Dr. Jaswant Lal Khanna's Obituary
Dr. Jaswant Lal Khanna was born in Lahore, India in July 5, 1925 and made his transition from this life on July 13, 2009.Dr. Khanna survived the partition of India and Pakistan in 1947 and became a lifelong advocate of diversity and work to improve cross-cultural understanding. Dr. Khanna came to the United States on a Fulbright Fellowship in 1953 and obtained his PhD. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Colorado in 1956. He has been a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Tennessee, Memphis since 1961. His family was the first family of East Indian origin to move to Memphis in 1961. He has held university appointments in Punjab University, The University of Colorado and LeMoyne Owen College. His work has spanned a wide range of professional interests which include group psychotherapy training, clinical hypnosis, cross-cultural psychology, transpersonal psychology and evaluation projects. He has published three books, numerous book chapters and participated in diverse regional, national and international psychology symposium. He has been active in Diversity Memphis and numerous community groups.He is survived by his second wife Bess Khanna, his daughter, Dr. Mukti Khanna of Olympia, Washington and son, Dr. Kanwal Khanna of Modesto, California, as well as two grandchildren, Deven and Jacqueline. He also leaves two brothers and two sisters in India.A community memory sharing service will be held on Sunday, July 19, at 2 p.m. at Memorial Park Funeral Home. Members of the community are invited to bring a poem, song, prayer or short remembrance for collective sharing.In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to India Development Relief Fund (www.idrf.org), Diversity Memphis (www.diveristymemphis.org) or a charity of your choic
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