Dr. Hagop Martin Deranian is the author of numerous books inlcuding Miracle Man of the Western Front and Worcester in America: The Story of Worcester’s Armenians. He also authored the translation of his father’s memoir Hussenig: The Origin, History and Destruction of an Armenian Town. His mother was a survivor of the Armenian Genocide, having lost six children her first husband and parents. She was assisted in reaching safety in Aleppo by Dr. Jacob Kunzler. Inspired by Kunzler’s selflessness, Dr. Deranian wrote President Calvin Coolidge and the Armenian Orphan Rug, a book that tells the story of the Near East Relief orphans whose work would end up in The White House. Dr. Deranian is a graduate of Clark University and the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine.
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