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JUSSAWALLA -- MEHEROO Age 89, died Sunday, July 29, 2012 in Albuquerque, NM where she had come to be with her daughter during her last days. She is the mother of Dr. Feroza Jussawalla, Professor of English at the University of New Mexico. Born in India, she fled the country in 1975 for the U.S. under pressure from the Marxist government of Indira Gandhi. While working at the East-West Center in Hawaii, she became a founder and leading proponent of the then emerging field of "information economics". Between 1977 and 1995 she saw her work on information technology and development applied to rapid economic growth in the Pacific rim. Her publications included 15 books and over a hundred articles. An inspiring teacher, her graduate students at the East-West Center in Honolulu and at the University of Hawaii have become a generation of policy and business leaders in the region. Highly regarded by her peers, she was active in numerous non-profit organizations such as the Pacific Telecommunications Council, which she helped to found and served for nearly 35 years. She was named "Emeritus Senior Fellow" at the EWC in 1995, at which time the then president described her as "small of stature, very determined, and highly productive of ideas." She was born July 14, 1923 to Sohrab and Pootli Dalal. She resided in Honolulu, HI. She was married to Framji Jussawalla, deceased. She leaves a daughter, Feroza Jussawalla and a grandson, Hormuzdiyar Henry Dasenbrock. A Memorial Service will be held on Tuesday, July 31, 2012 at 3:30 p.m at French- University Chapel. Please visit our online guest book for Meheroo at: www.RememberTheirStory.com FRENCH 1111 University Blvd NE 505-843-6333
        Published on: Tue July 31, 2012