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Achievements Recognized by Beverly Hills Mayor
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Dr. Abolghassem Ghaffari was given a proclamation for his 100th birthday and achievements by Beverly Hills Mayor Jimmy Delshad at the August 21st City Council meeting in City Hall. There was also a private ceremony. Ghaffari was a NASA scientist who worked on the Apollo Missions and was also a colleague of Albert Einstein's at the Institute of the Advanced Study when J. Robert Oppenheimer was the director there. For more info on Ghaffari, please go to www.ghaffaris.com and click on Dr. Abolghassem Ghaffari.
Photo 1: Beverly Hills Mayor Jimmy Delshad shaking hands with Dr. Abolghassem Ghaffari, while his daughter, Ida Ghaffari, proudly looks on
Photo 2: Dr. Abolghassem Ghaffari receives his proclamation from Beverly Hills Mayor Jimmy Delshad
Photo 3: (left to right with friends and family) Yar Meshkaty, Human Relations Commissioner of the Community Services for the City of Beverly Hills, Sasha Calbaldi, Mahmoud Ghaffari, Vida Ghaffari, Ida Ghaffari, Dr. Abolghassem Ghaffari, Beverly Hills Mayor Jimmy Delshad, Mitra Ghaffari, and Hoss 'Hossein' Hosseinzadeh
Photo credit: Faye Sadou
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Sara Sepidzadeh is an artist and journalist from Chicago, Illinois.
With a BA in Fine Arts from the University of Chicago, Sara has always been involved in the arts and literature. When in college, she ran the advertising and marketing office of the school newspaper. She has since worked as a free lance journalist and writer for two newspapers in Tehran. More recently, she has been working at ABOUT, Chicago Magazine, and PerisanMirror.
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This article was contributed by SARA SEPIDZADEH, Guest Contributor for PersianMirror.
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