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Vatche Manoukian
Mr. and Ms. Vatche Manoukian to be Honored at AGBU Banquet in New York
Date: 10/18/2002
Contact: David Zenian
Phone: (202) 879-6713
Fax: (202) 879-6715
Email: agbuais@pressroom.com
Armenian General Benevolent Union
New York, October 18 - From pharmaceuticals to soft drinks, from educational to religious institutions, the name of Mr.
Vatche Manoukian has become synonymous with not just philanthropy but model in active participation in building a stronger Armenia and Diaspora.
Mr. Manoukian, a Lebanese-born London resident, has given generously to more than a dozen institutions, from the Armenian General Benevolent Union to the Holy See of Etchmiadzin, the Armenian Catholicosate of the Great House of Cilicia in Antelias, to schools, churches and his ancestral homeland - Armenia.
In Armenia, Mr. Manoukian was one of the first - and few - Diaspora Armenians who invested in industry with the primary objective of creating jobs. As one Armenian diploma