Harry L. Guzelimian

October 4, 1930-July 9, 2019

Harry L. Guzelimian was born on October 4, 1930 in Cairo, Egypt to Lucine and Ludere Guzelimian. He was raised in the Armenian Evangelical Congregational Protestant Church and attended the Kaloustian and Mekhitarian Armenian Elementary Schools, the Junior High Coptic Egyptian School, the American Lincoln High School followed by Freshman and Sophomore years at the American University of Cairo.

He arrived in the United States in the fall of 1952 to attend Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute(RPI) in Troy, NY, studying Engineering and majoring in Building Construction. He graduated with a BS Degree in 1955. He then attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology(MIT), on a Research Assistant Internship Program, in Cambridge, MA, majoring in Building Engineering and Construction. He graduated with an MS degree in 1958. During his college years he was active in various sports, track and field, and the theater, as well as being a member of the Armenian Students Association(ASA).

Upon graduation he worked as a structural engineer at Stone & Webster Engineering & Construction Company, in Boston, MA. In 1959 he transferred to the Kuljian Corporation in Philadelphia, PA as a structural engineer.

He met Alice Z. Gulasarian from Philadelphia, PA at an ASA party and they were married in 1960. In Philadelphia they attended the Armenian Congregational Church. They were blessed with two daughters, Nadya and Melina. In 1964, his family moved to San Diego, CA, where Harry started working as a structural engineer at General Atomic Company. There, he designed the structural skeleton of the Power Plant Building for the first prototype of a nuclear reactor, known as the HTGR, the High Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor, for the Public Service of Colorado.

In 1969, Harry changed his engineering career to real estate sales in which he sold vacant land for investment; with the vision of San Diego becoming a growing real estate market. In 1970 he received his broker's license and started his own real estate brokerage business called Solana Realty, selling residential and investment properties.

Harry was an active member of the San Diego Chapter of the Triple X Fraternity since 1977 and served as the Grand Master from 1995-1996. He was an Asbed of the Gomidas Tahlij of the San Diego Knights of Vartan since 2001 and served as "Ted" from 2001-2003.

In San Diego he attended the Solana Beach Presbyterian Church where the Pastor was Deran Yalian of Fresno, CA until St. John Garabed Armenian Apostolic Church was established, where he attended with his family.

Harry Guzelimian is survived by his two daughters, Nadya Malconian, married to Joseph Malconian, their children Michael and Sara Malconian: and Melina Ounjian, married to Charles Ounjian and their children Paul and Nicolas Ounjian, along with his two sisters Anahid Balian of Montreal, Canada and Hermine Nazarian of Loundonville, NY

Harry often said "God has been good to me and my family. We have been blessed!"