| 词条 | Yahya Armajani |
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Yahya Armajani (November 3, 1908 – December 28, 1991) was a professor of history and soccer coach at Macalester College. Among his students were Kofi Annan and Walter Mondale. He was born in Siyahkal, Iran and raised as a Muslim in a peasant family in Rasht, Iran. He received an A.B. from the College of Emporia in 1930 and graduated from the Princeton Seminary in 1933, having been recruited to Princeton by Henry Bucher during the latter's family mission in Iran. He then received a M.A. (1933) and Ph.D. (1939) in Islamic history at Princeton.[1] He worked at the Alborz College in Iran during three periods (1927–29, 1933–37, 1939–40). Then he worked for the Presbyterian Church in 1940-42 before becoming a liaison officer for the American Army Persian Gulf Command. In 1944-45 he worked for the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions (BFM) in the U.S.[2] Career at Macalester CollegeArmajani taught history at Macalester from 1946 to 1974, including head of the department during the last 15 years of his tenure. He was the James Wallace Professor of History. The College's published obituary stated, "A distinguished historian who remained devoted to his native Iran during three decades at Macalester, Yahya Armajani strengthened and personified the college's international outlook."[3] The Yahya Armajani Endowed Prize is a cash prize awarded annually to an international student in history at Macalester College.[4] He started the soccer team at Macalester in 1958[5] and was its coach through 1965.[6] Kofi Annan played on his team in 1961[7] He was an advisor to students in the Student Project for Amity Among Nations (SPAN) program.[8] Awards
Personal lifeArmajani married the daughter of a Presbyterian missionary named Ruth in 1939. They had two children, Babak and Nurene, and retired in Rancho Bernardo, California. Siah Armajani is a nephew. Dr. Armajani spent his time teaching history of the Middle East and Iran between 1983-1985 in San Diego to the group of Iranian scholars which had been recorded by professor Hossain Ronaghy of the University of California, San Diego. Publications
References1. ^{{cite journal|journal=Macalester Today|date=May 1992|page=32}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Armajani, Yahya}}2. ^{{cite journal|last1=Zirinsky|first1=Michael|title=A Panacea for the Ills of the Country: American Presbyterian Education in Interwar Iran|journal=American Presbyterians|date=1994|volume=72|issue=FALL 1994|pages=187–201}} 3. ^{{cite journal|journal=Macalester Today|date=May 1992|page=32}} 4. ^{{cite web|title=Macalester College History Department|url=http://www.macalester.edu/academics/history/studentopportunities/prizesawards/}} 5. ^{{cite journal|journal=The Mac Weekly|date=9 May 1958}} 6. ^{{cite journal|journal=Mac Weekly|date=23 September 1966}} 7. ^{{cite journal|title=Macalester's Own|journal=Macalester Today|issue=Summer 2006|page=22}} 8. ^{{cite web|title=AUBulletin Online|url=http://staff.aub.edu.lb/~webbultn/v4n8/05.html}} 9. ^{{cite journal|journal=Macalester Today|date=May 1992|page=32}} 8 : 1908 births|1991 deaths|College of Emporia alumni|Princeton Theological Seminary alumni|Macalester College faculty|People from Rasht|People from Rancho Bernardo, San Diego|Iranian emigrants to the United States |
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