The Samuel Jordan Center for Persian Studies and Culture was made possible through the generosity of Dr. Fariborz Maseeh and The Massiah Foundation.
The Samuel Jordan Center for Persian Studies and Culture, established by the School of Humanities in collaboration with the Claire Trevor School of the Arts, is a center dedicated to drawing on the strengths of the entire UC Irvine campus. The Center serves as a resource for the research, instruction and celebration of Persian history and culture.
Dr. Fariborz Maseeh is the founding benefactor of the Samuel Jordan Center for Persian Studies and Culture. The Iranian-born Maseeh is a worldwide expert in micro-electro-mechanical systems, or MEMS. After earning a doctorate in engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dr. Maseeh founded IntelliSense in 1991. It was the first company of its kind for the custom design, development and manufacturing of next generation MEMS devices – tiny, computer-controlled chips used in products ranging from cardiac pacemakers to aircraft landing gear. After IntelliSense was acquired in 2000, Dr. Maseeh established the Massiah Foundation, whose mission is to make significant improvements in education, health, arts, literature and science.
Maseeh considers himself a “venture philanthropist,” applying business concepts to his philanthropy. He considers his gifts as investments and looks for causes with clear objectives and broad markets. Maseeh serves as a UCI Foundation trustee and sits on engineering advisory boards at UCI’s Henry Samueli School of Engineering, the University of Southern California and Portland State University. He has endowed several chairs in various engineering disciplines at MIT and PSU. He is chairman of the Children’s Hospital of Orange County Foundation and serves on a number of community boards, including the Boys and Girls Club of Boston.
DONORS
Alborz Conference FundKamali and AssociatesSiavosh Bozorgi Bijan Bozorgi Behrooz Broukhim Bijan Broukhim Solomon N. Forouzesh Farshid Hekmat Jamshid Hekmat Soroosh Kamyab Massoud & Soraya Kashani Janita & Iraj Khalkhali Homayoun Kianerci Bijan Mashouf Fereidoun Shahrestani Fereydoon & Violette Shalom Mina Shamsaei Mark & Mitra Vakili Mehdi Zarghamee Behrooz & Sousan Zarrabi |
Ancient Iran FundYassaman AkhavanFatemeh Akhavan Nastaran Akhavan Elahe Akhavan Mehrdad & Sholeh Amanat Khossrow & Massoumeh Diba Haleh Emrani Razi Family Foundation Fred Hosseini Carol & Hassan Izad Shahla & William O'Neill Hooshang Pak Nader Rastegar Homa & Nejat Sarshar Soofieh Tafazoli Barzagan |
Center FundsNasrin Rahimieh |
ALBORZ AUDITORIUM DONORS
$5,000 and aboveHadi AsgharzadehBahman Fakhimi Paul Makarechian Fariborz Maseeh, 76/Massiah Foundation Paul Merage Masoud Moshayedi Manouch and Sophie Moshayedi Sharmin and Bijan Mossavar-Rahmani David Nazarian Arman and Azin Rashtchi Ali Razi Parsa Rohani Bijan Sadri Malea and Reza Zafari $1,000-$4,999Anonymous .Hossein and Shahnaz Amanat Hossein Asadi Abdi Bahadorie Leila and Babak Batmanghelidj Dr. Ali Mohamed Bonakdarpour (In Memory) Houshang Esfandiar Chehabi Fariborz Ehsani Neszhat Farsad Shapour Javadizadeh Ali Javan Kamyar Kadivar Mansour Keramat Hamid Keshavarz Mahmoud Ketabi Mehrdad Mahdad M. Michael Massumi Shahram Melamed Hamid & Tina Moghadam Firouz and Pardis Momeni Mark and Samira Moshayedi Boghos Petrossian Michael Mehran Rashtchi Alex Razmjoo Mohammad Ali Nasseri Salehabadi Korous Sariri Nick and Heidi Shahrestany Soroosh and Shirin Sorooshian Ali Vatankhah Homayoun Vossoughi George and Frida Yessaie Professor Lotfi Zadeh Afshin Zand California Zoroastrian Center $500-$999Siamak Farah-BakhshianFaramarz and Mahin Meshkinpour Nick Nikka Kamran Zahedi |
Up to $500Mostafa Abdollahzadeh FahimiBahman Abedini Hamed Akhavan Bob Alavi Mauris Azizi Namdar Baghaei-Yazdi Kamran Barin Keyvan Barin Reza Bayat Caroline Beeson Behrooz Behrooznia Babak Bolourforoushan Faramarz Davati Soheil Davati Amir Taghi Dehdashty Massoud Eghtessad Amir Ekanej Farzad Esfandiari Ahmad Faramarzi Ramin Farhangi Jalil Feghhi Mehran Gangianpour Kamran Ghadimi Ali Gheissari Ferydoon Hatami Neyram Hemati Qumars Hojjatti Angeline Hung-Yun Kuh Dariush Ipaktchi Hossein Jadvar Fereydoon Jamzadeh Parham Kamali Kurosh Kamkar Kian Kaviani Hamid Kelishadi Reza Khorshidi Fereidoon Khosravi Shadrouz Kianouri Koorosh Kobari Kamran Koranloo Kooroosh Cyrus Madnia Afshin Maghame Soheil Manavi Gevork Martirosian Shahram Mehrvarzi Reza Memar Barzin Mobasher Kambiz Mobini Vladimir Moghaddasi Shahrokh Mokhtarzadeh Masoud Moradi Ramin Moshiri-Tafreshi Cyrus Mowlavi Mehrdad Negahban Nader Nemati Tooraj Nikzadeh Kamran Parvaneh Farhad Rezvani Farzad Rohani Nasser Ali Saadat Abdol Reza Saadat Ali Sadighian Alireza Sadr Jahansooz Saleh Aalam Samsavar Masoud Sarrafan Mohammad Behnam Shadmehr Kayhan Shakib Siamack Shariat Abolfazl Sirjani Feriedoon Sohrabian Ali Tajjedini Mohammad Tajjedini Bahram Tousi Shahram Tousi Behrouz Vafa Shams Vaziri Charareh Amir-Mazahe Vazirzadeh Yousef Vazirzadeh Massood Yahyazadeh Ehsan Yarshater Owrang Younessi Mark and Stephanie Zalin Mahyar Zarazvand |