Board of Trustees

President

Robert Mirak, BA, Williams; BA, MA, Oxford.; PhD, Harvard University. President of Mirak Properties, is the author of Torn Between Two Lands: Armenians in America. 1890 to World War I (Harvard University Press, 1983), co-author of Collections of the Armenian Cultural Foundation I: Letters & Autographs, (Arlington, MA: Armenian Cultural Foundation, 2007), and several articles and book reviews, including “The Armenians,” Oscar Handlin, et al, Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups (Harvard University Press, 1980).

Board Members

Nishan Goudsouzian, M.D., native of Cairo, Egypt. Graduate of the Mkhitarist School. Professor of anesthesia, Harvard Medical School, Pediatric anesthetist, Mass General Hospital for Children. Active community member, Diocesan Delegate of St. James Armenian Apostolic Church, former Board member of National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR), Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU), former president of the Armenian-American Medical Association (AAMA). Author of two medical books, and over 110 scientific articles.

Barbara Merguerian, BA, Brown University; MA, PhD, Harvard University. Director, Armenian Information Center, Armenian International Women’s Association. Past editor of the Armenian Mirror-Spectator. Taught at Yerevan State University, California State University. Merguerian has co-edited two books: Armenian Women in a Changing World (1997) and Voices of Armenian Women (2000), and has written numerous articles.

Danila Terpanjian, B.A. in Library Science, Institute des Etudes Sociales de L’Etat, Brussels, Belgium. Master in Library Science, Simmons College, Boston, Massachusetts. Terpanjian joined the Harvard University libraries system, in 1986, as cataloger at the Littauer Library, and later from 1991-97 at its technical services. Since 1998 she has been the Head of Technical Services in its Social Sciences Program. She is a member of the Armenian International Women’s Association’s Archives Committee.

Julia Mirak Kew, BA, Wellesley, MBA., Babson College. Member of Armenian International Women’s Association. At present she Vice President, Mirak Properties.

Curator

Ara Ghazarians, PhD, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University; PhD, Northeastern University. Executive Secretary of the Armenian Relief Society, Inc. (1984-87), Editorial Assistant for the Armenian Review (1987-91), and Director of Resources and Archives at the Zoryan Institute (1989-90). He has translated and edited nine books, including Hakob Karapents  matenagitut’iwn [Hakob Karapents: Bibliography], (1999); Hayeren parberakanneri, teghekatuakan aghbiwrneri  matenagitut’iwn [Bibliography of Armenian Periodicals, Monographic Series and Resources Materials], (2000).What the German Imperial Government Concealed from Its Subjects. Armenia 1915: Slaughter of a Civilized People at the Hands of the Turks, (2006). Jakob Künzler, In the Land of Blood and Tears: Experiences in Mesopotamia during the World War (1914-1918) (2007). Hakob Karapents, The Widening Circle and Other Early Short Stories, (2008). Co-authored with Robert Mirak, Collections of the Armenian Cultural Foundation I: Letters & Autographs, (2007). Hakob Karapents, Mrieiymnve Heinrich Vierbücher, [Ruminations], (2009).