The Premeditated Nature of the Genocide Perpetrated on the Armenians by Zaven Messerlian

The Premeditated Nature of the Genocide Perpetrated on the Armenians
by Dr. Zaven Messerlian

Subject(s):
Armenian massacres, 1915-1923
Genocide—Turkey
Turkey—Politics and government—1909

The Author:
Dr. Zaven M. Messerlian, was born in 1938, in Beirut.  He has attended several Armenian schools, and has graduated in 1955 from the Armenian Evangelical College.

He received his B.A. in 1959 in European history and his M.A. in 1963 in Middle Eastern history, both from the American University of Beirut.

 The National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia granted him an honorary doctorate in Armenology on July 30, 2003.

In October 1960 Z. Messerlian joined the Armenian Evangelical College faculty and in July 1967 became the school’s principal, a position he holds since then.  In 1986 the Central Committee of the Union of Armenian Evangelical Churches in the Near East awarded him a gold medal for his 25 years service in education.  The Board of Trustees of the Armenian Evangelical College honored him with a plaque of recognition at the 85th anniversary commemoration of the school at the Unesco Palace in 2008.  On May 22, 2010 the President of Republic of Lebanon granted him the Medal of Education.  On March 23, 2010 the President of the Republic of Lebanon granted him the Medal of Education.  On March 23, 2011 the Minister of Education and Science of the Republic of Armenia, granted the Golden Medal of the Ministry.

 He has been very active within the Armenian community of Lebanon in various student, teacher, youth, educational and cultural organizations, particularly from 1958 to 1983, such as President of the Union of Armenian University Students (1958-1961), President of the Tekeyan Cultural Association (1965), President, Alumni Association of the Armenian Evangelical College (1966-1967), Member of the Central Board of the Armenian Youth Association (1973-1982).  He is the secretary of the Armenian Evangelical Educational Coordinating Committee, since 1991.  He is the chairman of the Richard and Tina Carolan Publication Fund of the Catholicossate of Cilicia since 2004.

Language: English
ISBN: N/A
2001, paperback, 106 pages, 16.0 x 24.0 cm, maps

Publisher: Published by Armenian Catholicosate Of Cilicia
Book Condition: New