Skip To Content
Filter search
Cal Poly Pomona
  • LIBRARY
  • ONLINE SERVICES
  • DIRECTORY
  • MAPS
  • CALENDAR
  • About Cal Poly Pomona
  • Cal Poly Pomona Overview
  • Visitor Information
  • Campus Maps & Tours
  • News
  • Events
  • Administration
  • Annual Security Report
  • Campus Safety Plan
  • Admissions
  • Undergraduate Admissions
  • Graduate Admissions
  • International Admissions
  • Continuing Education Admissions
  • Military & Veterans Admissions
  • Financial Aid & Scholarships
  • Student Accounts & Fees
  • Outreach, Recruitment, & Educational Partnerships
  • Academics
  • Colleges & Departments
  • Majors & Degrees
  • University Catalog & Academic Schedules
  • University Library
  • Research
  • Academic Resources
  • Registrar
  • Campus Life
  • Student Services
  • Student Activities
  • Recreation & Fitness
  • Health & Wellness
  • Housing & Dining
  • Diversity
  • Calendars & Events
  • Campus Safety & Emergency Info
  • Athletics
  • Visit Athletics Website
  • Alumni
  • Visit Alumni Website
  • Giving
  • Why Give
  • Ways to Give
  • Where to Give

PolyCentric University News Center

Main Menu
  • About Our University
  • Admissions
  • Academics
  • Campus Life
  • Athletics
  • Giving
  • Expand/Collapse Menu
Browse: Home / 2018 / December / In Memoriam: Varujan “Barney” Anooshian, Sr.

PolyCentric

University News Center

Menu

Skip to content
  • About
    • Submissions
    • Contact
    • Department of Strategic Communications
    • PolyCentric
  • News
    • Browse by Topic
    • View All Stories
    • In Memoriam
    • Archives
  • Achievements
  • Announcements
  • Multimedia
    • Videos
    • Photos
  • Social Media Directory
  • Events
  • For the Media

In Memoriam: Varujan “Barney” Anooshian, Sr.

Posted on December 10, 2018

Varujan “Barney” Anooshian, Sr.

Varujan “Barney” Anooshian, Sr., who taught kinesiology for nearly three decades at Cal Poly Pomona and had a scholarship established in his name, died Dec 4. He was 95.

Anooshian, pictured with his wife Delinda, founded the university’s Motor Development Clinic and has a scholarship in his name.

Anooshian, a longtime Claremont resident, began his teaching career as a professor of physical education and kinesiology at the university in 1958. While on campus, he coached tennis, baseball, football, junior varsity baseball, water polo and swimming and is a member of Cal Poly Pomona’s Athletics Hall of Fame. Anooshian served as head of the university’s physical education department in 1962. He retired in 1986.

The World War II Marine veteran founded the university’s Motor Development Clinic and has a scholarship in his name that is awarded annually to students in the Department of Kinesiology and Health Promotion.

The Fresno native earned his bachelor’s degree from San Jose State University, a master’s degree from Claremont Men’s College and a doctorate from the University of Colorado at Boulder.

His wife of 66 years, Delinda M. Anooshian, preceded him in death in 2012. Anooshian is survived by his three sons Jerry (wife Linda), Joe (wife Janet) and Var (wife Marilyn); grandchildren Michael Kelly, Tara Mazzacano, Cameron Tieslau, Ben Anooshian, and Kari Anooshian; and nine great grandchildren Lola, Lucy and Stella Tieslau; Brady, Bella, and Carter Anooshian; and Andrew, Caitlin and Madison Kelly.

The viewing will be on Wednesday, Dec. 12, from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at Todd Memorial Chapel in Claremont. Services are scheduled for 11:30 a.m. at Oak Park Cemetery, 410 Sycamore Ave., in Claremont.

In lieu of flowers, the family has requested that gifts be made to the Anooshian Motor Development endowed scholarship (U40371) to support students in the Kinesiology and Health Promotion department at Cal Poly Pomona. Gifts can be made payable to the Cal Poly Pomona Foundation and mailed to Cal Poly Pomona Development, Attention: Melissa Martinez, PO Box 3121, Pomona, CA 91769 or made securely online for the Barney Anooshian Endowment for Motor Development Clinic (U40371).

Posted in In Memoriam, News | Tags Athletics Hall of Fame, Bronco Athletics, College of Science, Department of Kinesiology and Health Promotion, kinesiology, Motor Development Clinic, scholarship, Sr., Varujan Anooshian

POPULAR

  • CLASS Dean Iris Levine

    CLASS Act: Dean Levine Sets High Bar for Herself and Others

    358 views / Posted January 11, 2021
  • Graphic with illustration of Martin Luther King Jr.

    MLK Day Celebrations Include Student-Centric Volunteer Opportunities

    212 views / Posted January 14, 2021
  • A group photo of Cal Poly Pomona’s Reading, Advising, and Mentoring Program

    RAMP Receives $2.2 Million Grant For Underrepresented Students

    56 views / Posted January 15, 2021
  • Expanded Early Exit Program Info Session

    36 views / Posted January 5, 2021
  • Travel Health Orders

    29 views / Posted January 5, 2021

Picture of the Day »

Toy Drive

Toy Drive

Cal Poly Pomona in the News »

College students reflect on their first semester experiences

Mailani Matsuno, who is taking classes from her home in Guam, interviewed about her reasons for studying from home and adjusting to the time differences between home and her classes.…

Honoring California architecture students through scholarship at the 2020 2×8 Virtual Exhibition


NMSU student research outlines problems in private immigration detention facilities


Out of work during the pandemic, Riverside woman starts charcuterie business, Mel’s Boozy Bites


10 rock stars with impressive college degrees


Tags
Athletics Hall of Fame, Bronco Athletics, College of Science, Department of Kinesiology and Health Promotion, kinesiology, Motor Development Clinic, scholarship, Sr., Varujan Anooshian
About Cal Poly Pomona Feedback Privacy Accessibility Document Readers

3801 West Temple Avenue,Pomona, CA 91768

©2018 California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

All Rights Reserved