Death of Vahan Barooshian

[Edythe Haber]

I have been asked to forward the  obituary below.

Edythe Haber


Prof. Vahan Barooshian, 82, born in Chelsea, Mass, died on Feb. 8, 2014.

Following four years of service in the Coast Guard after High School, Vahan Barooshian attended the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, graduating with degrees in political science and Russian studies. Vahan Barooshian earned an M.A. and a Ph.D. in Slavic Languages and Literature from Brown University where he was the proud first Ph.D. student of the famed Prof. Sam Driver.   Professor Barooshian taught for 30 years in the Department of Russian Studies at Wells College in Aurora, NY, also serving as the department chair of Russian studies.  He received research fellowships from Harvard University and Cornell University, received grants to study abroad in the Soviet Union, and was a member of a number of academic committees at Wells College. He is the author of four scholarly books on Russian art and literature (Russian cubo-futurism 1910-1930, a study in avant-gardism, 1974; Brik and Mayakovsky, 1978; The Art of Liberation: Alexander A. Ivanov, 1989; V. V.Vereshchagin: Artist at War, 1993) and has published numerous scholarly articles and reviews.
        Vahan retired to Auburn, NY in 1994, where he continued to be an active reader and critic of Russian publications. He was a voracious reader of the New York Times and book review publications, and he enjoyed cooking, horse racing, playing cards, visiting with friends and entertaining faculty with his grilling talent.
He is survived by his wife Barbara of 58 years, two children, and five grandchildren.  Vahan loved and was loved by his family, many friends, colleagues, his admiring students, and his grateful Slavic colleagues in the field whom he mentored generously.

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