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Vartan Gregorian, transformative civic leader and tireless educator, dies at 87


Vartan Gregorian, transformative civic leader and tireless educator, dies at 87
By Susan H. Greenberg The Washington Post,Updated April 16, 2021, 2 hours ago
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Vartan Gregorian in New York City in October 2020Mike Coppola/Getty Images for Aurora Humanitarian Prize
Vartan Gregorian, the Iranian-born historian and educator who transformed the New York Public Library from a broke and derelict institution into a thriving center of culture and learning and who pushed tirelessly for improving access to knowledge through his leadership of Brown University and the grantmaking Carnegie Corp., died April 15 in New York City. He was 87.
The Carnegie Corp. announced his death in a statement, which said he had been hospitalized for testing related to stomach pain. ....

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