Archibald R. Giroux
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Archibald R. Giroux | |
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| Born | October 19, 1897 |
| Died | October 15, 1968 (aged 70) Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Occupations | Stockbroker and politician |
Archibald Raphael Giroux (October 19, 1897 – October 15, 1968) was an American stockbroker and politician who served as president of the Boston Stock Exchange and chairman of the Massachusetts Republican Party.
Giroux was born on October 19, 1897, in Somerville, Massachusetts, to Arthur E. and Jessie (Emery) Giroux. His mother later remarried Arthur E. Haley, also of Somerville. Giroux graduated from Somerville High School and Dartmouth College.[1]
World War I
On April 28, 1917, Giroux enlisted in the American Ambulance Field Service.[1] He served on the French front from April 28 to October 28, 1917. Following the Halifax Explosion, Giroux delivered a fleet of ambulances for the Boston Red Cross to Halifax, Nova Scotia.[2] On April 22, 1918, he enlisted in the Royal Air Force. He trained at the Toronto Ground School, the No. 7 Fighting School in Eastchurch, and RAF Turnberry. He was commissioned a Second Lieutenant on November 21, 1918. He was released from the RAF on February 25, 1919, and returned to the United States.[1] Later that year he served as a volunteer police officer during the Boston police strike.[2]
His brother, Ernest A. Giroux, was a First Lieutenant in the United States Army Air Service who was killed in action on May 22, 1918.[1]
Boston Stock Exchange
Politics
In 1935, Giroux was elected to the Lexington, Massachusetts, board of selectmen.[5] In 1936 he was an unsuccessful candidate for the Massachusetts House of Representatives.[6] In 1940 he was elected to the Middlesex County Commission.[7]