1990_03 Hye Sharzhoom Newspaper March 1990

              Paae6. FEATURES
Hye Sharzhoom
March 1990
Endowment letters
Spilled the Raki
The following are letters
received on the occasion of the
appointment of Dr. Dickran
Kouymjian to the Haig and
Isabel Berberian Chair of
Armenian Studies at CSUF. We
sincerely appreciate all of the
letters received.
Dear Dickran,
It is with great pleasure that I read of
your appointment to the Haig & Isabel
Berberian Chair of Armenian Studies at
California State University, Fresno. It
is the just crowning of a prolific and
multi-faceted academic, literary, and
social career. You have been a solid
asset to Armenian studies world-wide
and you fully deserve this appointment
that honors you, the University and
the community that you serve. Arsine
and I extend to you our most sincere
congratulations.
Vahe Oshagan
San Francisco, California
Dear Professor Kouymjian,
First I would like to commend the
Armenian community of Fresno in
establishing an endowed Chair of
Armenian Studies in honor of Haig and
Isabel Berberian. I cannot think of any
two finer people deserving of such a
great honor.
I would also like to commend Fresno
State University for appointing you to
this distinguished chair. You have for
many years been one of our brightest
lights in Armenian studies, both in
America and in France, and are
certainly worthy of the honor
bestowed upon you.
Finally, I would like to congratulate
you for your life of distinguished
scholarship in Armenian studies and
for being appointed as the first
distinguished occupant of the Haig and
Isabel Berberian Chair of Armenian
Studies.
Sincerely yours,
Dennis R. Papazian
Director, Armenian Research
Center
The University of Michigan-
Dearborn
Dear friends,
I regret very much I will not be able
to participate, honoring my friend Dr.
Dickran Kouymjian. His erudition,
personality and charm will grace the
Armenian Studies Program ?.nd at the
same time add new dimensions to the
California State University.
I want to extend my personal regards
to Haig and Isabel Berberian for their
wisdom and generosity. How lucky
one can be to be bom an Armenian and
be guided by its time honored
principles.
With my best personal
regards,
Arthur Gregorian
St. Petersburg Beach,
Florida
Dear Dickran,
It is with great pleasure that I
congratulate you on your appointment
as the first Holder of the Haig and
Isabel Berberian Endowed Chair of
Armenian Studies. Your years of
scholarship in Armenian and Near
Eastern history have been
appropriately recognized.
It is also with great satisfaction and
appreciation that I congratulate the
Berberian-Gazarian family and the
Armenian community for the San
Joaquin Valley for its foresight and
commitment in bringing the Chair to
reality. When I spoke at the annual
banquet of the Armenian Studies
Program two years ago, the goal
seemed still distant yet in a very short
time that goal was not only met but
surpassed by members of the
community who understand the
importance of education and a
university-presence in the
development of Armenian studies.
Vartiter and I wish you many years of
continued scholarship and service and
extend all good wishes to you, the
supportive administration at CSU,
Fresno, and the dedicated members of
the Armenian community who have
made an endowed chair in Armenian
Studies a reality in the mother
community of the Armenians of
California.
Sincerely yours,
Richard G. Hovannisian
Holder, Armenian Educational
Foundation Chair
in Modern Armenian History,
and
Associate Director, G.E. von
Grunebaum Center for Near
Eastern Studies
Asp thank you to...
Jack Ouzounian of
Liberty Printing for
printing the 1989 ASP
banquet programs.
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1.
"A home
is not a home
so perfectly
until you 're thrown out,"
whined Khachig,
around the table
drinking the raki
with the old man,
Bedros the shoemaker.
"How could he know?"
thought the wiley old man
"he hadn't been thrown out
of the best bars
down on Broadway,
dragged past the police
station
and Library, south,
because he was Armenian.
In his memory,
Bedros saw himself
as courageous
andprideful.
So what!
South of Ventura,
where Broadway cuts,
cuts across to the east,
neighbors gather-
at the corners
and talk of homeland.
We didn't mind,
that all of us left,
lived here, together
in our own village
where the church bell
rang, clang, past
the small nouses in a row.
Where the women laughed
at Khachig, staggering,
weaving on the sidewaalk
on J Street and San Benito
laughing uncontrolled.
Whe he came home
drunk, he often
spilled the raki.
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