Seabury-Western Seminary Dean Dies
Diocesan Press Service. January 14, 1974 [74008]
EVANSTON, Ill. -- The Very Rev. Armen D. Jorjorian, dean of Seabury-Western Theological Seminary here, died January 1 at his home of a heart attack at the age of 54.
Prior to coming to the seminary in September, 1972, Dean Jorjorian was chaplain and director of Pastoral Care and Education, St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Texas Children's Hospital, and the Texas Heart Institute, Houston, Tex. At the Houston medical complex he was responsible for the training of more than 250 seminarians in the intern program and more than 100 clergymen and women church workers were certified to perform specialty ministries through participation in his advanced programs for clinical training.
A native of Chicago, Dean Jorjorian received his B. A. degree at Northwestern University and his B. D. degree, cum laude, from Seabury-Western Seminary. His seminary awarded him the honorary D. D. degree in 1971. He was the first alumnus of Seabury-Western to become its dean.
He was senior chaplain and supervisor at both the New York City Penitentiary at Riker's Island and the Bellevue Hospital Center in New York City.
Dean Jorjorian is survived by his wife and four children.