PRESS RELEASE
KOOMRUIAN ARMENIAN EDUCATION FUND
c/o 15915 Ventura Blvd., Penthouse 1, Encino, California 91436

June 25, 2009

The Selection Committee of the Peter and Alice Koomruian Armenian Education
Fund announces the award of scholarships in the amount of $1,000.00 each to
the following eleven students for the academic year 2009-2010:

KELEDJIAN, Amanda J.

MANACHIAN, Deana Talar

MINASYAN, Hayk

OHANIAN, Ani

SHEMMASSIAN, Aram Levon

SHEMMASSIAN, Shirag Kevork

THE PETER AND ALICE KOOMRUIAN ARMENIAN EDUCATION FUND was established in
1986 with a generous testamentary donation in the sum of $425,000.00 from
Mrs. Alice Torigian Koomruian. In the last thirteen years alone and up to
the date of this announcement, the fund has distributed $253,000.00 to 167
scholarship recipients of Armenian descent in numerous fields of study,
ranging from arts and sciences to veterinary medicine.

Applications for the academic year 2010-2011 may be obtained from the
Koomruian Armenian Education Fund, c/o 15915 Ventura Blvd., Penthouse 1,
Encino, California 91436 or Koomruian Armenian Education Fund, c/o Bank of
America Trust Services Center, PO Box 830259, Dallas, TX 75283-0259. The
deadline for filing the application is April 30, 2010.

Requests for applications must include a self addressed and stamped
envelope. Applicants must be of Armenian ancestry and enrolled as full
time students at a university or college in the USA. The award is
based on a student’s academic performance and financial need.