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OYA BAIN
Country: United States of America
Profession: Clinical Chemist
Oya Bain, a graduate of Robert College, came to the United States as a Fulbright scholar to do graduate
work in Biochemistry. In her professional career, she worked as a Clinical Chemist and Laboratory
Director in the Clinical Pathology laboratories of several medical centers in Canada and the US. In 1998,
she retired from her position as the Laboratory Director from Georgetown University Medical Center,
Department of Clinical Pathology. She is fluent in Turkish, English and French.
Oya Bain was involved in the Turkish -American community issues since 1970s. She was a board member and
secretary of Turkish American Friendship Club of St. Louis. She and her family moved to the Washington
area in 1982. Since that time, she has been active on the board of American Turkish Association of
Washington, DC (ATA-DC). She held positions as the chair of ATA-DC Membership, Lecture and Turkish Radio
committees. She was also a board member and secretary of Assembly of Turkish American Associations (ATAA)
in the 1990s and chaired the 1992 Turkish Heritage month.
Currently she is the ATAA Vice President for the Capital region, which includes Maryland, Virginia, West
Virginia and District of Columbia. She is the editor of ATANews, a monthly publication of ATA-DC and
frequent contributor to Turkish Times. In addition to ATA-DC, she serves on the boards of Ataturk
Society of America (ASA), Washington Turkish Women's Association (WTWA), and Maryland American Turkish
Association (MATA) and serves as a liaison among various local associations and ATAA.
Oya Bain strongly believes that the most important mission and function of the Turkish Americans should
be to get involved as citizens in the community and in the political affairs of the area where they live.
Reaching out to the community and participating in the electoral process are the most effective means of
projecting a positive Turkish image in the U.S.
Oya Bain lives in Bethesda, with her husband Ralph Bain, a chemist and educator, retired from the
National Institutes of Health. They have one daughter, Tuvana, a physician in New York.
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