1.0Harvard Gazettehttps://content.news.harvard.edu/gazetteTerry Murphyhttps://content.news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/author/7bd443476b57d825harvard-edu/Memorial Minute for Roy Parviz Mottahedeh, 84 — Harvard Gazetterich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="XQ51GyfDyH"><a href="https://content.news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2025/12/roy-parviz-mottahedeh-84/">Roy Parviz Mottahedeh, 84</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://content.news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2025/12/roy-parviz-mottahedeh-84/embed/#?secret=XQ51GyfDyH" width="600" height="338" title="“Roy Parviz Mottahedeh, 84” — Harvard Gazette" data-secret="XQ51GyfDyH" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script>
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https://content.news.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/2006_Mottahedeh_Roy_004.jpg19801320At a meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on Dec. 2, 2025, the following tribute to the life and service of the late Roy Parviz Mottahedeh was spread upon the permanent records of the Faculty.