Mr. Speaker. I rise today to pay tribute to Gasper Magarfan. Mr. Magadan. a Fresno. CA attorney. has the distinction of being the oldest practicing attorney In the State of California. As noted In a recent article from the Armenian General Benevolent Union magazine [AGBUI. Magarlans familylke many other Armenian families In Fresno--arved in AmerIca 100 years ago. His family immigrated to Massachusetts to escape the atrocities suffered under Ottoman Turkish persecution. Magadan was born In Sillerci. MA. and moved to Fresno in 1904 with his parents. His brothers and sisters were all born after the family moved to Fresno.
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