Hakob Karapents

He moved to the United States in 1947 in pursuit of higher education. He studied at the University of Kansas, majoring in journalism. Later he moved to New York, where he attended classes at Columbia University. Accepting an offer from the U.S. government, Karapents took a position with the Voice of America, Armenian Service, and then assumed the post of Chief of the Service which lasted for a quarter of a century (1954-1979). After retirement, he moved to Connecticut, and later settled in Watertown, Massachusetts until his untimely death in 1994. \