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VARTAN
GREGORIAN HONORED AS ARMENIAN OF THE YEAR BY THE DIOCESE OF THE
ARMENIAN CHURCH OF AMERICA
Vartan Gregorian, president of Carnegie Corporation
of New York, was selected as “Armenian of the Year” for
the year 2004 by the Diocese of the Armenian Church of America.
In nominating Gregorian for this honor, Archbishop
Khajag Barsamian said the Diocesan Council cited Gregorian’s
"truly astonishing record of achievements, his unmatched reputation
in the society at large, and his consistent public advocacy for
Armenian causes—all of which have spread goodwill and affection
throughout our community. The Armenians of New York, and elsewhere
across the country, feel a sense of pride in the grand achievements
of our fellow countrymen and for this reason, we feel Gregorian
is an especially appropriate recipient of the ‘Armenian of
the Year’ award.”
The award will be presented at a banquet on May 1,
2004 in Rye, New York. The banquet will be the culmination of the
Armenian Church’s national convention, the Diocesan Assembly,
which brings together hundreds of Armenian Church leaders from around
the country. At the same ceremony, former New York City Mayor Rudolph
Giuliani will be honored with the annual “Friend of the Armenians”
award.
Every year, the Diocese of the Armenian Church of
America bestows its “Armenian of the Year” award on an
individual who, over the course of a lifetime, has been an “upstanding
and exemplary pillar of the Armenian American community.”
Carnegie Corporation of New York was created by Andrew
Carnegie in 1911 to promote "the advancement and diffusion
of knowledge and understanding." As a grantmaking foundation,
the Corporation seeks to carry out Carnegie's vision of philanthropy,
which he said should aim "to do real and permanent good in
the world." The Corporation's capital fund, originally donated
at a value of about $135 million, had a market value of $1.6 billion
on September 30, 2002. The Corporation awards grants totaling approximately
$80 million a year in the areas of education, international peace
and security, international development and strengthening U.S. democracy.
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