As a young boy in a town in South Central Java, Indonesia I like to enjoy Western cowboy films typically in black and white, looking at glossy American cars and trucks and checking out America and I hope some day I will see America myself. After I finished in 1958 from the medical school University of Indonesia in Jakarta I maried my long time sweetheart Laney Ouw and the very same year I moved to Makassar to fulfill my commitment to the Government The Univ. of Hasannudin in Makassar send me to a graduate course in 1961 in Biochemistry at the University of Tennessee Memphis TN USA After living for one year in the U.S.A. my feeling to live in America is still my desire The murder of the 6 Army generals of the Indonesian Army on October 1 1965 trigger a chaos in the nation and demonstrations and rioting and looting took place in numerous cities in Java and Sumatra makes me more aware that I need to live in the U.S.A. to be free of this chaos. In August 1967 I entrusted to my better half and 2 children Meike and Charles for Birmingham AL USA with a legal visa.And started my internship in Medication and later my residency in Pathology at the University of Alabama in Birmingham In 1970 I accepted a position at the Dept of Pathology Indiana University in Indianapolis Indiana In 1973 I and my wife and Meike and Charles were sworn in as US Person and peace came over me.Now I understand that me and my family have a country that is democratic and free. Two more kids were born in Birmingham Grace and David both and the older kids provide us much delight and feeling of setled in America Climbing through the Ranks I became Teacher and Elder Assoiate Chairman and Chief of Service Dept of Pathology under Dr Nordschow, the Chairman who supported me through all those years. In 1998 I retired fully and still reside in Indianapolis Indiana.
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