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...same day in 1980 that Vartan Gregorian heard on his car radio that he had not been chosen president of the University of Pennsylvania, he resigned as provost of the institution. Some speculate that he was passed over for the job because he was a history professor with few proven administrative skills, particularly in the area of fundraising...
...magazines to reading little green words on a video screen. And nobody seems eager to take on the Herculean task of transcribing into bits and bytes the vast body of knowledge already stored in printed volumes. "The book is here to stay," says New York Public Library President Vartan Gregorian, who presided over that library's computerization. "What we're doing is symbolic of the peaceful coexistence of the book and the computer...
...Vartan Gregorian rescues the New York Public Library
...today the institution is reclaiming its position as one of the world's great libraries, thanks to a new lion in its president's office. Vartan Gregorian, 50, a pudgy, bearded historian who bears more than a passing resemblance to Patience and Fortitude, came to his post as head of the system's four research and 82 branch libraries in 1981, after eight years as professor, dean and provost at the University of Pennsylvania. Born in Iran, Gregorian is an Armenian American who speaks Russian, Turkish, Persian, French and Arabic in addition to his first language, Armenian...
Last semester, Provost Vartan Gregorian created a minority advisory board, composed of faculty and students, to investigate the possibility of creating a Third World center, as well as to discuss admissions and recruitment of minority students and faculty...