Armand S. Vartanian

Armand S. Vartanian, 30, of Los Angeles passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, January 30, 2014.
He was born in Westlake, California on March 25,1983, to Armond and Patricia J. Vartanian.

He lived his early years in Woodland Hills, before moving up the coast to Ventura where he attended St Paul's Episcopal Church & Parish Day School and graduated from St. Bonaventure High School. He attended the University of California at Santa Barbara and received his Doctoral Degree in Biochemistry/Molecular Biology in 2011. His studies focused on the structure and function of bacterial flagellar motors using both NMR and X-ray crystallography. His graduate crystallography project was done in collaboration with Jeff Abramson at UCLA, making for a smooth transition to the Abramson Lab for his post-doctoral work.

Armand was an incredibly passionate and positive individual who viewed the world with wonderment and intrigue. He truly took advantage of every moment as evident by his love of the outdoors, ski racing, cycling, shooting, and traveling. His entrepreneurial spirit and intense creativity carried into all aspects of his life including numerous recent business ventures. One should not measure Armand's life by the number of years he was with us, but rather by his numerous accomplishments and the profound impact he had on everyone around him.

Armand was endlessly curious, smart, articulate, and fun. He loved his family and his friends, and Armand will be so dearly missed. He is survived by his parents Armond Vartanian, Patricia Vartanian, brother Charles (Chase) A.Vartanian, his grandmother Mary A. LeFevre, his Aunt Yvette & Uncle Mimo Baroian, Aunt Lynnis A. LeFevre, Uncle Steven & Maggie LeFevre, Uncle Ronald & Jennifer LeFevre, his cousins Alex & Teddy Baroian, and Max, Christine & Natalie LeFevre.