Raj Manhas
| Raj Manhas | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Rajinder Singh Manhas April 15, 1948 Paldi, Punjab, India |
| Residence | Seattle, Washington |
| Nationality | United States |
| Alma mater |
Punjab Engineering College(B.S.) University of Washington (Master of Engineering) |
| Occupation | Educator |
| Spouse(s) | Inderjit (Rana) Kaur Manhas (1978–present) |
| Children | Amitoz Simran |
Rajinder (Raj) Singh Manhas was the first Asian-American and the 17th Superintendent of Seattle Public Schools (2003-2007). He also served as the Superintendent of North Thurston Public Schools, Lacey, Washington (2009-2016). During 2008 he was executive director of Seeds of Compassion, a public event hosting the Dalai Lama held in Seattle to promote compassion in early childhood development and in communities. Prior to his work in the field of education, he held executive level positions with the City of Seattle and Rainier Bank/Security Pacific Bank.
Rajinder (Raj) Singh Manhas was born on April 15, 1948 in Paldi, Punjab, India, one of seven children of Daljit Kaur Manhas and Jaswant Singh Manhas. In August, 1947, due to the division of British India, his Sikh farming family were displaced from their land and home in a village named “Chak 14/68” near Syedwala, in the newly proclaimed country of Pakistan. Migrating as refugees to India, the Manhas family settled in a village named Saroya, a village in the Himalayan foothills of northern India, near Garhshanker, in the Punjab region. He spent his early grade school years in nearby Paldi, and then graduated from Government High School, Saroya, with distinction and at the top of his class. He completed his pre-engineering at Lyallpur Khalsa College, Jallandar, Punjab, and a degree in aeronautical engineering from Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh, India. He completed a two-year research and teaching assignment at the same college, and then moved to the United States to complete a Master’s degree in Industrial Engineering at the University of Washington with a business focus in June 1975. His first job after graduation was at Rainier National Bank (later Security Pacific Bank) in a management consulting role. Later he held various leadership positions at that bank, including his final position as regional manager for internal operations for four states.
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