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ConversationsWith Five AlumniBy Michele FoyerIn his maxims for success, LordBeaverbrook recommends thatone retire many times. Here arethe stories of five graduates, all morethan forty years out of law school,who have retired at least once. Somehave launched new careers, othershave found more time for old interests,and a few have had to adjust tothe loss of loved ones or otheraspects of the aging process.There are few generalizations thatcan be drawn from these interviews.Except one: the same drive thatbrings students to Stanford LawSchool impels them to continue exploringand seeking new challengesthroughout their lives.Saroyan -a helping hand forArmenian immigrants16Stanford Lawyer Fall 1983
Suren M. Saroyan '29"It's important for me to dosomething for the Armenian people;'said Suren M. Saroyan ('29), whoseparents immigrated to America in1888.Saroyan, now in "semi-retirement"at 78, cut back his San Franciscocommercial law practice fifteenyears ago to devote more time to hispersonal interests. The AmericanNational Committee to Aid HomelessArmenians (ANCHA) was highon his list.He helped found the volunteer organization,of which he is currentpresident, following World War II,when he learned that Armenianswere stranded in parts of EasternEurope in displaced persons campswithout food, medicine, or homes."We haven't had a homeland of ourown since the Ottoman and Turkishinvasions in the seventeenth century,"he explained. "Between 1890and 1916 the Turks massacred oneand-a-half-millionArmenians andbanished another three-hundredthousand. To this day they deny thisfact."Saroyan spent countless hours onANCHA affairs during a busy lawcareer that included 23 years(1939-62) as liquidation counsel forthe California state superintendentof banks. Ever mindful of the rightsof the dispossessed, Saroyan madesure that all Japanese-American depositorsreceived their checking andsavings deposits back with legal interestfrom the banks he liquidated.ANCHA, which now has offices inSan Francisco, Los Angeles andNew York, has since 1949 helpedmore than 24,500 Armenians immigrateto the United States- a complicatedprocess involving clearancesfrom the United Nations, U.S. visas,flight arrangements, transportationloans and an orientation program.Saroyan has made over 137 trips athis own expense to New York togreet and process new arrivals. "Italk to them about what to expect inthe United States," he said,"-that itis a country of laws and not people."I explain our freedoms, whichmany have never known, and the importanceof the responsibility thatgoes with that freedom."Nearly all these newcomers becomeindustrious and law-abidingAmerican citizens," said Saroyanwith pride. "Many are now factoryowners, successful shopkeepers,shoe manufacturers, jewelers,watchmakers, and even chefs-suchas the chef at the Olympic Club."Neoma, Mr. Saroyan's wife of fiftyyears, is vice-president of ANCHA,mother of their two grown daughters,and grandmother of their sevengrandchildren. She swears that herhusband has been living "ninelives" - including not only ANCHAand his law practice, but also workfor the Armenian Apostolic Churchand Community Center of San Francisco,a successful foray into balletand opera production, and activitiesin the Democratic Party as a delegateand alternate to the DemocraticNational Conventions.The Saroyans enjoy traveling andhave visited every country in Europeand the Near, Middle and Far East.Of all his endeavors, Saroyan'sdeepest interest has been helpinghomeless Armenians. "I rememberthe prejudice against my peoplewhen I was in high school," he said."The situation has improved tremendously.Today we have an Armeniangovernor."It has been a fruitful life," he said,"but too short for a person to accomplishall his dreams."Laurence Weinberg '33"I've always liked trains," saidLaurence Weinberg, referring to hispro bono work as special representativeto the Coachella Valley Associationof Government (CVAG) commissionassigned to rail transportation.Transportation is a new area forWeinberg, 73, whose career includesalmost twenty years withLoeb & Loeb in Los Angeles, wherehe specialized in entertainment law.During 1947-48, while on leave ofabsence from the firm, he organizedthe legal department at UniversalStudios.Weinberg left Loeb & Loeb in1959 to start his own practice, whichwas principally concerned with traderegulation and antitrust issues. In1960, he was named general counseland member of the board of directorsof Superscope, the national distributorof Sony tape recorders.Weinberg formally retired in 1979and moved to Rancho Mirage, wherehe is now deeply involved in probono work. "These projects bringme in contact with a lot of people andkeep me mentally active," he said."There are two special matters onwhich I am currently at work forCVAG. One is to bring railroadpassenger service from Los Angelesto the Coachella valley. The secondis to improve Highway 86, whichruns from Indio to Brawley and isknown as "the killer highway."The special transportation needsof the handicapped and elderly in theCoachella valley are another concernof Weinberg, who chairs the SunlineTransportation Study Group on theproblem.Weinberg's pro bono activitiesalso include serving as chairman ofthe Rancho Mirage Rent Commission.He hears petitions presentedFall 1983 Stanford Lawyer17
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