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Photograph of J.C. Kaimal with Friend
J.C. Kaimal with friend Mary Mitchell in Seattle, Washington.

Photograph of J.C. Kaimal
"He [J.C. Kaimal] didn't play piano, but he made friends easily and was invited to their homes for socializing." --Maya Kaimal

Photograph of J.C. Kaimal with a Friend
Photograph of J.C. Kaimal and friend, Yasuko, dressed up for a student event at the University of Washington.

Photograph of J.C. Kaimal and Friend
"JCK met Lindy in a meteorology class at the University of Washington and they became very good friends. Lindy and husband Mike often invited JCK to their farm in Kent. Later Lorraine would join on these visits. Mike Miskell would "give away" my mother Lorraine when they got married." --Maya Kaimal

Photograph of Kaimal Marriage Celebration
Photograph of a celebratory party thrown for J.C. Kaimal and his wife, Lorraine, shortly after they were married by friends in the Indian Association at the University of Washington.

Photograph of J.C. Kaimal and Friends
J.C. Kaimal out with fellow student Balraj Sokkappa and his American wife Betty. The photograph was taken soon after J.C. and Lorraine were married.

Photograph of Celebration at the University of Washington
A celebration in the Meteorology Department at the University of Washington with faculty wearing the hats.

Photograph of J.C. Kaimal and Family on a Boat
J.C. Kaimal, wife Lorraine, daughter Padma, and other Indian students were invited by Elizabeth Bayley Willis, an Indian textile scholar, who enjoyed inviting Indians to her home on Bainbridge Island.

Family Portrait at Ampang House
"Lorraine and Padma's first visit to India. The three of them took a flight chartered by Indian university students out of Detroit which took six hops to get to Bombay. It was not a new plane, and it never made the trip back because the student organization couldn't afford the fuel for the return flight. They had to borrow money from a friend to get home on SwissAir.

J.C. Kaimal Portrait
In 1961 J.C. Kaimal was hired by the Department of Defense to work in meteorological research. The field of meteorology had been war focused up to this time, but large amounts of money began to be directed into research under President Kennedy. J.C. Kaimal's work was part of the new focus on science.

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