Jirair Injeyan

(April 6, 1926 – August 7, 2006)

Jirair Injeyan was born in Aleppo, Syria, where he attended Haigazian Armenian Elementary School and completed his high school at the French Lycee. In 1946, he moved to Paris to further his studies. He obtained his Ph.D. in Physics at Sorbonne and his electronic engineering degree at L’ecole Superieure d’Electricite. He married Evelyne Ajamian in 1953 and moved to Canada in 1956.

Jirair was one of the founding pioneers and strong supporter of the Toronto Armenian Community. He was especially involved in Hamazkayin. He had a particular passion for literature and theatre and spent many years promoting Hamazkayin theatrical productions in various capacities as actor, producer, director, and translator of French plays into Armenian.

In Canada, while employed in General Electric’s research department in the radar communications field, he discovered formulas and codes which bear his name today.

He was a loving father to Nadia and Garo Injeyan and doting grandfather to Gassia and Garni Tatikian and Maria Injeyan. Jirair passed August 7, 2006 unexpectedly of a heart attach but is remembered and missed by all especially for his infectious laughter and sense of humour.