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.
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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 13
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Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1934 to 2021 · aged 87
Written about in
10 languages
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