Sarkes Tarzian

Sarkes Tarzian
Born(1900-10-05)October 5, 1900
Harpoot, Elazığ Province, Ottoman Empire
DiedOctober 7, 1987(1987-10-07) (aged 87)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of Pennsylvania
SpouseMary Mangigian

Sarkes Tarzian[1] (October 5, 1900 – October 7, 1987) was an Ottoman-born American engineer, inventor, and broadcaster. He was ethnic Armenian born in the Ottoman Empire. He and his family immigrated to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States in 1907, following their persecution by Ottoman Turks.[2] "His father escaped to America from the Turkish massacres of Armenians, and got a job as a weaver." In 1918, he was the top high school graduate in the city of Philadelphia, earning him a four-year, all-expenses-paid college scholarship to the University of Pennsylvania[3] where he received an undergraduate degree in 1924 and a graduate degree in 1927. Tarzian worked for the Atwater Kent company and then for RCA in Bloomington, Indiana.

  1. ^ "Sarkes Tarzian Obituary". Indiana Broadcast Pioneers. Retrieved 2018-10-24.
  2. ^ "Couple Have Hobby Giving Scholarships". The Ledger (Lakeland, Florida). 1974-07-10. p. 2D.
  3. ^ Sklarewitz, Norman (June 1955). "Sarkes Tarzian". The Rotarian. pp. 19–20.