Simon Marootian Explained

Simon Marootian (1923 - 1980) was a political activist and a Superior Court Judge of Fresno County.^{[1] [2] [3]} He became the first Superior Court Judge of Fresno County of Armenian descent.^[4]

Life and career

Simon Marootian served as Supreme Court Judge of Fresno county from 1975 to 1980. He was also a local and statewide Democratic Party political activist. He was the chairman of the Fresno County Democratic Central Committee. In 1974 he became the Co-Chairman of Edmund Pat Brown campaign to become governor of California. He was also the chairman of the parish council of the St. Gregory Apostolic Church in Fowler, California.

He died in 1980 at the age of fifty-seven.

Notes and References

1. Simon Marootian. Ararat. 1977. 18. 105. 10 March 2013. Armenian General Benevolent Union.
2. Book: Clough, Charles W.. Fresno County in the 20th century : from 1900 to the 1980s : an all new history. 1900. Panorama West Books. Fresno, Calif.. 9780914330974. 1st. etal. registration.
3. Book: Armenians in America: celebrating the first century. 1987. Armenian Assembly of America. 43. Armenian Assembly of America. 9780925428028 . 10 March 2013.
4. Book: Kouymjian], Berge Bulbulian. [With pref. by Dickran|title=The Fresno Armenians : history of a diaspora community|year=2001|publisher=Word Dancer Press|location=Sanger, Calif.|isbn=188499539X|pages=163–164|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mRV2AAAAMAAJ|edition=1. ed., 2. print.|accessdate=10 March 2013.