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MANAS BOUJIKIAN TO RECEIVE ANCA-WR LEGACY AWARD
http://asbarez.com/114157/manas-boujikian-to-receive-anca-wr-legacy-award/
Friday, September 20th, 2013
Manas Boujikian (left) with ANCA Chairman Ken Hachikian, ANCA-WR
Board Co-Chairperson Chris Gouldjian and ANCA National Board member
Raffi Hamparian
GLENDALE-Entrepreneur, mentor and life-long ANCA activist Manas
Boujikian will be honored with the ANCA-WR Legacy Award at its Annual
Banquet on Saturday, November 30, at the Ray Dolby Ballroom in the
heart of Hollywood.
The honor is among the organization's highest awards and is being
granted to Boujikian for more than 30 years of leadership and
philanthropy. Boujikian has and continues to advance HyeTad-from
getting talented young Armenian Americans started in government,
politics and journalism to educating the American media and public
about the Armenian Cause to leveraging the tremendous energy of
hundreds of thousands of volunteers.
Boujikian was born in Kessab, Syria, in 1932 to Hagop and Bayzar
Boujikian-one of five children. The Boujikian family migrated to the
United States in 1954 where Boujikian earned his B.S. in Mechanical
Engineering from the California State University, Los Angeles
and continued with graduate courses at the University of Southern
California and the University of California, Los Angeles. Currently,
Manas lives in Torrance with his wife of more than 55 years, Donalee.
Manas and Donalee are proud parents, grandparents and
great-grandparents.
By education and trade, Boujikian is an engineer and farmer. However,
his true passion resides in helping sustain the growth of Armenian
advocacy. In 2009, Boujikian completed his $400,000 pledge to the
ANCA Endowment Fund, marking yet another philanthropic milestone in
his life-long commitment to ensuring that the collective voice and
common aspirations of Armenian Americans are heard and respected in
the nation's capital. Boujikian also served several terms as an ANCA
National Board Member beginning in 1983.
"Our ANCA-WR Board of Directors unanimously voted to bestow this year's
Legacy Award to such a well-deserving activist as Manas Boujikian,"
said Nora Hovsepian, ANCA-WR Board of Director Co-Chair.
"He has been an unwavering, staunch and deeply committed ANCA leader
and supporter over a period of decades, both on the regional level as
well as on the national level. We are proud of all he has accomplished
and very grateful for his continued activism on behalf of the Armenian
Cause, to which we are all so dedicated."
This year, the ANCA-WR Annual Banquet will take place on Saturday,
November 30 at the Ray Dolby Ballroom, the site of the Oscar's
Governors Ball. The catering for the event will be provided exclusively
by world-renowned chef and personality Wolfgang Puck, who is devising a
menu specifically for the ANCA-WR. The banquet will be bookended by the
prestigious ANCA Grassroots Conference, which in 2011 attracted more
than 600 activists from around the country. Individuals interested
in attending the ANCA-Western Region Annual Banquet and Grassroots
Conference are encouraged to contact the ANCA-WR office at (818)
500-1918.
The Armenian National Committee - Western Region is the largest and
most influential Armenian American grassroots advocacy organization
in the Western United States. Working in coordination with a network
of offices, chapters, and supporters throughout the Western United
States and affiliated organizations around the country, the ANCA-WR
advances the concerns of the Armenian American community on a broad
range of issues.
From: A. Papazian
http://asbarez.com/114157/manas-boujikian-to-receive-anca-wr-legacy-award/
Friday, September 20th, 2013
Manas Boujikian (left) with ANCA Chairman Ken Hachikian, ANCA-WR
Board Co-Chairperson Chris Gouldjian and ANCA National Board member
Raffi Hamparian
GLENDALE-Entrepreneur, mentor and life-long ANCA activist Manas
Boujikian will be honored with the ANCA-WR Legacy Award at its Annual
Banquet on Saturday, November 30, at the Ray Dolby Ballroom in the
heart of Hollywood.
The honor is among the organization's highest awards and is being
granted to Boujikian for more than 30 years of leadership and
philanthropy. Boujikian has and continues to advance HyeTad-from
getting talented young Armenian Americans started in government,
politics and journalism to educating the American media and public
about the Armenian Cause to leveraging the tremendous energy of
hundreds of thousands of volunteers.
Boujikian was born in Kessab, Syria, in 1932 to Hagop and Bayzar
Boujikian-one of five children. The Boujikian family migrated to the
United States in 1954 where Boujikian earned his B.S. in Mechanical
Engineering from the California State University, Los Angeles
and continued with graduate courses at the University of Southern
California and the University of California, Los Angeles. Currently,
Manas lives in Torrance with his wife of more than 55 years, Donalee.
Manas and Donalee are proud parents, grandparents and
great-grandparents.
By education and trade, Boujikian is an engineer and farmer. However,
his true passion resides in helping sustain the growth of Armenian
advocacy. In 2009, Boujikian completed his $400,000 pledge to the
ANCA Endowment Fund, marking yet another philanthropic milestone in
his life-long commitment to ensuring that the collective voice and
common aspirations of Armenian Americans are heard and respected in
the nation's capital. Boujikian also served several terms as an ANCA
National Board Member beginning in 1983.
"Our ANCA-WR Board of Directors unanimously voted to bestow this year's
Legacy Award to such a well-deserving activist as Manas Boujikian,"
said Nora Hovsepian, ANCA-WR Board of Director Co-Chair.
"He has been an unwavering, staunch and deeply committed ANCA leader
and supporter over a period of decades, both on the regional level as
well as on the national level. We are proud of all he has accomplished
and very grateful for his continued activism on behalf of the Armenian
Cause, to which we are all so dedicated."
This year, the ANCA-WR Annual Banquet will take place on Saturday,
November 30 at the Ray Dolby Ballroom, the site of the Oscar's
Governors Ball. The catering for the event will be provided exclusively
by world-renowned chef and personality Wolfgang Puck, who is devising a
menu specifically for the ANCA-WR. The banquet will be bookended by the
prestigious ANCA Grassroots Conference, which in 2011 attracted more
than 600 activists from around the country. Individuals interested
in attending the ANCA-Western Region Annual Banquet and Grassroots
Conference are encouraged to contact the ANCA-WR office at (818)
500-1918.
The Armenian National Committee - Western Region is the largest and
most influential Armenian American grassroots advocacy organization
in the Western United States. Working in coordination with a network
of offices, chapters, and supporters throughout the Western United
States and affiliated organizations around the country, the ANCA-WR
advances the concerns of the Armenian American community on a broad
range of issues.
From: A. Papazian