September 19, 2005

PRESS RELEASE
American University of Armenia Corporation
300 Lakeside Drive, 5th Floor
Oakland, CA 94612

Bruce Janigian appointed Vice President for Development and Government
Relations of AUA

Oakland, CA – The Board of Trustees of the American University of Armenia
Corporation (AUAC) approved the appointment of Bruce Janigian, Esq. A.B.,
J.D., LL.M., as Vice President for Development and Government Relations of
the University.

Bruce Janigian is a member of the Public International Law and Policy Group,
and leads the US delegation in the European Academy of Sciences and Arts.
His international appointments have included the vice presidency and
directorship of the Salzburg Seminar, Fulbright and visiting professorships
in international law, attorney adviser for the US Agency for International
Development, and legal counsel for the US Navy. His California appointments
have included chairman of the California Agricultural Labor Relations Board,
and deputy director and general counsel of the California Employment
Development Department. He has been a scholar at the Hoover Institution on
War, Revolution and Peace and has taught public and private international
law in the US and overseas for the past 30 years. He is a Phi Beta Kappa
graduate of UC Berkeley’s honors program in International Relations, and
holds law degrees from the University of California and the George
Washington University.

AUA is confident that Bruce Janigian will contribute immensely to the
development and prosperity of the university, and will help lead the
institution into new direction bringing AUA to a new level of
professionalism.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress