Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives
Mehdi Heravi Seminar Room Collection
UUS_15:36
10 linear feet
1906-2024
The Mehdi Heravi Seminar Room Collection includes photographs, plaques, awards, books, and other memorabilia collected by Heravi.
English
, Latin
, Persian
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The Mehdi Heravi Seminar Room Collection documents Heravi's education endeavors, his extensive career as an academic and philanthropist, and his numerous friendships with high-ranking officials and politicians. This collection includes photographs, plaques, awards, books, and other memorabilia collected by Heravi.
The Mehdi Heravi Seminar Room Collection is on permanent display in Room 208 at the Merrill-Cazier Library. Utah State University Libraries honors and recognizes the generous support and outstanding commitment of Dr. Mehdi Heravi to Utah State University and the University Libraries.
Collection on permanent display in Room 208 at the Merrill-Cazier Library.
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.
Permission to publish material from the Mehdi Heravi Seminar Room Collection must be obtained from the University Archivist and/or the Special Collections Department Head.
Initial Citation: Mehdi Heravi Seminar Room Collection UUS_15:36. Special Collections and Archives. Utah State University Merrill-Cazier Library. Logan, Utah.
Following Citations:UUS_15:36, USUSCA.
This collection is arranged by wall location and as items appear from left to right.
These materials were donated to USU Special Collections and Archives by Mehdi Heravi.
Mehdi Heravi photograph and memorabilia collection, UUS_P0735
Mehdi Heravi Global Teaching and Learning Center records, UUS_14.6/13-1
Heravi Peace Institute records, UUS_14.6/13-2
Dr. Mehdi Heravi was born in Tehran, Iran. As a child, he attended an English boarding school. He moved to Logan, Utah, for high school and remained in Logan for his undergraduate degree at USU. He received his Ph.D. from the American University School of International Service. After teaching at Tennessee Technological University for six years, he returned to Iran, where he was the Vice President at the National University of Iran.
After retirement, Mehdi began work in philanthropy, giving support to academic programs and charities, including an orphanage in Iran and Cerebral Palsy research. At USU, he has funded numerous scholarships, including an endowed fellowship opportunity for students working in the Special Collections and Archives. Heravi has also funded the A. A. Heravi Atrium and the Mehdi Heravi Faculty Seminar Room in the Merrill-Cazier Library. Most recently, he funded the construction of a new building on campus, the Mehdi Heravi Global Teaching and Learning Center. In addition to his philanthropic endeavors, Heravi has also received numerous accolades over the years, including the 2015 American University Alumnus of the Year and an honorary degree from USU in 2019.
Multiculturalism
USU--Iran relations.
Language and Languages
College and Universities
Merrill-Cazier Library Room 208
All items are on permanent display
North Wall
Items are located on cabinet shelves, cabinet numbers are ordered top left to bottom right
The Israel lobby and U.S. foreign Policy by John J. Mearsheimer and Stephen M. Walt
2007
1
The terror network : the secret war of international terrorism by Claire Sterling
1981
1
The secret history of World War II : the ultra-secret wartime cables and letters of Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin by Konecky and Konecky
2008
1
The Word is flat : a brief history of the twenty-first century by Thomas L. Friedman
2006
1
Updated and Expanded Edition
Flight into darkness : a political biography of Shapour Bakhtiar by Hamid Shokat," translated from the Persian by M.R. Ghanoonparvar"
2019
1
Fire and fury: inside the Trump White House by Michael Wolf
2018
1
Includes note written inside to Heravi
The years of Lyndon Johnson by Robert A. Caro
2012
1
Other Title: The Passage of power
