Glendale is a city in the Verdugo Mountains region of Los Angeles County, California. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 191,719, and in 2019 the population was estimated at 204,765, making it the fourth-largest city in Los Angeles County and the 23rd-largest city in California. It is located about 10 miles (16 km) north of downtown Los Angeles.
Pico Rivera is a city located in southeastern Los Angeles County, California. The city is situated approximately 11 miles (18 km) southeast of downtown Los Angeles, on the eastern edge of the Los Angeles basin, and on the southern edge of the area known as the San Gabriel Valley. The ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles, as well as Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), are in close proximity. As of July 2019, the census estimated that the city has a population of 62,027. Pico Rivera is bordered by Montebello.
Encino is a neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles, California.
The Armenian General Benevolent Union is a non-profit Armenian organization established in Cairo, Egypt, in 1906. With the onset of World War II, headquarters were moved to New York City, New York.
The Glendale Unified School District is a school district based in Glendale, California, United States in Greater Los Angeles.
Alexander Manoogian was an Armenian-American industrial engineer, businessman, entrepreneur and philanthropist who spent most of his career in Detroit, Michigan. He was the founder of the Masco Corporation, which in 1969 was listed on the NYSE (XNYS:MAS). In 1954, he patented and brought to market the first successful washerless ball valve faucet, the Delta faucet, named for the faucet cam shaped like the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet.
Armenian Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have total or partial Armenian ancestry. They form the second largest community of the Armenian diaspora after Armenians in Russia. The first major wave of Armenian immigration to the United States took place in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Thousands of Armenians settled in the United States following the Hamidian massacres of the mid-1890s, the Adana Massacre of 1909, and the Armenian genocide of 1915–1918 in the Ottoman Empire. Since the 1950s many Armenians from the Middle East migrated to America as a result of political instability in the region. It accelerated in the late 1980s and has continued after the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 due to socio-economic and political reasons.
AGBU Manoogian-Demirdjian School is an Armenian-American private school located in Winnetka, Los Angeles, California, United States. Located in the heart of the San Fernando Valley, it was founded in 1976 as Saint Peter-AGBU School near the corner of Louise Avenue and Sherman Way on the grounds of Saint Peter Armenian Apostolic Church.
Holy Martyrs Armenian Elementary and Ferrahian High School is an Armenian-American private school located in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles, California, United States. The school has two campuses: the high school, middle school and main offices, which are located in Encino, and the kindergarten and elementary school, which are located in North Hills. The school is part of the Western Prelacy of Armenian Schools, which seeks to promote bilingual education and cultural growth to the city's Armenian community. Instruction is in Armenian and English. The school is accredited by WASC and earned its most recent six-year accreditation in spring, 2007.
Manukyan, Manoukyan and Manukian and Western Armenian alternative transliterations Manougian and Manoogian (Western Armenian: Մանուկեան is an Armenian surname. It is derived from the Armenian given name Manuk, Manug, Manoug meaning a child and the addition of yan/ian for a surname.
The Armenian Mesrobian School is a K-12 Armenian school located in Pico Rivera, California, in the Los Angeles metropolitan area.
AGBU Vatche & Tamar Manoukian High School is a private Armenian-American school located in Pasadena, California, United States, which opened its doors in September 2006. It is owned and operated by the Armenian General Benevolent Union, the largest Armenian philanthropic organization in the diaspora that also sponsors 17 Armenian day schools around the world. The school is administratively and academically affiliated with AGBU Manoogian-Demirdjian School, a college preparatory high school in the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles. The school meets high school requirements, which include a science lab, library, indoor gym, computer lab, assembly hall, and cafeteria.
Tekeyan Cultural Association Arshag Dickranian Armenian School was a private K-12 Armenian school in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California.
Demirdjian, Demirdjyan (Տէմիրճյան), is a common surname in Armenia originating from the Turkish word 'Demir', meaning iron. In Turkish demirci means one who works with iron, therefore it can translate to the equivalent English surname 'Smith'. Demirdjian is the Armenized version of Demirci written in Latin script.
Alex Pilibos was a prominent philanthropist, businessman, large-scale grower of melons and founder of the Rose and Alex Pilibos Armenian School. He was believed to be one of the largest producers of cantaloupe in California.
Vahan Chamlian, is an American-Armenian philanthropist and businessman, and the world's largest dealer of secondhand clothes.
The Los Angeles metropolitan area has a significant Armenian American population. As of 1990 this single area holds the largest population of Armenians in the world outside of Armenia.
Sumbat Der Kiureghian was a 20th century Iranian-Armenian watercolor artist.