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Massachusetts Republican State Committeeman Bob Semonian Elected as a
Presidential Elector
Watertown: Bob Semonian of Watertown, Massachusetts, has been elected as a
Presidential elector from the state of Massachusetts. Most recently Semonian
was a delegate to the Republican National Convention held in St. Paul
Minnesota. This marks Semonian’s eighth straight election as a delegate to
the Republican National Convention. Longtime active in Republican politics
on both the state and national level, Semonian has served as State Vice
Chairman for President Ronald Reagan’s campaign in Massachusetts as well as
his state Nationalities Chairman, State Chairman for Pat Robertson for
President, State co-chairman for Bush-Quayle, State Chairman for Pat
Buchanan for President and was on Mitt Romney’s presidential steering
committee. He also has served as Deputy State Chairman of the Massachusetts
Republican Party as well as chairman of the Watertown Republican Town
Committee and was appointed to the Appalachian National Scenic Trail
Commission by then President Ronald Reagan.
Mr. Semonian graduated from the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida
with a B.B.A. in marketing. Semonian is noted for motivating six state
governors to come out with proclamations recognizing the Armenian genocide.
(The states were Idaho, Nebraska, Montana, Tennessee, Louisiana, and
Vermont.) Currently he serves as a State Committeeman of the Massachusetts
Republican Party, having been re-elected to that committee many times. He is
a member of the Board of Trustees of Mass Bay Community College in
Wellesley, Massachusetts (appointed by Governor Mitt Romney) as well as
being on the President’s Evaluation Board and is the Trustee Liaison to the
Foundation Board of the college.
Semonian is also Treasurer and a director of the Improper Bostonian Magazine
as well as a board member of the Armenian Dramatic Arts Alliance, a member
of the St. James Armenian Church in Watertown, a trustee of the Armenian
Assembly of America and a member of the Knights of Vartan (formerly
secretary and treasurer). He was selected as its Man of the Year in 2007.
Bob Semonian has been in " Who’s Who in the World," "Who’s Who in America,"
"Who’s Who in the East," "Who’s Who in Business and Finance," "Who’s Who in
American Politics," and "Who’s Who Among Armenians".