Damadian built the world’s first magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine and performed the first full-body scan in 1977, after he discovered that tumors and normal tissue emit response signals that differ in wavelength.
“I thought if we could do on a human what we just did in that test tube, maybe we could build a scanner that would go over the body to hunt down cancer. It was kind of preposterous,” Damadian admitted, “but I had hope.”
Read MoreHow does someone go from dishwasher to restauranteur to helping the American soldier? You begin with an immigrant who celebrates his birthday on the day he first saw the Statue of Liberty after fighting in his home country against the government which was trying to rid the world of his countrymen – the Armenians. He was imprisoned, worked in orphanages and eventually landed in the United States.
Read MoreYousuf Karsh (1908-2002) was an Armenian-Canadian master photographer. He photographed most of the very important people of the 20th century. How does a man from a small town in the Ottoman Empire meet and photograph the great figures of the last century?
Read MoreDr. Jane Mahakian is a gerontologist who has worked and advocated for adults with mental deterioration caused by Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias for over 30 years in San Francisco, California. She founded “Aging Matters” in 1998 to help those patients and their families by providing personalized care management and counseling.
Read MoreDr. Hampar Kelikian, Orthopedic Surgeon Emeritus, still performed as many as 10 operations a week at the age of 80. He was featured in People Magazine in September 1979 which emphasized the compassion he showed for his patients and his pioneering methods to improve surgeries which dealt with deformities of the foot and hand.
Read MoreEmik Alexander Avakian, the Armenian Stephen Hawking.
To Emik Alexander Avakian communication was the most important thing in the world and he spent his life brilliantly and laboriously solving problems in the field. He did this under an enormous handicap for his own personal communications were always disrupted. His nerves communicated incorrectly with his muscles.
Read MoreHow does $900 start an empire and generation of philanthropy?
Stephen Mugar, entrepreneur, innovative businessman and philanthropist founded the Star Market chain of grocery stores in the greater Boston area. He immigrated with his parents, Sarkis and Vosgitel, and his sisters from Kharpert in the Ottoman Empire (Turkey today) in 1906.
Read MoreWhen deciding on the first person to write about for Remarkable Armenians, it needed to be not only a “remarkable Armenian” but a person who spoke for Armenians around the world. That is why William Saroyan is the first choice for Remarkable Armenians.
Read MoreA blog to highlight Armenians that have led a truly remarkable life. From celebrities to inventors to others that have made a remarkable impact and have an amazing story.
Read MoreI’m Charlene Apigian a former music and social studies teacher and former host of HARC – The Heritage of Armenian Culture radio program. I have an innate curiosity about people who accomplish remarkable and extraordinary things in their lives, especially Armenians perhaps because there are so few of us…
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