Candidate for
Mayor; City of Pismo Beach

Brahama D. Sharma

Born in 1931.

Came to the United States from India, in 1955.

Became a resident in 1961, and a U S CITIZEN in 1968.

Married Millicent M Hewitt 1956, two daughters-Divorced in 1996.

Married Katharine A. McAfee, 2001.

Earned Ph.D. in Chemistry under Prof. J Donohue, 1961.

Post-Doctoral at California Institute of Technology, associating with Nobel Laureate Linus Pauling (not vitamin C), Prof. Robert B. Corey, Drs. E.W.Hughes and R.E.Marsh.

Taught at USC, Univ. of Nevada, Reno, Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, California State Univ, Northridge, L. A. Pierce College, Calif. State Univ., Los Angeles. Retired as Professor of Chemistry in 1996.

Elected Fellow Royal Society of Chemistry, London, U.K.

Who's Who in the World; Who's Who in Science; Who's Who in Education; Who's Who in American Education.

Published 50 articles in peer reviewed journals. SIX Articles in Macmillan Encyclopedia of Chemistry, edited by J.J.Lagowski, Simon Schuster,New York, 1997.

President Academic Senate. President-Elect So. Calif. Section American Chemical Society. Education Secretary, So.,Calif.,Section American Chemical Society.

Parliamentarian, Academic Senate, District Academic Senate; American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO.

Registered Parliamentarian, (National Assoc. of Parliamentarians, hereforth called NAP)). President Ca Sigma Unit, NAP.

Parliamentarian, Southern Region, California State Association of Parliamentarians, hereforth CSAP.

Chairman, Public Relations, CSAP.

Governor, Region VII (American Institute of Parliamentarians), 2003-04

Actively observing City of Pismo Beach City Council since 1996.