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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2015

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

RECOGNIZING THE HONORABLE ARAM G. GARABEDIAN ON THE OCCASION OF

HIS 80TH BIRTHDAY

     Introduced By: Representatives Shekarchi, Lancia, Ucci, Lima, and Costantino

     Date Introduced: May 13, 2015

     Referred To: House read and passed

     WHEREAS, Aram G. Garabedian was born eighty years ago on May 13, 1935, at a time

when our country was finally turning the corner on the Great Depression. He was born and raised

in Providence, attended Hope High School, and received a Bachelor's degree from the University

of Maine. After serving our country with honor in the United States Army, he returned to Rhode

Island and set out to conquer life; and

     WHEREAS, After marrying his high school sweetheart Jane, and having two children,

Gary and Lisa, Mr. Garabedian moved to Cranston and soon became an astute and successful

businessman. He is a co-managing partner of the Warwick Mall, a real estate property manager

and developer, President of Bliss Properties, Inc., and President of One Financial Center Plaza

LLC, and a former Director of NBTY Inc., and was associated with its predecessor, Arco

Pharmaceuticals, Inc., for 20 years in a sales capacity and as an Officer; and

     WHEREAS, Equally dedicated to improving our state through civic involvement, Mr.

Garabedian served Rhode Island as a public official on both the city and state levels in myriad

capacities. Over the years he has run for office as a Republican, a Democrat, and an Independent,

and has served for six years on the Cranston School Committee, eight years in the House of

Representatives, two years in the Senate, and four years as Cranston City Council President; and

     WHEREAS, An active participant in numerous charitable and community projects, Mr.

Garabedian has donated his time and energies as a Trustee for the Armenian Assembly of

America, a Board Member of the Cranston Citizens for Responsible Zoning & Development,

President of the Cranston Land Trust, Chair of Marketing and a Board Member of the Rhode

Island Red Cross, a Board Member of the Rhode Island Holocaust Education Center, Vice Chair

and Board Member of Rhode Island Meals on Wheels. He has also assisted and sponsored many

other organizations such as the International Institute, Dorcas Place, Harmony Hill School,

Western Little League, and the Genesis Center; and

     WHEREAS, In 2012, Aram Garabedian was inducted into the Rhode Island Heritage

Hall of Fame. For his successful efforts in helping to complete the World War II Veterans

Monument in Providence, he received the RI Action Veterans Center's "Patriot Award," and his

never-give-up efforts to restore the Warwick Mall after Rhode Island's 2010 "Great Flood" helped

to assure, rebound, and rebuild both the Mall and the community; and

     WHEREAS, Mr. Garabedian's life has spanned eight glorious and rewarding decades.

During those years, he has impacted the lives of so many people with his wealth of knowledge,

his generosity and his overall exuberance for life and he is eminently worthy of our recognition

and utmost gratitude; now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island and

Providence Plantations hereby joins the family and many friends of Aram Garabedian in honoring

him on the very special occasion of his 80th Birthday. We moreover extend our wishes for his

continued happiness and good health, and all the very best that life has to offer; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to the Honorable Aram G. Garabedian.

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