Pictorial history of American Presidents by John Durant and Alice K Durant
1955
1
American presidents and the Middle East by George Lenczowski
1990
1
Legacy of ashes: the history of the CIA by Tim Weiner
2007
1
American political dynasties from Adams to Kennedy by Stephen Hess
1966
1
Lost enlightenment : Central Asia's golden age from Arab conquest to Tamerlane by S. Frederick Starr
2013
1
Includes a note written to Heravi from the author
The politics of truth : inside the lies that led to war and betrayed my wife's CIA identity : a diplomat's memoir by Joseph C. Wilson
2004
1
The eagle and the lion : the tragedy of American-Iranian relations by James A. Bill
1988
2
The long shadow : culture and politics in the Middle East by Daniel Pipes
1989
2
All fall down : America's tragic encounter with Iran by Gary Sick
1985
2
Iran in the service of world peace by Zaven N. Davidaian
1971
2
Includes "On the occasion of the 2500th anniversary celebration of the founding of the Iranian empire." listed on the front cover
Winds of change : the future of democracy in Iran by Reza Pahlavi
2002
2
Signed copy
Rise and kill first : the secret history of Israel's targeted assassinations by Ronen Bergma; translated by Ronnie Hope
2018
2
Honeymoon in Tehran : two years of love and danger in Iran by Azadeh Moaveni
2009
2
20th century journey : a memoir of a life and the times by William L. Shirer
1976
2
The art of interpretative speech; principles and practices of effective reading by Charles H. Woolbert and Serverina E. Nelson
1956
2
Fourth edition
Sumner Welles : FDR's global strategist : a biography by Benjamin Welles
1977
2
Revolutions and military rule in the Middle East : the northern tier by George M. Haddad (Jūrj Marʻī Ḥaddād)
1965
2
The last shah : America, Iran, and the fall of the Pahlavi dynasty by Ray Takeyh
2021
2
The second world war by Winston S. Churchill
1948
2
First page embossed with "Abbass N. Malageri"
Iran, past and present by Donald N. Wilber
1975
2
Seventh edition
Ākharin safar-i Shāh : sarnivisht-i yak muttaḥid-i Amrīkā by William Shawcross
1988
2
Translation of: The Shah's last ride.
Palestine : peace not apartheid by Jimmy Carter
2006
2
A study of history by Arnold Toynbee and Jane Caplan
1972
3
Includes two notes written inside likely from Abbass N. Malageri
A time to betray : the astonishing double life of a CIA agent inside the Revolutionary Guards of Iran by Reza Kahlili and Richard Allen
2010
3
Talleyrand : A biographical Study by Joseph McCabe
1906
3
Iran: emergence of a Middle Eastern power by Firouz Bahrampour
1970
3
Iran in the 1970's; opportunities in a dynamic developing economy by Iran Chamber of Commerce
1971
3
Iran and the rise of Reza Shah : from Qajar collapse to Pahlavi rule by Cyrus Ghani (Sīrūs. Ghanī)
1998
4
Signed copy
All the Shah's men : an American coup and the roots of Middle East terror by Stephen Kinzer
2003
4
America held hostage : the secret negotiations by Pierre Salinger
1981
4
Debacle, the American failure in Iran by Michael Ledeen and William Lewis
1981
4
The mantle of the prophet : religion and politics in Iran by Roy P. Mottahedeh
1985
4
The Great October Socialist Revolution and the national-liberation movement of the peoples of Asia, Africa and Latin America by Y. M. Zhukov
1977
4
Persian kingship in transition; conversations with a monarch whose office is traditional and whose goal is modernization by E. A. Bayne
1968
4
The fall of the Shah by Fereydoun Hoveyda and translated by Roger Liddell
1979
4
Iran: emergence of a Middle Eastern power by Firouz Bahrampour
1970
4
Iran: the impact of United States interests and policies, 1941-1954 by Michael Kahl Sheehan
1968
4
Labor unions and autocracy in Iran by Habib Ladjevardi
1985
4
Includes a letter/note tucked inside the book written in English and Persian
The strangling of Persia : a story of the European diplomacy and oriental intrigue that resulted in the denationalization of twelve million Mohammedans, a personal narrative by W. Morgan Shuster
1912
4
Inside embossed with "Presentation Copy"
