Simon Marootian
Simon Marootian (1923 - 1980) was a political activist and a Superior Court Judge of Fresno County.[1][2][3] He became the first Superior Court Judge of Fresno County of Armenian descent.[4]
Life and career
Simon Marootian served as Supreme Court Judge of Fresno county from 1975 to 1980.[4] He was also a local and statewide Democratic Party political activist. He was the chairman of the Fresno County Democratic Central Committee.[4] In 1974 he became the Co-Chairman of Edmund Pat Brown campaign to become governor of California.[4] He was also the chairman of the parish council of the St. Gregory Apostolic Church in Fowler, California.[4]
He died in 1980 at the age of fifty-seven.
References
- ^ "Simon Marootian". Ararat. 18. Armenian General Benevolent Union: 105. 1977. Retrieved 10 March 2013.
- ^ Clough, Charles W.; et al. (1900). Fresno County in the 20th century : from 1900 to the 1980s : an all new history (1st ed.). Fresno, Calif.: Panorama West Books. ISBN 9780914330974.
- ^ Armenian Assembly of America (1987). Armenians in America: celebrating the first century. Armenian Assembly of America. p. 43. Retrieved 10 March 2013.
- ^ a b c d e Kouymjian], Berge Bulbulian. [With pref. by Dickran (2001). The Fresno Armenians : history of a diaspora community (1. ed., 2. print. ed.). Sanger, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. pp. 163–164. ISBN 188499539X. Retrieved 10 March 2013.