Peter Sarmanian

Citation

(2002), "Peter Sarmanian", Circuit World, Vol. 28 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/cw.2002.21728aaf.002

Peter Sarmanian

Peter Sarmanian

Keywords: Obituary

Peter Sarmanian (Plate 1), 67, of Winchester and North Falmouth, Massachusetts, Chairman of Printed Circuit Corporation, passed away 11 July 2001 from cancer. After serving four years in the US Marine Corps, he entered Northeastern University, graduating in 1961 with a BA in business administration. At that time, he co-founded Printed Circuit Corporation, and spent his entire career in the printed circuit board industry.

Plate 1 Peter Sarmanian

Over the past 30 years, his desire to make a difference put Mr Sarmanian at the forefront of many industrial, cultural and educational organizations. His philosophy was: "You get what you put into it. If you get involved, you gain from it".

As one of the original entrepreneurs in the circuit board industry, he was active in its world-wide electronics trade association, the IPC, since 1964. Mr Sarmanian participated on many committees, and served on the board of directors and as chairman. In April 2000, he was awarded the IPC's "Ray Pritchard Hall of Fame Award". He was a founding member of ITRI, the research and development association for the printed circuit board industry.

His involvement with Northeastern University was extensive, serving on the National Council including a term as Chairman of the Council, as a member of Northeastern's Corporation, the Frank Palmer Speare Society, the Huntington Society, and the University's Cooperative Education Program. Thanks to the generous support of Peter Sarmanian, the College will establish the Peter and Agnes Sarmanian Professorship in Entrepreneurial Studies. Specifically, the Sarmanian Professor will provide leadership in curriculum development, will work closely with the entrepreneurial community to establish co-op jobs and recruit mentors, and assist both students and graduates in identifying financing sources and other critical resources. Additionally, the Sarmanian Professor will conduct and publish research in entrepreneurship and recruit both academic and practitioner faculty for the entrepreneurship area. Mr Sarmanian was recognized for his entrepreneurial accomplishments in May 1999, when he was inducted into the Academy of Distinction for Northeastern's Center for Technology Management and Entrepreneurship.

Up till recently Mr Sarmanian served as a director of the Mass High Tech Council, the Boston Lyric Opera, and as an overseer of the Armenian Assembly. Over the years, he participated on the President's Council at Bentley College, served as an overseer of the Museum of Science, and participated on various committees for the Boston Symphony Orchestra. He was active in the St James Armenian Apostolic Church in Watertown, chairing fund-raising drives and serving on the parish council.

Operatic and symphonic music was always heard in his homes, but photography was his passion, and his cameras were always by his side. He was a gourmet cook, and family, friends and employees enjoyed his excellent cooking. He traveled extensively, but always said that his summers in North Falmouth surpassed anywhere else in the world. He was a member of Willowbend Country Club in Mashpee, Massachusetts, where he enjoyed many summers trying to improve his newest interest in golf.

His family was of the utmost importance in his life, and he is survived by his wife Agnes, his daughters, Leslie and Elyse, his son Gregory and daughter-in-law, Claire. He was blessed to have enjoyed his five grandchildren, Alexa, Peter and Gregory Sarmanian, and Evan and Sloane Sarmanian-Kafka.

A wake was held at the St James Armenian Apostolic Church, 465 Mt Auburn Street in Watertown, Massachusetts on Friday, 13 July 2001. The funeral mass was also at the St James Church. The family requests that in lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be sent to the Dana Farber Cancer Institute's Jimmy Fund, 1309 Beacon Street, Brookline, MA 02446 or the Boston Lyric Opera, 45 Franklin Street, Boston, MA 02110.