The strangling of Persia : a story of the European diplomacy and oriental intrigue that resulted in the denationalization of twelve million Mohammedans, a personal narrative by W. Morgan Shuster
probably 1913
4
Diplomatic history of Persia, 1917-1923 : Anglo-Russian power politics in Iran by Nasrollah Saifpour Fatemi
1952
4
Atomic Iran : how the terrorist regime bought the bomb and American politicians by Jerome R. Corsi and Craig R. Smith
2005
4
Witness : from the Shah to the secret arms deal : an insider's account of U.S. involvement in Iran by Mansur Rafizadeh
1987
4
The spirit of Allah : Khomeini and the Islamic revolution by Amir Taheri
1985
4
Musaddiq, Iranian nationalism, and oil by James A. Bill and WM. Roger Louis
1988
4
Framed image of Merril-Cazier Library's east entrance
undated
5
About 9 x 11 inches
Porcelain jar with Chinese characters
undated
5
About 8 inches tall
Framed image of Heravi and Admiral James G. Stavridis, senior military analyst at CNN and 16th Supreme Allied Commander of NATO
undated
6
Wall plaque awarded to Heravi in recognition of his support given to Utah State University's Political Science department and College of Humanities and Social Sciences
undated
6
Framed photograph of Heravi and classmates
probably 1953 Summer
7
Includes 11 primary to secondary school age children likely taken at the UK boarding school Heravi attended in the yearly 1950s, 8 by 6 inches or About 11 by 10 with frame
2015 American University School of International Service Alumnus of the Year award
2015 November 2
7
Presented by Dean James M. Goldgeier, globe is not attached to award, please handle with care
Framed image of Heravi and Vivek H. Murthy, 21st Surgeon General of the United States
undated
8
About 9 x 11 inches
American University School of International Service, Dean's Board of Advisors Appreciation award
undated
8
Awarded to Heravi in recognition as the longest serving board member and first to achieve Emeritus status on the board.
About 5 x 3 x 2 inches.
Framed image of Heravi and General Mark A. Milley, 20th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
undated
9
About 9 x 11 inches
Framed image and letter of former United States President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush
undated
9
About 9 x 11 inches
Framed photograph of Old Main and signed card
undated
10
Likely corresponds to the Old Main Society award, About 13 by 15 inches
The Old Main Society award
undated
10
In shape of Old Main and About 10 inches tall
Utah State University Buzzer 60'
1960
11
Utah State University Buzzer 61'
1961
11
Utah State University Buzzer 62'
1962
11
Utah State University Buzzer 63'
1963
11
Utah State University Buzzer 64'
1964
11
Utah State University Buzzer 65'
1965
11
Framed image of Heravi with Anne Korbel Albright, Judge, Appellate Court of Maryland, and Alice Patterson Albright CEO of the Millennium Challenge Corporation; daughters of Madeline Albright, former U.S. Secretary of State
undated
11
About 9 x 11 inches
Framed photograph of Heravi, classmates, and teachers
probably 1953 Summer
12
Includes roughly 60 primary to secondary school age children and teachers, likely taken at the UK boarding school Heravi attended in the yearly 1950s, 12 x 5 inches or 15 x 8 inches with frame
Wall plaque awarded to Heravi in recognition for contribution to the College of Humanities and Social Sciences Dean's development board and support of students, faculty, and the dean.
2016 April
13
Presented by Dean John C. Allen
Framed photograph of Old Main and Cache Valley
undated
13
About 5 x 9 inches or 9 x 11 inches with frame
Framed image of Heravi with Ted Leonsis, Founder, Chairman and CEO of Monumental Sports and Entertainment
undated
14
About 9 x 11 inches
Signed framed image of former USU president Elizabeth Cantwell
undated
14
About 9 x 11 inches
Framed tryptic of images of USU campus buildings
undated
15
About 13 x 5 inches
Framed photo of Heravi and USU President Brad L. Mortensen
15
Includes a note written on the photo from Brad.
