Arm Hanzad Celebration of Life Service Set For March 18

Arm Hanzad "Celebration of Life" Service Set For March 18

A "Celebration of Life," in recognition of Armen (Arm) Hanzad, who died, Monday morning, February 26, is set for Sunday, March 18, in the Morris Dailey Auditorium on the San Jose State University campus.

The service will take place at 2:30 p.m. (PST). Luke Levers, a past president of the Spartan Foundation, will be master of ceremonies. Present and former student-athletes, faculty members, present and former San Jose State University athletics' representatives, and friends will participate in the program. Parking will be available in the campus garage on the corner of 7th and San Salvador streets.

Hanzad was 72-years-old when he passed away. The 1950 graduate of San Jose State spent his adult career as a school teacher and administrator. Hanzad taught briefly in Cupertino before joining San Jose's Alum Rock School District in 1952. For 33 years, he held administrative positions as well as principal of the school district.

Since 1985, Hanzad worked with San Jose State University student-athletes as an academic coordinator and liaison, assisting them with course selection, with their progress towards fulfilling graduation requirements and with nominations for academically-oriented athletic awards. With his assistance, San Jose State University student-athletes have received more than 50 NCAA Sixth-Year Degree Completion grants, the most of any school in the nation.

He was a lifetime member of the university's Alumni Association and served as its president in 1988; a member of the Spartan Foundation board of directors; a member of the Order of Sparta selection committee for the San Jose State University Sports Hall of Fame; and a member of the Community Advisory Council of the Education Department.

He is survived by his wife of 49 years, Pat, a 1948 San Jose State graduate.

For more information on Arm Hanzad's "Celebration of Life" service, contact Julie Stone in the San Jose State University Office of Advancement (408) 924-1472 or the Spartan Foundation at (408) 924-1219.