[4] He moved to Hamilton, Massachusetts in 1968 after taking a job as director of development for Gordon College, which was run by his friend James Forrester.
[3] In January 1974, Hagopian was appointed to a five-year term as Town Manager of Saugus, Massachusetts.
[6] Eight months after his hiring, the Board of Selectmen voted to remove him from office on the grounds that they believed that his job performance had been unsatisfactory, that he had failed to demonstrate a clear pattern of leadership for the town, failed to communicate effectively with the Board of Selectmen and Town Meeting, and consistently proven to be uninformed or misinformed on the status of projects.
[7] After his dismissal he sued the town, claiming that they had violated his Due Process rights by failing to identify further the grounds for his removal, preventing him from cross-examining Board members under oath at the public hearing, and dismissing him "without any justifiable cause or basis in fact."
The couple was married by James Forrester, who traveled from Inglewood, California to fulfill the promise he made to Hagopian while the two were in the service to perform his wedding.