Obituaries
In Memoriam: Jack Antreassian (1920-2009)
Jack (Ardavast) Antreassian, a writer, editor, publisher, and the executive director of both the AGBU and the Eastern Diocese, passed away on July 4 in New York, following an illness. He was 89.
Jack was born on April 20, 1920, in Constantinople, where his family had sought shelter from pogroms perpetrated in their native Hazari, Chimishgezeg. His father Vahan went ahead to New York City to prepare the way for the rest of the family (and to begin his new career as a barber).
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What a great loss for all Armenians, Jack embodied all that is good in the pursuit of scholarship and excellence.
He is missed tremendously
His bless Jack Antreassusn! We are today reading with gratitude his excellent work, “Definitions and Deflations,” which exposes the seamy underbelly of the Armenian-American community with razor-sharp precision. We wish the reality were otherwise.