But his mind would wander, looking for the next big invention. She followed him back to Easton, where they married in Colton Chapel, and after graduating in 1951, he put his engineering degree to work at Weller Electric Corp. It was during the first tour at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas that he met Bobbye Seitze Mixon. Sarkis Acopian ’51 (right) and friend in front of Markle Hall.Īfter enrolling in Lafayette, Sarkis was drafted into the U.S. During a chance encounter there, he met two American GIs who told him about a small college in Easton, Pa., with a great engineering program. The family later moved to Tehran, where Sarkis’ goal was to be an engineer. He was born and raised in Iran, the middle child of two dentists who lived in the city of Tabriz, which was home to a large population of fellow Christian Armenians. Sarkis Acopian ’51 spoke little English when he arrived at Lafayette in 1945. “That’s not how we were raised,” says Jeff. But getting them to talk about it is a different matter. Since its founding in 1957, the privately held company has sold millions of power supplies around the world.Īfter some more discussion and reflection on their milestone, Jeff grudgingly agrees that yes, there is something special about Acopian and the family of Lafayette graduates behind its success. government, which in 1971 tapped Acopian for President Nixon’s historic trip to mainland China. And perhaps there was no bigger patron than the U.S. Hollywood film production companies also have sought out Acopian as do the Oscars and Times Square New Year’s Eve ball drop. NASA came calling in 1969 for Apollo 11, which delivered the first men on the moon, and again in 1995 with specific power needs for the Hubble Space Telescope. Unassuming? Perhaps to a fault given that it’s just not in the Acopian family’s DNA to brag about a Who’s Who client list that includes Walt Disney Company, General Motors, and Boeing. Alex Karapetian ’04 (L-R), Jeff Acopian ’75, Greg Acopian ’70, and Ezra Acopian ’03 at Easton headquarters
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