Martin Hagopian, 1949

Our brothers careers have been productive, constructive, spirited, and prosaic. They displayed impressive skills, talents, and abilities They were, and we continue to be, a beautiful and lively expression of our enduring fraternal beliefs, and that underlying harmony is far-reaching in expectation for all brothers’, undergraduate and graduate. It is the core of what our fraternal founders asserted in 1848 and 1874 and 1899: to live active, commendable, and responsible lives, and to build up community. Clearly and compellingly, they added, and continue to add, positive value at the local, state, national, global, and fraternal level because they engaged life fully and responsibly. In short, they were authoritative pillars throughout life. They were-are exemplary in their citizenship, character, and their sense of dutiful responsibility, and, in many instances, they were leading voices in their career fields. They prove that success of any kind does not occur by luck or accident, and we remember them because they continue to provide that message for our time. Their spirit permeates our brotherhood, and it always will. 

We have long been, from one generation to the next, proud to be Omega Mu Fijis. We continue to cherish our fraternal friendships, our shared memories, and our evolving, forward-focused history at the University of Maine. These things, above and beyond everything else, are the underlying rooted connections that make us proud to be Omega Mu Fijis. Why, after all, should we believe otherwise? We have always exhibited a can-do fraternal spirit since 1874. And, to be sure, all present and future generations of Omega Mu Fijis will continue to do the same, with fraternal enthusiasm and commitment. As a brotherhood, we always see the path behind us and the way forward with equal clarity, and our future remains bright at 79 College Avenue because we fearlessly move forward, always guided by sound fraternal principles. Perge.

Omega Mu Portrait
Martin Hagopian,
1949

Omega Mu Years

University of Maine Athlete
​1942-1943

1942 freshmen football team

1942 freshmen basketball team

World War II

Martin Hagopian enlisted in the United States Army in 1944, and he saw action in Europe. He returned the University of Maine in 1946, and he quickly pledged Omega Mu.

1946 - 1947 Omega Mu pledges

Martin Hagopian was the recipient of the Phi Gamma Delta Buck Scholarship during the
​1946 - 1947 academic year.

Omega Mu Brother
Hosea B. Buck,
1893

1948 Christmas Party

University of Maine Athlete
​1946 - 1947

"Returning to the University in the fall of 1946, he became the fastest halfback on the football team....on the indoor track team that year and had one time of 6.2 seconds in the 60-yard dash, a state record."

"Fastest ever run in the field house"

Martin Hagopian's
Battle with tuberculosis

Ted Curtis, Omega Mu brother
"Call it guts, courage, or whatever you will, Hagopian exemplified that sort of something in all he did."

Martin Hagopian Scholarship

Dr. Martin Hagopian

Martin Hagopian earned his Ph.D. from Fordham University.

After earning his Ph.D. from Fordham, Dr. Martin Hagopian was hired as a research associate at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University.

Dr. Martin Hagopian left the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, to become a research associate professor of pathology at the New York Medical College.

Medical Research
Articles

Dr. Martin Hagopian wrote many articles for medical journals.

“What if the space be long and wide,
That parts us from our brother’s side
A soul-joined chain unites our band,
And memory links us hand in hand.”
(Phi Gamma Delta fraternity song)

Fraternally,
Chip Chapman, ’82
Perge