John Mirak

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John Mirak (

businessman who owned several car dealerships and automotive businesses in Massachusetts. He and his family are widely known for their contributions to Armenian society in both the diaspora and the republic.

He was born on March 11, 1907, in the city of Arapgir in the Ottoman Empire. He immigrated to the United States in 1920 after becoming an orphan after the Armenian genocide and married Artemis Mirak, also a genocide survivor from Arapgir.

In 1932 he established The Arlington Center Garage and Service Corporation and with the help of his sons. Then, he started

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He died on January 31, 2000, at Lahey Hitchcock Clinic in Burlington, Massachusetts, at the age of 92 of complications from a stroke.

References

• The Legacy: A Historical Perspective
• Miraks: Featured Supporters of the Armenia Tree Project
• Mirak Automotive Group