Kevorkian was born in Pontiac , Michigan , on May 26 , 1928 , to Armenian immigrants . His father , Levon , was born in the village of Passen , near Erzurum , and his mother , Satenig , was born in the village of Govdun , near Sivas . His father left Armenia in the Ottoman Empire and made his way to Pontiac in 1912 , where he found work at an automobile foundry . Satenig fled the Armenian Genocide of 1915 , finding refuge with relatives in Paris , and eventually reuniting with her brother in Pontiac . Levon and Satenig met through the Armenian community in their city , where they married and began their family . The couple had a daughter , Margaret , in 1926 , followed by son Jack – and , their third and last child , Flora . Kevorkian graduated from Pontiac Central High School with honors in 1945 , at the age of 17 . In 1952 , he graduated from the University of Michigan Medical School in Ann Arbor
Armenian Genocide
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Jack Kevorkian