Vartan Gregorian
American academic administrator · Iran · On the map · Academics · Lived 1934 to 2021 · aged 87
Vartan Gregorian was an Iranian-American of Armenian descent. He was an academic, educator, and historian, and he served as president of the Carnegie Corporation from 1997 to 2021.
Vartan Gregorian is read about 101 times a day, in 10 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 15 October 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 118 days, one point a day.
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2021Died15 April 20212009Honorary Doctor of the University of MiamiAward2004Presidential Medal of FreedomAward2000American Library Association Honorary MembershipAward1998National Humanities MedalAward1934Born8 April 1934
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Gregorian (left) watches New York Governor Mario Cuomo sign a bill authorizing the financing of a new Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, 1988.![Vartan Gregorian Quadrangle at Brown University was named after Gregorian in 1999[24]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Vartan_Gregorian_Quad_B_%28Brown%29_3.jpg/1280px-Vartan_Gregorian_Quad_B_%28Brown%29_3.jpg)
Vartan Gregorian Quadrangle at Brown University was named after Gregorian in 1999[24]
Gregorian and Mihran Agbabian at the American University of Armenia, 2014
Gregorian with Hamid Karzai, Hillary Clinton, and James H. Billington
Gregorian in 2010Awards
About this person
Country
Iran
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1934 to 2021 · aged 87
