George Dorian; First L.A. Airport Security Chief

George Dorian, 75, first security chief for Los Angeles International Airport. Dorian, who headed the policing agency from 1949 until his retirement in 1980, told The Times that in the typical year of 1968 he supervised 7,000 parking citations, 1,400 lost-and-found reports, 1,100 celebrity crowd control situations and 500 aircraft emergencies. “This is a unique job,” he said in 1969. “Where else could a guy like me have a chance to shake hands with President (Dwight D.) Eisenhower, Brigitte Bardot and (Soviet Union) Premier (Anastas) Mikoyan?” Of Armenian descent, Dorian answered the premier in Armenian when Mikoyan approached him to express pride in the security chief’s achievements. A native of Los Angeles, Dorian served in the Navy for eight years, including four as a naval aviator during World War II. On Wednesday in Los Angeles of complications from Alzheimer’s disease.