William Paparian

William M. Paparian is a former Pasadena mayor, a Los Angeles County deputy district attorney and a captain in the California State Guard’s Judge Advocate Section.
Opinion

Nemo Resideo: Leave no Armenian behind

One hundred years after my grandfather Nishan Paparian of Kharpert, stepped onto Ellis Island, his descendants still carry the unfinished…

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Honoring Paul Ignatius’ legacy of service

Imagine walking into the same Glendale post office where a young Paul Ignatius once sorted mail as a clerk —…

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Faces erased: Why Yerevan must preserve the memory of its fallen heroes 

Imagine walking through a familiar Yerevan underpass only to find blank walls where young Armenian faces once looked back at…

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Opinion

Democracy under strain in Vanadzor

As a former mayor of Pasadena who served on the City Council and pushed to strengthen our sister city relationship…

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