She was on the AGBU 's central council for eight years before succeeding her father as its president . She organized AGBU disaster relief after the 1988 Armenian earthquake . In 1962 , her parents established the Louise Manoogian Simone Foundation , which was later renamed the Manoogian Simone Foundation . In 2007 it donated $ 1.2 m to the University of Michigan 's Armenian Studies program . In 1979 Simone served a term on the Council of the Eastern U.S. Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic Church , the first woman in such a senior position . Simone and her brother Richard Manoogian contributed $ 2m in 2000 towards the construction of Saint Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral , Yerevan
1988 Armenian earthquake
1988 Armenian earthquake
Louise Manoogian Simone