[2] Memon retired from the University of Wisconsin after 38 years of service[3] but remained active as a scholar: besides working on translation of Urdu works into English,[4] he served on the editorial board of Pakistaniaat: A Journal of Pakistan Studies[5] and was also an advisor to the Urdu Project, which was created to meet the challenges of publishing translations of literary works of Urdu language in the North American market.
In 1954, his family moved to Karachi, Pakistan where he earned his bachelor's and master's degrees.
This move enabled him to earn a master's degree from Harvard University and eventually a doctorate in Islamic Studies from UCLA.
Memon joined the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1970 and retired from there after 38 years of service.
At UW he taught Urdu, Islamic Studies as well courses in Arabic and Persian.