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For Immediate Release ~ September 1, 2005
Contact: Sarkis Kotanjian

Flora Family Foundation Donates $15,000 to AFI
Funds to benefit the Armenian Archeological Institute

Glendale, CA – Armenia Fund Western US Region is proud to announce
the donation of $15,000 by the Flora Family Foundation to benefit
the Armenian Archeological Institution’s publications program in the
Republic of Armenia.

Upon the recommendation of Dr. Herant Katchadourian of Palo Alto,
California the Flora Family Foundation entrusted AFI with the
implementation of its project in Armenia.

“We are grateful to the Flora Family Foundation for its commitment
to preserve the work of the Armenian Archeological Institute through
the development of an efficient publications program, which will
educate our public for many years to come,” said Maria Mehranian,
chairperson of Armenia Fund Inc. in Western US Region.

The Armenian Archeological Institute is dedicated to creating public
understanding about Armenia’s rich culture past while supporting
research and study. The publications program will allow the Institute
the opportunity to publish significant finds, inform the world of
Armenia’s vast traditions and legacies as well as promote archeological
interest in the region.

Born and raised in Berkeley, California, Flora Lamson Hewlett
(1914-1977) received her bachelor’s degree in biochemistry from the
University of California in 1935 and married William R. Hewlett,
founder of Hewlett-Packard in 1939, with whom she had five children
and twelve grandchildren.

Ms. Hewlett devoted much of her time and energies to public
service. Her main philanthropic activities centered on the William
and Flora Hewlett Foundation. She was also a member of the Board
of Trustees of Stanford University; a Trustee of the San Francisco
Theological Seminary; the founder of the Flora Lamson Hewlett
Library at the Graduate Theological Union; and, an elder of the
First Presbyterian Church in Palo Alto. Ms. Hewlett served on
the Executive Committee of the World Affairs Council of Northern
California and as a director of California Tomorrow, a statewide
environmental organization.

The family of William and Flora Lamson Hewlett, for whom the
Foundation is named, established the Flora Family Foundation,
which is incorporated as a private foundation in 1998 in the State
of California. All of the Foundation’s grant making is done on a
strictly invitational basis.

For more information on the Flora Family Foundation, visit
For more information on Armenia Fund – US Western
Region, visit or call 818.243.6222.

Armenia Fund – US Western Region is a non-profit 501(c)(3) tax-exempt
corporation and an affiliate of the “Hayastan” All-Armenia Fund
(HAAF). Established in 1994 to facilitate humanitarian assistance
to Armenia and Karabakh, HAAF has administered over $120 million in
humanitarian, rehabilitation and construction aid in the Republic of
Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh through the united efforts of Armenian
communities internationally.