Zaruhy Sara Chitjian
Zaruhy Sara Chitjian, a long-time benefactor of Armenian studies programs and devoted supporter of the Asbarez Newspaper passed away on Monday, the UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology reported.
As a longtime supporter of UCLA and the founder of the Research Program in Armenian Archaeology at the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology. Chitjian lived to see US president Joe Biden officially recognize the Armenian Genocide.
Zaruhy Sara Chitjian, was born in Mexico City in 1933 to Hampartzoum and Ovsanna Chitjian, both survivors of the Armenian Genocide who had met and married in Mexico. In 1935 her family immigrated to the United States settling in Los Angeles where Sara spent the remaining of her life. She earned her Bachelor’s degree in Psychology in 1956 from UC Los Angeles and a year later went on to earn her teaching credentials. She dedicated her life to education and spent the next 40 years teaching for the Los Angeles Unified School District.