Meet the Wordsmith
Born in Kolkata, India, Muhammad Obaidur Rahim is the third son of Khuda Buksh – the senior legacy life insurance icon of the Indian Subcontinent. In 1952, he and his parents moved from their homeland to East Bengal, where he studied at St. Gregory’s High School and Dhaka College and completed his education at the University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan. He received a Master of Technology degree in Mining from the Indian School of Mines and an MS in Mining Engineering from West Virginia University.
Rahim is a retired engineer who worked for the US Government at Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island, IL. He has over 30 years of experience in his field, focusing on maintenance engineering, configuration management, and system design and development.
Living in Davenport, Iowa, with his wife and two daughters, Rahim spends his leisure time reading books, traveling, and enjoying sports.