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MANAS BOUJIKIAN NAMED KESSAB EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION MAN OF THE YEAR
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Tuesday, March 5th, 2013
Manas Boujikian received "Man of the Year" award
LOS ANGELES-The Kessab Educational Association of Los Angeles has
named entrepreneur and philanthropist Manas Boujikian Man of the Year.
Boujikian was born in Kessab, Syria, in 1932, the son of a patriotic
Armenian. His father, Hagop "Quasir" Boujikian, left a comfortable
life in the United States in 1915 to return to Adana to defend his
beleaguered kinsmen. He then found a new home in Kessab, married
Bayzar Mashikian and had five children, one of them Manas.
The family migrated to the United States in 1954, and Manas Boujikian
went to college, earning a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Cal
State Los Angeles and taking graduate courses at USC and UCLA.
Though he's an engineer and a farmer, Boujikian, like his father, has
dedicated his life to the Armenian Cause. He is one of the founders
of the grass roots organization ANCA and has been the driving force
behind the success of the ANCA, including a significant donation to the
purchase of the ANCA's Washington, D.C., headquarters. Active in the
ARF and Armenian communities from Fresno to Glendale and to his home
town of Torrance, Boujikian is a humble servant of the Armenian Cause.
Boujikian lives in Torrance with Donalee, his wife of 55 years,
7 children, 21 grandchildren, and 2 great-grandchildren.
Many of Boujikian's family members were present when he was awarded Man
of the Year at the KEA's annual Armenian Christmas dinner on Sunday,
January 13, 2013, which was sold out this year as in past years. The
dinner featured traditional Armenian circle dancing.
http://asbarez.com/108657/manas-boujikian-named-kessab-educational-association-man-of-the-year/
Tuesday, March 5th, 2013
Manas Boujikian received "Man of the Year" award
LOS ANGELES-The Kessab Educational Association of Los Angeles has
named entrepreneur and philanthropist Manas Boujikian Man of the Year.
Boujikian was born in Kessab, Syria, in 1932, the son of a patriotic
Armenian. His father, Hagop "Quasir" Boujikian, left a comfortable
life in the United States in 1915 to return to Adana to defend his
beleaguered kinsmen. He then found a new home in Kessab, married
Bayzar Mashikian and had five children, one of them Manas.
The family migrated to the United States in 1954, and Manas Boujikian
went to college, earning a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Cal
State Los Angeles and taking graduate courses at USC and UCLA.
Though he's an engineer and a farmer, Boujikian, like his father, has
dedicated his life to the Armenian Cause. He is one of the founders
of the grass roots organization ANCA and has been the driving force
behind the success of the ANCA, including a significant donation to the
purchase of the ANCA's Washington, D.C., headquarters. Active in the
ARF and Armenian communities from Fresno to Glendale and to his home
town of Torrance, Boujikian is a humble servant of the Armenian Cause.
Boujikian lives in Torrance with Donalee, his wife of 55 years,
7 children, 21 grandchildren, and 2 great-grandchildren.
Many of Boujikian's family members were present when he was awarded Man
of the Year at the KEA's annual Armenian Christmas dinner on Sunday,
January 13, 2013, which was sold out this year as in past years. The
dinner featured traditional Armenian circle dancing.