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The Andrew Carnegie Foundation is a private foundation established by Andrew Carnegie in 1911 "to promote the advancement and diffusion of knowledge and understanding." In June 2026, the foundation ch
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Vartan Gregorian
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Vartan Gregorian was an Iranian-American of Armenian descent. He was an academic, educator, and historian, and he served as president of the Carnegie Corporation from 1997 to 2021.
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…groups drew on knowledge generated by grant programs and inspired follow-up grantmaking to implement their recommendations. During the presidency of Vartan Gregorian (1997–2021) -- the first president hired from outside the foundation, the corporation reviewed its management structure and grants programs. In 1998…
Vartan Gregorian and Lionel Barber
Gregorian (left) watches New York Governor Mario Cuomo sign a bill authorizing the financing of a new Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, 1988.
Gregorian and Mihran Agbabian at the American University of Armenia, 2014
Gregorian with Hamid Karzai, Hillary Clinton, and James H. Billington