HIS HOLINESS ARAM I PRESIDES OVER THE CREATION OF GOGUIKIAN EDUCATIONAL FUND

05/18/2010 
 
In the evening of Tuesday, 18 May 2010, His Holiness Aram I presided over the establishment of the Goguikian Educational Fund for University Students at the UNESCO Palace in Beirut.  Mr. Michel Goguigian, Mr. Jean Goguigian’s son, initiated the setting up of the Fund with the support and blessings of His Holiness Aram I.  Leaders and representatives from the Lebanese-Armenian community – religious and political, Armenian Members of Parliament and Government Minister – as well as representatives of other Lebanese communities including Government Ministers and Members of Parliament attended the ceremony.  Mr. Michel Goguigian and the Director General of the Fund, Mrs. S Hayek addressed the present, following which an agreement was signed by the President of the Fund and the Presidents of the American University of Beirut, the University of Saint Joseph, Haigazian University, the Lebanes-American University and the University of Ballamand.
 
In his closing address, His Holiness, the Catholicos, paid tribute to the role Mr. Jean Goguigian had played as a member of the Lebanese diplomatic corps.  Moreover, His Holiness prized Mr. Michel Goguigian’s initiative and decorated him with the Knight of The Catholicosate of the Great House of Cilicia award.
 
Mr. Jean Goguigian has had forty years’ service as a diplomat representing Lebanon and the first Lebanese-Armenian to occupy Ambassadorial posts representing Lebanon.  As to his son, Michel, he is the President of the Central Bank of Venezuela and has always supported our community.
 
The Fund is set up to help those Lebanese-Armenian students who meet the conditions set in the bylaws to study at the above mentioned Universities.  The bylaws can be accessed on the Funds website.  Selections will be made by the selection Committee according to the bylaws.

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