Nazaret "Chic" Cherkezian
1924-1996
Biographical Information:
Nazaret "Chic" Cherkezian joined the staff of National Educational Television (NET) in 1959 as director of public information. From 1963 to 1970, he served as executive producer for NET's News in Perspective, a co-production with The New York Times. In 1972, Cherkezian moved to Washington, DC to be director of programming for the National Public Affairs Center for Television. In this capacity, he helped broadcast the Watergate and Nixon impeachment hearings via public broadcasting. From 1974 to December 1986, Cherkezian directed the Smithsonian Institution's Office of Telecommunications before forming his own firm, Paragam Productions. While at the Smithsonian, Cherkezian won an Emmy award for the television show The Smithsonian Institution with S. Dillon Ripley, Secretary.
Nazaret "Chic" Cherkezian died on February 12, 1996.
Bibliography:
- American picture palaces videorecording / produced by Karen Loveland ; written by Michael Webb ; directed by Lee R. Bobker ; executive producer, Nazaret Cherkezian. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, c1982.
- Cherkezian, N. "Next to Brzezinski," Smithsonian 23, no. 1 (April 1992): 25.
Other Resources:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution: Office of Telecommunications - Production Records, circa 1978-1988: 4 files pertaining to Cherkezian
- Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution: Office of Telecommunications - Production Records, circa 1977 and undated: Photographs of Cherkezian
- Smithsonian Oral History Collection, Institutional History Division: Nazaret Cherkezian Interview, 1986
