Background
Robichaud, Gerard Alaric was born on March 19, 1912 in Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Joseph A. and Flordia M. (Demers) Robichaud.
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Gerard Alaric Robichaud
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Bachelor of Science, New Mexico School Mines, 1933. Postgraduate Boston University, 1934-1935.
Career
DeGuevara). Mining, civil engineer, 1933-1934. Reporter Holyoke (Massachusetts) Transcript-Telegram, 1935-1936. N.E. night manager United Press, Boston, 1936-1937.
Became Washington correspondent for U.P., 1937, Chicago Sun, 1943. Chief Washington bureau, Chicago Sun-Times (formerly Sun), 1946-1950, editorial writer 1951-1959. Latin American correspondent for Chicago Daily News, 1959, editorial writer, 1966-1973.
Director Chicago Daily News/Sun-Times News Service, 1973-1975. Free-lance foreign correspondent, 1975-1979.
Membership
Member American Academy Political and Social Science, Military Order Carabao (Washington), Foreign Corrs. Association Mexico, Sigma Delta Chi (professional chapter). Clubs: Chicago Press.
Connections
Married Pauline C. Wilkinson, October 15, 1938.
