Topic: Obituary

BOSTON — Aram V. Chobanian, M.D., President Emeritus of Boston University, and previous Dean of Boston University School of Medicine died peacefully at home on August 31, 2023. Born in[...]

WINCHESTER, Mass. — Adrienne Tashjian, 98, of Winchester passed away on September 4. She was employed as an executive secretary for the town of Arlington for many years. She enjoyed[...]

DETROIT — Film director and editor Hrayr Toukhanian died on August 15, 2023. He was 91. He was born in 1933 in Beirut, to the late Bedros and Eugenie Toukhanian[...]

By Bryan Marquard BOSTON (Boston Globe) — To create Facing History and Ourselves, a curriculum that has helped millions of students around the world confront moral dilemmas while learning to reject[...]

Dr. Dennis Richard Papazian passed away on Thursday, March 16, after a brief illness. He was 91. Born the youngest of four children in Augusta, Ga. to Armenian parents from[...]

SOUTHFIELD, M.I. — Paul Peter Korian, or as some know him, Bedros Boghos, sadly left us on March 15, 2023, at the age of 78. As a dedicated and passionate husband,[...]

WALTHAM, Mass. — Shaghig (Tuysuzian) Palanjian) of Waltham, passed away peacefully, surrounded by family on January 28, 2023. Beloved wife to Jack Palanjian. Devoted mother of Sevag Palanjian and his[...]

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — Prof. Roger W. Smith, Chair of the Academic Board of Zoryan Institute (2004-2022) and longtime Program Director of the Institute’s annual Genocide and Human Rights University Program[...]

LOS ANGELES — The Western Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church reported on Sunday, December 18 the passing of former Primate Archbishop Vatche Hovsepian. He was 92 years old. Archbishop[...]

LEXINGTON, Mass. — Edward Avedisian, a supporter of many Armenian organizations who made news this past fall for his $100-million donation to Boston University, which led to the renaming of[...]