No feature story. however generous. could fully convey the personal heroism of Hampar Kelikian. As a boy. he escaped the bloodspattered landscape of Armenia. where three of his sisters died in the senseless violence that has for so long marred that corner of the globe. He arrived in Chicago in 1920. possessing $2 in his pocket and a rug from his native land. He went to work on a farm. working hard enough that his employer helped pay his way through college in return. The young immigrant went on to medical school and an apprenticeship at Cook County Hospital. When war again came to Europe in 1939. Dr.
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