Who was the armenian american governer?
Deukmejian (pronounced /dukmaˈdʒin/) was born in Menands, New York, where he spent his childhood. His parents were ethnic Armenians born in the Ottoman Empire – his father in Aintab and his mother in Erzurum. His father was a rug merchant, while his mother worked in Montgomery Ward and later for New York State. Deukmejian graduated a B.A. in Sociology from Siena College in 1949. He then earned a Juris Doctor (J.D.) from St. John’s University in 1952. From 1953 to 1955, he served in the U.S. Army, assigned to the Judge Advocate General’s Corps. He moved to California in 1955. His sister, Mrs. Anna Ashjian, was there, and introduced him to Gloria Saatjian, whose parents were also Armenian immigrants. They married in 1957 and had three children, two daughters, born in 1964 and 1969 and one son, born in 1966. Governorship In 1982, he was elected to his first term as Governor of California, having defeated Lieutenant Governor Michael Curb, a recording company owner, in the Republican primar
