PRESS RELEASE
April 27, 2009

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AUA PRESIDENT ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT

American University of Armenia President Dr. Haroutune K. Armenian announced
his retirement at the April 20 meeting of the University’s Board of
Trustees. He will continue to serve during the search for a new president.

Dr. Armenian assumed the presidency of the University in January 1997,
having previously served as Dean of AUA’s College of Health Sciences. Under
his leadership, the University achieved accreditation by the Western
Association of Schools and Colleges, focused its research activities on
local and regional issues, developed modern physical facilities encompassing
four buildings in Yerevan, recruited its first international students,
increased collaboration with local universities, and sponsored several
initiatives whose impact extends beyond the University. Two examples are
the AUA Digital Library Project, which has developed an electronic version
of Classical Armenian literature from the fifth to the end of the twentieth
century and the Turpanjian Rural Development Project, which offers
entrepreneurship training and helps develop small businesses in rural areas
of Armenia.

Judson King, Interim Chair of AUA’s Board, expressed admiration and thanks
for Armenian’s many years of excellent and energetic service and for all his
contributions to the development of the university. King stated "Haroutune
Armenian has much to be proud of as he completes his years as President of
AUA. We are all grateful for what he has done."

A native of Beirut, Dr. Armenian is a graduate of the American University of
Beirut and of Johns Hopkins University. He was Dean of the Faculty of Health
Sciences at AUB and as well as Director of the MPH Program and Professor of
Epidemiology in the School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins. He is
currently Professor-in-Residence at the UCLA School of Public Health and
Visiting Professor at the King Saud University in Riyadh.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress