Berge Bulbulian (November 10, 1925 – January 26, 2017)
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descent. Born in

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, he grew up in the Del Ray area in a farm. He served in the Navy of the United States during

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. After attending

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, Bulbulian studied at

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, from where he graduated in 1950 with a B.A. in philosophy. During the 1970s he was president of a local Fresno grassroots group National Land for People (1974), formerly the Western Water Resources Council.''California farmer'' Volume 246, Nos 13-21 - Page 13 1977 "Among members of the task force are two farmers; Richard Rominger, state secretary of food and agriculture; Berge Bulbulian, president of the National Land for People (NLP); Curt Lynn, extension director for Tulare county; Rose Ann Vuich, ..." s In 1990 he became an editorial writer for ''

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'' and started work on ''The Fresno Armenians: History of a Diaspora Community'' (2000). a book written by him and published in November 2001 by the California State University, Fresno Press. This book is considered an important scholarly research on the Fresno Armenian community.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bulbulian, Berge 1925 births 2017 deaths Mexican emigrants to the United States American writers of Armenian descent Mexican people of Armenian descent Ethnic Armenian historians University of California, Los Angeles alumni Writers from Fresno, California