Red and metallic ceramic pitcher vase
probably 1984
16
Likely handmade and includes "KAZ 84" written on the bottom, About 14 inches tall
Flower by Christopher Beane and Anthony F. Janson
2008
17
The Stephen Decatur House : a history by James Tertius de Kay, Michael Fazio, Osborne Phinizy Mackie, Katherine Malone-France, and Bruce M. White
2004
17
Abol Ghassem of Tūs : the epic journey of Abol Ghassem Bakhtiar, M.D. by Laleh Bakhtiar, Lailee Bakhtiar, and Jamshid A. Bakhtiar
2003
17
The Venice of Armenian painters (Hay nkarichʻneri Venetikě or La Venezia Dei Pittori Armeni) by Ara Hakobian and Sarahh Mari Shaboian
2015
17
Text in Armenian and Italian, signed copy
Helen of Tus : her odyssey from Idaho to Iran : purple faded mountains : gathered letters by Laleh Bakhtiar and Lailee Bakhtiar; Introduction by Jamshid A. Bakhtiar
2002
17
Splendor of Islam by Wilfrid Blunt
1976
17
Istanbul : city of two continents by John Cleave and John Freely
2008
17
The land of kings by Ali Massoudi
1974 March
17
Second Edition
Celebration at Persepolis by Jacques Lowe, Jay Maisel, Burt Glinn, and Gregory Lima
undated
17
Persia : the immortal kingdom by Roman Ghirshman, Valadimir Minorsky, and Ramshe Sanghvi
1971
17
Framed photograph of Heravi, classmates, and teachers
1953 Summer
18
Includes roughly 54 primary to secondary school age children and teachers, likely taken at the UK boarding school Heravi attended in the yearly 1950s, About 8 x 7 inches or 11 x 10 inches with frame
Framed image of Heravi and James Woolsey, former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency and former Ambassador to the Negotiations on Conventual Armed Forces in Europe
undated
19
About 9 x 11 inches
Wall plaque awarded to Heravi in recognition of a honorary doctorate from USU's College of Humanities and Social Sciences
2019 May 2
19
Comparative political systems by Dr. Mehdi Heravi
2024
20
Framed image of Heravi and Sylvia Burwell, 15th President of American University and former Secretary of Health and Human Services
undated
20
About 9 x 11 inches
West Wall
Items are mounted on wall
Wall mounted panel that gives an overview of Heravi's life and accomplishments
undated
Right
Wall mounted panel that documents Heravi's contributions to USU libraries
undated
Left
South Wall
Items are mounted on wall, items are listed in order as they appear from left to right
Framed correspondence between USU Board of Trustees and Dean John C. Allen concerning the naming of the Mehdi Heravi Global Teaching and Learning Center
2016 June 27
About 11 x 13 inches
Heravi's framed USU 'The Heritage Society' membership certificate
undated
Awarded in recognition of one of Heravi's gifts to USU, about 11 x 13 inches
Framed certificate of Heravi's election to the office of Independent Senator for the 1961/1962 school year
1961 May 1
About 11 x 13 inches
Heravi's framed Logan High School diploma
1959 May 28
About 11 x 13 inches
Framed speech
1956 May 1
Given when Heravi was awarded 'the International Student of the Year' at the 1965 Robins Awards at USU, about 11 x 13 inches
Heravi's framed USU Bachelor of Science diploma
1963 June 5
About 11 x 13 inches
Framed photograph of Old Main with engraved plate
2014
"2014 Friend of CHaSS Dr. Mehdi Heravi" engraved plate, about 20 x 24 inches
Framed collage of images featuring Heravi with various USU representatives in celebration of the Heravi Peace Institute
2022
Photos were taken in front of Heravi Peace Institute plaque in Old Main building, about 24 x 12 inches
Heravi's framed USU Master of Arts diploma
1964 June 6
About 11 x 13 inches
Heravi's framed USU Honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters diploma
2019 May 2
About 11 x 13 inches
Framed speech
2019 May 2
Given during Heravi's honorary USU degree ceremony, about 11 x 13 inches
Heravi's framed Degree of Doctor of Philosophy diploma from American University's School of International Service
1967 May 25
About 11 x 13 inches
Heravi's framed USU President's Club Charter of membership
1969 April 21
About 11 x 13 inches
Framed copy of the Liberalis magazine featuring Heravi on the front cover
2015 Winter
Includes handwritten note on cover, about 11 x 13 inches
Framed USU Board of Trustee's Resolution approving the naming of the Mehdi Heravi Global Teaching and Learning Building
2016 October 21