
Garen Yegparian
BY GAREN YEGPARIAN
I felt like a bit of an interloper at a Ferrahian school reunion when I attended Marilyn Arshagouni’s funeral last week, a sad but also uplifting occasion. It was particularly sad since her daughter-in-law’s brother whom I’d known since college had died, far too soon, just a week earlier.
I was, of course, told by her former students that I was welcome. And that’s where the uplift and importance of this woman and her generation’s work really hit home.
Marilyn was one of the first teachers at Ferrahian and earned the love and respect of her students through her firmness, knowledge, and ability to inspire (perhaps in current jargon the word to use might be “motivateâ€