Bernard Wilfred Poirier

Background

Poirier, Bernard Wilfred was born on August 23, 1931 in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, United States. Son of Georges Henri and Yvonne Blanche (Aubuchon) Poirier.

Education

Student, Georgetown University, 1949, 50, 52; student, Mexico City College, 1950; student, Providence (Rhode Island) College, 1948-1949; Zeugnis, Economics, U. Vienna, 1951.

Career

Assistant to chief scientist, Special Projects Office, United States Navy, Washington, 1960-1963; assistant to vice president, ITT Europe, Inc., Brussels, 1963-1967; international sales manager, Laboratoire Center de Telecommunications, Paris, 1967-1969; executive assistant, Office Sen. Mike Gravel, Washington, 1969-1971; president, chairman, The Arctic Limited company, Anchorage, 1971-1982; general manager, Iroquois Research Institute, Fairfax, Virginia, 1973-1982; owner, Poirier Arabian Horse Farm, Fairfax, 1978-1985; president, chairman, Cristal Management Corporation, Middleburg, Virginia, since 1985; president, chairman, Cristal France SA, Paris, since 1987; president, chairman, Recreation Management SA and others, Paris, since 1989.

Achievements

• Bernard Wilfred Poirier has been listed as a noteworthy real estate developer by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • The forward edge: An overview of the Army Engineers in Europe, 1945 to 1980

Membership

President Municipal City Council, Woonsocket, Rhode Island, 1957-1959, member 1955-1957. Member of the United States Chamber of Commerce in France, Society d'Encouragement pour l'Amelioration des Races de Chevaux en France.

Connections

Married Anne Hope Kirby, 1954, (divorced 1984). Children: Genevieve Richards, Gregoire, Celeste Mack, Jean-Marc, Monique.

Father:

Georges Henri Poirier

Mother:

Yvonne Blanche (Aubuchon) Poirier

Spouse:

Anne Hope Kirby

child:

Celeste Mack Poirier

child:

Jean-Marc Poirier

child:

Monique Poirier

child:

Genevieve Richards Poirier

child:

Gregoire Poirier