Women of Excellence
Mary Terzian |
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Title: | Author, Freelance Writer, Blogger, Public Speaker |
Industry: | Publishing |
Type of Organization: | Publishing |
Major Product/Service: | Writing |
Expertise: | With over 50 years experience, Ms. Terzian is responsible for writing articles which have been included in newspapers, magazines, blogs and online forums. She is currently writing books. |
Geographic Area of Distribution: | International |
Affiliations: | Writers Club Whittier |
University/Degree: | Courses, Haigazian College, Beirut, Lebanon ,1966; Comparative Literature, Columbia University, New York, 1969; B.S., Business Administration, California State University, Los Angeles, 1977 |
Born: | Cairo, Egypt |
Hobbies/Sports: | Social involvement, reading, evening news, webinars, entertaining, travel, creativity, domestic arts |
Spouse: | Ashod Tertzakian (deceased) |
Married: | 1968 |
Children: | Ani Tertzakian O’Donnell |
Work History: | Ms. Terzian originally served with United Nations agencies in 3 countries in French and English. She served as a Personnel Assistant in Alexandria, Egypt, as a Secretary to the CEO for the UN operations in Leopoldville, Congo and later as Secretary to the Spokesman for the same organization. In 1964 she moved to the World Health Organization branch in Leopoldville. She also served as an Administrative Secretary to the U.N. representative in Lome, Togo. After immigrating to the U.S. in 1967, Ms. Terzian worked for 3 years in New York before moving to Los Angeles to complete her education. She was then hired as an Internal Auditor at the Aerospace Corporation in 1982 and took early retirement after 12 years. |
Honors & Awards: | Several Awards, for speech contests from Toastmasters Inc. and the California Writers' Club; Awards for article contests, San Fernando; Plaque, from The Aerospace Retirees Club as "Newsletter Editor Extraordinaire", 2000; Scholarship from PEN USA Emerging Voices, 2001 |
Published Works: | "The Immigrants' Daughter, A Private Battle to Earn the Right to Self-Actualization," ISBN: 978-1591137733; "Politically Homeless" A Five-Year Odyssey Across Three Continents," ISBN: 978-1504913119; |
Bookstore: |
This member has the following books and/or publications listed in the Strathmore Worldwide Online Bookstore:
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Career Accomplishments: | Though active always, early retirement has brought Ms. Terzian the opportunity and freedom to work at what she loves best, writing. She continues to live an active social life in Los Angeles. Currently, she keeps memberships with two Writers' clubs, travels on important missions and enjoys creative activities. |