California State University, Sacramento (aka Sacramento State) celebrated a milestone on May 9 as the Tsakopoulos Hellenic Collection and Hellenic Studies Program commemorated their 20th anniversary. Live music, a catered reception, speeches, and a wonderful exhibit of archival materials and rare books were on display. Members of the Greek community, faculty, students, university administration, Consul General of Greece in San Francisco Socrates Sourvinos, and donors Angelo K. and Sofia Tsakopoulos all enjoyed a memorable evening in the Donald & Beverly Gerth Special Collections and University Archives at the university library.
The Tsakopoulos Hellenic Collection was originally part of the Speros Basil Vryonis Center for the Study of Hellenism had been founded in Los Angeles in 1985 and subsequently operated in Sacramento from 1989 to 2000. Following the closure of the Vryonis Center, the library and archives were transferred to Sacramento State and renamed the Tsakopoulos Hellenic Collection. George I. Paganelis was hired at the time the collection opened in 2003 as Curator of the Collection to oversee its growth and maintenance.
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