Dr. Lovji D. Cama
was born in Bombay, India in the third quarter of the 20th
century, and grew up in Ahmedabad. After obtaining a Bachelor of Science and
a Bachelor of Science (Technology) degree from the University of Bombay,
India, he came to the United States for his graduate studies and obtained a
Masters in Pharmacy and a Doctorate in Chemistry from Columbia University in
New York. After two years as a post-doctoral fellow at Columbia University,
he joined Merck and Co, Inc of Rahway N.J., in 1969 as a research scientist.
Presently he is a Senior Investigator and his area of research is the
chemistry of antibiotics. He lives in Tenafly, NJ with his wife Mehru and
son Kaizad.
His residence in the
U.S.A. started with his arrival in 1960 to pursue graduate studies. As a
founding member of the Zoroastrian Association of Greater New York (ZAGNY)
and one of its past presidents he has remained closely associated with the
Zoroastrian community. He has served as a Trustee of Darbe Mehr Zoroastrian
Temple which owns the Arbab Rostom Guiv Darbe Mehr of New Rochelle, New
York. While president of ZAGNY he coordinated the 3rd North American
Zoroastrian Conference, held in New York. He has organized the religious
education classes for children aged 5 to 15 years at ZAGNY, since 1973. He
has taught Zoroastrian history, culture, philosophy and religion to children
of ages 10 to 15. He has also organized summer camps for Zoroastrian youth
of the New York area. These popular camps have been attended by youth from
as far away as Michigan. One of his primary areas of interest is youth
related activities.
Dr. Cama has lectured on subjects on
Zoroastrianism in New York, London and India and contributed to the text
book used for the Good Life program, for U.S. Scouting, which is
administered by ZAGNY.
