Moses Housepian

Moses Minas Housepian (Armenian: Մովսես Մինասի Հովսեփյան, 1876 – December 11, 1952) was an Armenian-American physician who escaped the Hamidian massacres in his youth and later headed a humanitarian medical mission in Russian Armenia from 1916-1918 treating refugees from the Armenian genocide.[1][2] He is credited with stopping the spread of a typhus epidemic and was known as the "Angel of Mercy" and as Dr. Purgich, Armenian for "Dr. Saviour."[3]

Dr Housepian was also active in the Armenian Democratic Liberal Party, whose chapter in New York City was posthumously named for him.[4]

His wife, Makrouhie Housepian (née Ashjian), was active in the Armenian General Benevolent Union and other Armenian causes.[5] Moses and Makrouhie Housepian were the parents of Marjorie Housepian Dobkin and Edgar Housepian.[6]

Housepian was born in Kessab, Cilicia, Ottoman Empire (now Syria) and died in New York City.

References
  1. https://mirrorspectator.com/2011/05/14/honoring-ny-area-early-writers-and-intellectuals-of-the-mirror-spectator/
  2. https://mirrorspectator.com/2010/01/16/humble-far-honoree-housepian-follows-in-parents-footsteps/
  3. Dr. M. M. Housepian: A Tribute to His Memory (pamphlet published in 1954 by the Dr. M. M. Housepian Memorial Fund Committee and printed by the Gotchnag Press in New York City), p. 6: "During the First World War, news of the deportations and massacres in Turkey led Dr. Housepian to organize a volunteer group and leave for Armenia. There he found forty thousand refugees... A typhus epidemic had created urgent need for medical care... Archbishop Tirayre of [The Armenian Church's headquarters at] Etchmiadzin has observed that Dr. Housepian's efforts were directly responsible for checking the spread of the epidemic... many of his grateful patients referred to him as "Dr. Purgitch" (Dr. Savior).
  4. https://mirrorspectator.com/2015/03/12/in-memory-of-dr-edgar-housepian
  5. https://mirrorspectator.com/2010/01/16/humble-far-honoree-housepian-follows-in-parents-footsteps/
  6. "In Memoriam: Dr. Edgar Housepian (1928-2014)". November 22, 2014.
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