It is with deep sorrow to announce the passing of our beloved Professor Vahakn Dadrian. He was a source of strength to his Armenian community and we will always be appreciative and grateful for his lifelong dedication to the Armenian cause. My dear Professor Vahakn, May You Rest In Peace and Light
Vahakn Norair Dadrian (1926-2019)
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Vahakn Norair
Dadrian was born in 1926 in Turkey, to a family that lost many members
during the Armenian Genocide.[3]Dadrian first studied mathematics at the
University of Berlin, after which he decided to switch to a completely
different field, and studied philosophy[4][5] at the University of
Vienna, and later, international law at the University of Zürich. He
completed his Ph.D. in sociology at the University of Chicago.
He was
awarded an honorary doctorate degree for his research in the field of
Armenian Genocide Studies by the Armenian National Academy of Sciences,
and later, in 1998, he was made a member of the Academy and honored by
the President of Armenia, the republic’s highest cultural award, the
Khorenatzi medal. In 1999, Dadrian was awarded on behalf of the Holy See
of Cilicia the Mesrob Mashdots Medal.[6] The Harry Frank Guggenheim
Foundation sponsored him as director of a large Genocide study project,
which culminated with the publication of articles, mainly in the
Holocaust and Genocide studies magazines. He was the keynote speaker at
the centennial of the John Marshall Law School and delivered a lecture
to the British House of Commons in 1995. He also received the Ellis
Island Medal of Honor.[7]
In 1970–1991 Dadrian was a professor of sociology at State University of New York-College at Geneseo.