Deukmejian to Send $100,000 From His Campaign Funds
Gov. George Deukmejian, the son of Armenian immigrants, announced Monday that he will turn over $100,000 of his campaign funds to aid earthquake victims in Soviet Armenia.
Deukmejian, who participated in a telethon Saturday night that raised an estimated $3 million for earthquake victims, said he has authorized his campaign committee to contribute $50,000 each to the Armenian General Benevolent Union and the Armenian Relief Society.
The governor disclosed the contributions during a ceremony in which he received a certificate saying that his parents’ names will be inscribed on a “Wall of Honor” at a museum being erected on New York’s Ellis Island, which once was the processing point for European immigrants. Deukmejian’s parents migrated separately to the United States from Turkish Armenia in the early 1900s.
Deukmejian, the nation’s highest-ranking elected official of Armenian descent, said he was pleased but not surprised by the outpouring of support in America for victims of the earthquake. “Americans are very, very generous,” he noted.
Sign up for Essential California
The most important California stories and recommendations in your inbox every morning.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.
