Graduate Committee (c. 1958)

This photograph shows Seth Arsenian (center) seated at a table with the Springfield College graduate committee. From left to right is Hal Harlow, Emery Seymour, unidentified faculty member, Seth Arsenian, Jack Frost, Henry Paar, and Bob Markarian.Dr. Seth Arsenian was born in 1902 in Vaspurakan, the capital of the kingdom of Urartu in Armenia. He became an American citizen in 1940, after which Springfield College hired him as a psychology professor. During World War II, he took a leave of absence from to work in Washington, D.C., first with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and then with the Office of War Information, where he was in charge of propaganda for the Middle East. When he returned to Springfield College, he was hired as acting dean, director of admissions, and eventually the director of the graduate program. Arsenian was Springfield College’s first Professor of Humanics. He retired in 1969 and moved to San Diego. There is another photograph from this meeting, to see that photograph, see: This photograph shows Seth Arsenian (center) seated at a table with the Springfield College graduate committee. From left to right is Hal Harlow, Emery Seymour, unidentified faculty member, Seth Arsenian, Jack Frost, Henry Paar, and Bob Markarian. Dr. Seth Arsenian was born in 1902 in Vaspurakan, the capital of the kingdom of Urartu in Armenia. He became an American citizen in 1940, after which Springfield College hired him as a psychology professor. During World War II, he took a leave of absence from to work in Washington, D.C., first with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and then with the Office of War Information, where he was in charge of propaganda for the Middle East. When he returned to Springfield College, he was hired as acting dean, director of admissions, and eventually the director of the graduate program. Arsenian was Springfield College’s first Professor of Humanics. He retired in 1969 and moved to San Diego