Boghosian served in the U.S. Navy, during World War II.
Boghosian was then invited by Josef Albers to attend Yale University (1956-59), along with Irving Petlin, Boghosian had already received a number of accolades as well as a Fulbright Grant for Painting in Italy (1953) and in 1966, he was artist in residence at the American Academy in Rome [REF].