Simon Marootian

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Simon Marootian (1923 - 1980) was a political activist and a Superior Court Judge of Fresno County. [1] [2] [3] He became the first Superior Court Judge of Fresno County of Armenian descent. [4]

Life and career

Simon Marootian served as Supreme Court Judge of Fresno county from 1975 to 1980. [4] He was also a local and statewide Democratic Party political activist. He was the chairman of the Fresno County Democratic Central Committee. [4] In 1974 he became the Co-Chairman of Edmund Pat Brown campaign to become governor of California. [4] He was also the chairman of the parish council of the St. Gregory Apostolic Church in Fowler, California. [4]

He died in 1980 at the age of fifty-seven.

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References

  1. "Simon Marootian". Ararat. Armenian General Benevolent Union. 18: 105. 1977. Retrieved 10 March 2013.
  2. Clough, Charles W.; et al. (1900). Fresno County in the 20th century : from 1900 to the 1980s : an all new history (1st ed.). Fresno, Calif.: Panorama West Books. ISBN   9780914330974.
  3. Armenian Assembly of America (1987). Armenians in America: celebrating the first century. Armenian Assembly of America. p. 43. ISBN   9780925428028 . Retrieved 10 March 2013.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Kouymjian], Berge Bulbulian. [With pref. by Dickran (2001). The Fresno Armenians : history of a diaspora community (1. ed., 2. print. ed.). Sanger, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. pp. 163–164. ISBN   188499539X . Retrieved 10 March 2013.