, not really.
Stacy Shoemaker Rauen: Hi, Amar, thanks so much for joining us today.Īmar Lalvani: It’s a pleasure.
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