Munir Quddus, Ph.D., was in sixth grade when the Bangladesh Liberation War broke out in 1971, a nine-month civil war between West Pakistan (now Pakistan) and East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). It marked a time of brutal violence and nationwide upheaval that turned his family’s home into a war zone as they sought shelter under their
Prairie View A&M University Endowed Professor of Fine Arts Danny R. Kelley ’65, D.M.A., started playing the piano at, believe it or not, age 2 and has not since stopped. Without any formal training, the young Dr. Kelley would play tunes he heard on the radio on the piano, which his parents bought for his
Prairie View A&M University Professor Ali Fares, Ph.D., had a busy childhood growing up in a small village in Tunisia just ten miles from the Mediterranean coast. Between looking after the family’s cows and lambs, irrigating their crops, and helping out at his father’s convenience store, there was no time for playing. However, the
Prairie View A&M University Texas Instruments Endowed Professor John Attia, Ph.D., has taught for 43 years. Relatively new to the role of an endowed professorship at PVAMU, the professor of electrical and computer engineering in the Roy G. Perry College of Engineering has been an educator since 1980 and has no plans to stop.