FRANCO-AMERICAN OF THE YEAR 1982

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M. Albert A. Daigle
Franco-American of the Year 1982
Lowell, Massachusetts

 

 

Albert Daigle was recognized as an individual who possessed moral integrity and made great contributions to the promotion of the French language and Franco-American culture and heritage.  In 1974 he spearheaded the drive to maintain St. Joseph's Elementary School, the first Franco-American school of the archdiocese of Boston, which opened in November 1983.  He is a founding member of the Franco-American Day Committee and was its President in 1973.