| 2. | Bernard L. BOUTIN was born on 02 Jul 1923 in Belmont, Belknap, New Hampshire, USA (son of Joseph L. BOUTIN and Annie LAFLAMME); died on 24 Aug 2011 in Laconia, Belknap, New Hampshire, USA; was buried on 30 Aug 2011 in Meredith (St. Charles Borromeo), New Hampshire, USA. Notes:
Mr Boutin had attended the Belmont public schools and was Senior Class Valedictorian. He attended The Catholic University of America in Washington, D. C. from 1942-1943 and graduated Ph. B (Cum Laude) and Valedictorian from St. Michael’s College, Colchester, Vermont in 1945. In 1963, he received an honorary degree, LLD, from St. Michael’s College. He received an Honorary Doctor of Humanities from Franklin Pierce College, Rindge, N.H. in 1969 and an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Plymouth State College of the University of New Hampshire in 1970.
Mr. Boutin was a partner of the Boutin Real Estate Company from 1945-1963, President and Treasurer of the Boutin Insurance Agency, Inc. from 1945-1963 and Partner of the Busy Corner Store from 1956-1959.
Mr. Boutin served two terms as Mayor, City of Laconia, from 1955-1959. He was the Democratic Nominee for Governor of New Hampshire in 1958 and 1960 and was in charge of the John F. Kennedy Campaign for President in the 1960 NH Primary. From 1956-1960 he was a member of the Democratic National Committee. Mr. Boutin was appointed by President Kennedy as Deputy Administrator, General Services Administration, Jan. 1961 to November 1961 and then was appointed by President Kennedy as Administrator, General Services Administration, Washington, D.C., Nov. 1961 to December 1964. In 1964, he was co-coordinator of Johnson for President for New England States and New York. From 1964-1965, Mr. Boutin was Executive Vice President of the National Association of Home Builders, Washington, D.C. In 1964, he was co-chair, with Gregory Peck, of one of the Presidential Inaugural Balls, Washington, D.C. In 1965 & 1966, President Johnson appointed Mr. Boutin as Deputy Director, The Office of Economic Opportunity, Washington, D.C. and then appointed Mr. Boutin as Administrator, Small Business Administration, Washington, D.C. from 1966-1967.
From 1967-1969, Mr. Boutin was Director, Corporate Information Services and member of the President’s staff of Sanders Associates, Inc., Nashua, N.H. and was consultant to the company from 1969-1976. He was a member of the Board of Directors of the Indian Head National Bank, Nashua, N.H. from 1967-1969, a member-at-large of the, National Advisory Council, Small Business Administration in 1968 & 1969 as well as a member of the Resources Panel (consultant) of the American Bankers Association. He was also a member of the N.H. Coordinating Board of Advanced Education and Accreditation and Chairman of the New Hampshire State Board of Education in 1968 and 1969.
Mr. Boutin was a Representative to the Board of Governors, Catholic University of America from 1968-1973. From 1970-1975,he was a member of the Board of Directors of the Vermont Federal Savings & Loan and from 1972-1974 he was a member of the Vermont Commission on Higher Education Facilities. Mr. Boutin was on the Board of Directors, National Council of Independent Colleges and Universities from 1970-1974.
From 1970-1972, Mr. Boutin was on the Board of Directors of HI-G Inc., Windsor Locks, Connecticut and was on the Board of Directors of the Greater Burlington Industrial Corp. from 1969-1974. He was a member of the National Highway Safety Advisory Committee, U. S. Dept. of Transportation in 1969 & 1970, appointed by President Johnson.
Mr. Boutin was President of St. Michael’s College, Colchester, Vermont from March 1969 to November 1974. He was Executive Vice President of the Burlington Savings Bank from May 1975 to August 1976, President of the Burlington Savings Bank, Burlington, Vermont, from August 1976 to October 1980 and on the Board of Directors, First Deposit National Bank of San Francisco from September 1991 to January 1994.
Mr. Boutin served on several committees including The First Lady’s Committee for a More Beautiful Capital, The President’s Committee for Equal Employment Opportunity, the Cabinet Committee on the National Stockpile, The President’s Committee on Employment of the Handicapped, The President’s ad hoc Committee on Disposal of Surplus Federal Land, the President’s ad hoc Committee on the Architecture for Federal Buildings and Government Office Space, the President’s Advisory Council on the Arts, the President’s Committee on Rural Poverty and the Vermont Private Schools Study Committee.
Mr. Boutin had been a Minister of the Eucharist since 1983 and in 1992, he was named by Pope John-Paul a Knight of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulcher of Jerusalem.
Mr. Boutin was a longtime member of the Knights of Columbus.
Mr. Boutin was a former member, Board of Directors, of the Hillsborough County Community Action Committee, a former director of the American Standards Association, NYC, Past President of the New Hampshire Municipal Association, former chairman of the Laconia Airport Authority, former National Director and State President of St. Michael’s College Alumni Association, former Vice president of the Laconia Chamber of Commerce, former director of both the Laconia and Burlington Rotary Clubs, a former trustee of Laconia Hospital, past Exalted Ruler of the Laconia Lodge of Elks #876, former member of the Government Advisory Council and American Management Association, a former member of the American Society for Public Administration, a former trustee of St. Michael’s College, a former member of the International Platform Association, former director of the Nashua Chamber of Commerce, consultant, National Council of Catholic Men, 1967-1975, former member of the Fanny Allen Hospital Associates, Board of Governors, The Medical Center Hospital of Vermont from 1973-1980, Trustee, Medical Center Hospital of Vermont 1975-1980, Treasurer, 1977-1980, Chairman and Director of the Retired Senior Volunteer Program Advisory Council, 1975-1978, member of the Board of Rice Memorial High School from 1976-1978, member of the Ethan Allen Club, Burlington, Vermont from 1975-1980, trustee of the Vermont Foundation of Independent Colleges, Inc., 1976-80 and a former member of the Finance Committee, Trinity College, Burlington, Vermont.
Mr. Boutin was the recipient of many awards including the Award of Excellence for Outstanding and Meritorious Service to the Home Building Industry of America by the Crestline Manufacturing Company in 1966, Top Performer Award in the Field of Housing, House and Home Magazine, in 1966, Outstanding Service as Administrator of General Services Administration, Contracting Plaster and Lather International Association in 1965, Certificate of Appreciation, Mississippi Conference NAACP in 1965, Distinguished Service Medal, General Services Administration, 1964, Commendation, the President’s Committee on Employment of the Physically Handicapped in 1964, Alumni Association Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Government, The Catholic University of America in 1963, the Award for Outstanding Achievement, St. Michael’s College Alumni Association, 1959, the Certificate of Commendation, the National Guard, 1957, the Policyholders Good Citizenship Award, the Mutual Trust Life Ins .Co. in 1969 and the Eastern USA Outstanding Service Award, the National Council of Independent Colleges and Universities 1974, the Delta Epsilon Sigma and National Honor Society. In 2002, Mr. Boutin was inaugurated into the first class of the Saint Michael's College Academic Hall of Fame.
Died:
He died at the Lakes Region General Hospital, Laconia, NH.
He was a resident of Meredith, NH
Buried:
Burial in the family lot in Sacred Heart Cemetery, Garfield St., Laconia, N.H.
Bernard married Alice M. BOUCHER about 1944. Alice died after Aug 2011. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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