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    ARF LEADER DR. HRATCH ABRAHAMIAN PASSES AWAY

    http://asbarez.com/109139/arf-leader-dr-hratch-abrahamian-passes-away/
    Monday, April 1st, 2013

    Dr. Hratch Abrahamian (photo by Tsolag Hovsepian)

    Armenian Revolutionary Federation leader and former member of its
    governing Bureau, Dr. Hratch Abrahamian passed away on March 19 after
    a long illness in the Greater Washington area.

    Dr. Hratch Armen Abrahamian was born October 25, 1921 in Rasht, Iran
    to Armenak and Shoushanik Abrahamian. He was the eldest brother to his
    twin brothers, Babgen and Vazgen. Hratch and his brothers followed the
    footsteps of their father, Armenak and studied dentistry. Dr. Hratch
    received his BS degree from Alborz College in Iran, 1941, and his DMD
    from Tehran University school of Dentistry in 1945. His craving for
    further education led him to Paris where he received his MS degree from
    University of Paris in 1947. But still that was not enough, he came
    to the US and attended Northwestern University school of Dentistry,
    Chicago and received his DDS degree in 1951. He then continued his
    training in Memorial Cancer Hospital in NY until 1954.

    During his training at the Memorial Cancer Hospital in NY, he met his
    beloved wife, Angeline Abrahamian and were married March 17, 1954. In
    August of 1954, they moved to Washington DC where he became affiliated
    with the Georgetown University School of Dentistry, where he was
    associate professor of the Department of Prosthodontics, in charge of
    Maxillofacial Prosthetics and the Director of the Cleft Palate Center.

    In 1969, He received the second annual Harold W. Krogh Award for
    outstanding contribution to control of oral cancer. Dr. Abrahamian
    also volunteered at the cancer Society for over 10 years. He was
    a consultant at the NIH, VA Hospital, Washington, Hospital Center
    (Tumor board), Dc General Hospital, and attending staff at the
    Georgetown University Hospital.

    He loved dentistry and only retired a few years prior his passing.

    Since the independence of the Republic of Armenia, he traveled to
    Armenia 36 times, one time with Fulbright scholarship, where he spent
    4 months there, consulting and training Yereven University dental and
    Medical school residents. He translated many of his dental books to
    Armenian and published it at four different times. These books are
    currently being thought at the University.

    He established a Maxillofacial dental center in the military hospital
    in the Armenia with the support of the Armenian American Health
    Association of Greater Washington. He trained all the residents and
    the center was and is its only kind in the entire region.

    During the Lebanon war, he traveled to the war zone four times, helping
    the Armenians. He was instrumental in collecting over $1,000,000.00 in
    aid from the Armenian-Iranian community for the Armenians in Lebanon.

    He had meetings with every Presidents of the US from president Nixon
    to George W. Bush, discussing Armenian issues.

    He always had a positive attitude toward life, if you ever asked him
    ~Show are you~T his response was always ~Sgerazantz~T or perfect. He
    was the backbone of the Abrahamian family, He was intelligent, hard
    working, thoughtful and compassionate. He was a dedicated dentist,
    father, grand father, brother, and uncle. He loved his family and
    enjoyed spending time with them. Everyone who knew him adorned his
    caring and compassionate attitude toward life. He will be missed
    dearly, but his memory will always remain in our hearts.

    He is survived by his dughter Karen Hatchik, his grand dughters Andrea
    and Valerie, four great grandchildren, sister in laws Astghik and
    Lida Abrahamian, and his nieces and nephews, Shakeh, Armen, Rouzan,
    Teny and Armineh Abrahamian.




    From: A. Papazian
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