Being a Silicon Valley electrical engineer and pioneer entrepreneur in the field of IT technology is his day job, but Kelechian is most passionate about his independent investigative research. He finds untold stories of courage and service to humanity that became the catalyst for the survival of hundreds of thousands of Armenian victims. His most recent discoveries include the locations of three orphanages in Lebanon: The Orphanage of Antoura where, between 1915 and 1918, approximately 2000 orphans were being Turkified by Jemal Pasha and Halide Edib Adivar, Bird’s Nest in Sidon and an orphanage in Ghazir where, in 1925 the “In Golden Rule Gratitude” special rug was woven by the orphan girls and sent to the U.S. President, Calvin Coolidge.
Missak’s research findings contributed to the Emmy Award nominated documentary, “Orphans of the Genocide”, directed by Bared Maronian. Kelechian’s investigative work on the assistance and unprecedented aid to the Armenian survivors by the Near East Relief remains his most valuable work.
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