Fatehpal Singh Tarney, also known as Frank P. Tarney ’72 AM, writes: “I returned from the Vietnam War having been involved in combat. I had severe post-traumatic stress issues at a time when this condition was neither well known nor well understood, and medical treatment was minimal at best. I arrived at Brown in the hopes of getting a doctorate but soon concluded that I was not PhD material. I had three professors who taught me much and gave me more patience and compassion than I deserved—Professors Martin Martel, Dietrich Rueschemeyer, and Robert Marsh. The campus at that time had its share of upheavals with the antiwar movement, the civil rights movement, and the black power movement. I realized in time that studying 20th-century events, especially those close to the time of the Vietnam War, was emotionally unsettling to me. I became a prep school history teacher and was more comfortable researching and teaching about ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome, the Levant, Mesopotamia, India, and China. About 40 years ago, I converted to the Sikh religion, which originated in India about 500 years ago. I take pride in being the only Western Sikh to have been president of an Indian Sikh temple in the United States. I also write articles on my faith and have a regular column on a Canadian Sikh website, www. sikhchic.com.”
See more notes:
Class Notes – Graduate Studies