He is being honored for 15 years of faithful and hard work. giving of his time. effort and money to the Armenian Mesrobian School located in Pico Rivera. Calif.. in my congressional district. He is chairman of the board at the Mesrobian School and president of the American Educational Foundation. Jack Arakelian is truly the embodiment of the American dream of opportunity. As a young immigrant boy he came to America and found success through hard work. He came from Soviet Armenia at the age of 10. in 1923. and immediately went to grammar school in spite of little knowledge of the English language. He dropped out of high school to go to work. but later finished his education at night school.
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