Margos "Mark" Keshishian

Born: Hadjin Turkey date on birth certificate April 21, 1894 which noted may be up to two years late.

Died: 1986 Washington DC

Married: Margaret Develetian Keshishian

Children:

• John Keshishian, MD

• James Mark Keshishian A.S.A.

• The Honorable Harold Mark Keshishian

Sections:

• The Hadjin Years

• The European Years

• The Washington Years

The Hadjin Years

• Hadjin Protestant school circa 1903

• Mark Keshishian and siblings

• Mark Keshishian in Pictures From 12 to 80

• Zaven’s Story by Zaven Kish

• Attended Central Turkey College, Aintab, Turkey

  • Central Turkey College, Aintab, Ottoman Empire (Later Gazi Aintab, Republic of Turkey) The school was established in 1876 by American Missionaries and was overwhelmingly Armenian.

• Trip to the US 1912 - 1913 Managed to save 400 dollars for school on this trip in just 1 year.

  • Delivery boy Wallach Brothers Store on 125th Street in New York City

  • Russell's Lunch Room and Bakery delivery boy

  • Dupont Pompton Lakes, New Jersey Cap powder worker in an Ammunition plant.

• Graduated Bardizag High School June 1913

The School Years

The European Years

• Mark Keshishian with sons John and James

• Mark Keshishian's "Save The Children Fund" Papers

• Mark and Margaret Keshishian in Ostend Belgium in 1924

Mark Keshishian with President Ford and his Majesty King Hussein of Jordan

The Washington Years

• Mark Keshishian with Lady Bird and President Johnson

• Mark Keshishian with President Ford and his Majesty King Hussein

External Link:

• A Washington Institution

• A LUNCHEON WITH MARK KESHISHIAN

• Party for Edward Peter Djerejian at Cosmos Club - The Arab Union