On November 17, 2022, a meeting was held at Judge Dickran Tevrizian’s home to draft a resolution to join the Trex Fraternity; then-Grand Master Larry Avedesian has requested this gathering to take a vote to begin the official formation of a new subordinate chapter.
The meeting was chaired by Grand Secretary Ralph Dergazarian. Present were the following active 2022 – 2023 Grand Chapter Officers: Junior Grand Master Shant Dergazarian, Grand Secretary Ralph Dergazarian, Grand Historian Boghos Patatian, and Grand Editor Steve Sahagian, who constituted four of the eight total Grand Chapter Officers present. A voting quorum was established, and the vote was unanimous to pursue the application and the creation of San Gabriel Valley Triple X Fraternity Chapter.
The Founding Fathers of the new chapter were:
- Samuel Donabedian, Sr., who was then the Los Angeles Chapter Master (2022-2023)
- Samuel Donabedian, Jr.
- Adam Donabedian
- Richard Jebejian, Past Grand Master (2021-2022)
- Hon. Dickran Tevrizian (the original founding member of the SGV Trex Chapter)
- Ralph Dergazarian, Past Master of the Los Angeles Chapter and then-current Grand Secretary (2022-2023)
- Shant Dergazarian, Past Master of the Los Angeles Chapter and then-current Junior Grand Master (2022-2023)
This group agreed to the appointment of the Inaugural Master to be Bro. Jim Terzian (Los Angeles Chapter), Hon. Michael Amerian (Los Angeles Chapter) and the addition of Bro. Steve Lazarian (San Diego Chapter) on to the Board of Directors. They are also part of the core group who started this chapter.
The chapter was formally chartered in November, 2022, and the new chapter’s first official meeting was held on Wednesday, May 10, 2023.