CRD Support Committee
Members
| Anahid Yeremian anahid@slac.stanford.edu  Anahid Yeremian on her way down from the Cosmic Ray Division stations on Mt. Aragats in Armenia in September, 1999 |
Anahid is a particle accelerator physicist at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) in Stanford, California. She designs, builds and commissions particle accelerators in the US, Japan, Germany and Switzerland. Her interest in helping to promote Armenian Science was aroused in 1999 when she visited Armenia for the first time in 31 years. The expertise of the CRD scientific staff, their dedication to conduct high quality science in Armenia despite the difficult financial conditions, and the visionary approach of the head of the Cosmic Ray Division, Prof. Ashot Chilingarian, inspire her commitment to the CRD in Armenia. |
| Joe Dagdigian has degrees in electronic and computer
engineering from the University of Massachusetts, Lowell. He has held
a number of engineering positions at electronic and data communication
companies in northern Massachusetts. He is married with one daughter.
Since his college days, Joe has been active in Armenian community affairs. Shortly after finishing college, he spent a year at the Palanjian Jemaran in Beirut learning Armenian and studying the Middle East. He is interested in science and Armenian history, geography, archeology and ethnography. He has traveled to western Armenia and a number of times has visited the Republic of Armenia and Karabagh. During his visit to Armenia in 1999, he
met Prof. Ashot Chilingarian and some of the staff at the Cosmic
Ray Division (CRD). Both he and his wife Lisa were so impressed
by the dedication of the staff and work being conducted under such
difficult, if not impossible, conditions that they decided it was
imperative to assist the CRD in the important work it is doing for
science and for Armenia's future. |
| Tanya Avakian grew up in Bangor, Maine, and attended the University of Maine and Boston University, where she earned degrees in history and comparative religion. She received a Master's in library science at the University of Oklahoma and has worked as a librarian for M.I.T., Hanscom Air Force Base, and the Nantucket Maria Mitchell Association. She lives in Delaware and is married with two stepdaughters. Tanya's longstanding interest in Armenian affairs found a compelling mission when she attended a lecture by Ashot Chilingarian and Anahid Yeremian in 2000, and she has been closely involved with the CRD Support Committee ever since. |
| Avo is a student attending the University of Massachusetts, Lowell. He is studying English and History. During his free time he enjoys working on his computer to design web pages. He has been the web site manager for the Support Committee for Armenia's Cosmic Ray Division since January 2001. Avo also plays the drums in a local rock band. Avo, is active in the Armenian community and the St. Gregory Church in Merrimack Valley, MA. He is the web designer and manager of the St. Gregory church and the Support Committee for Armenia's Cosmic Ray Division web sites. |
| California Chapter of the
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| Michigan Chapter of the
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| SCACRD Advisors (not pictured) |