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Armenian Philosophical Academy Honors Vartan Gregorian
November
25, 2002 – Vartan Gregorian, president of Carnegie Corporation
of New York, was elected a member of the Armenian Philosophical
Academy to honor his work as an influential intellectual.
In nominating
Gregorian for membership in the academy at its September 18th meeting,
its president, Georg Brutian described Gregorian as "a man
of great intellect whose interests go beyond philosophy, history
and many fields of science." Brutian reminded members of Gregorian’s
“brilliant speech, on the meeting of Armenia-Diaspora in Yerevan
in 2002." Brutian also cited some of Gregorian’s career
accomplishments while he served as provost and founding dean of
the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania,
president of the New York Public Library, president of Brown University
and, currently, as president of Carnegie Corporation.
The
Armenian Philosophical Academy, which was founded in 1987, works
to “enhance the development of the philosophical mind”
and to promote collaboration among scholars and educational institutions.
Members of the academy include 25 scholars from Armenia and 27 from
other countries. Gergorian joins three other American members of
the academy: Noam Chomsky, Donald Davidson and Haig Khatchadourian.
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 $1.7 billion on September
30, 2001. The Corporation awards grants totaling approximately $75
million a year in the areas of education, international peace and
security, international development and strengthening U.S. democracy.
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