Background
Hirsch, Larry Joseph was born on July 1, 1938 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Samuel and Anne (Rossman) Hirsch.
Hirsch, Larry Joseph was born on July 1, 1938 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Samuel and Anne (Rossman) Hirsch.
Bachelor, Syracuse University, 1962. Juris Doctor, Suffolk University, Boston, 1968. Graduate gemologist, Gem Institute America, Los Angeles, 1981.
Manager Vality Department Store, Groton, Connecticut, 1962—1963. Assistant area director American Jewish Committee, Miami, 1968—1969. Assistant city attorney City of Miami, 1969—1971.
Attorney Feuer and Feuer, 1971—1974, Turano and Turano, Westerly, Rhode Island, 1974—1978. Assistant town solicitor Town of Westerly, 1975—1976. President Westerly Jewelry Company Inc., 1978—2000.
Retired, since 2000; attorney, since 1974. Advisory board Fleet Bank, Westerly, 1984-1990. Chairman advisory group Westerly Education Endowment Fund, 2000-2001, director, 2001, 02.
Board director Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc., since 1994. President Local Development Company, Westerly, 2000-2004, director, since 2000. Served in United States Army, 1958-1960.
President Chariho Westerly Animal Rescue League, 1976—2003, trustee, since 1976, director, since 2001, vice president, since 2007. Trustee Center for the Arts, Westerly, Rhode Island, 1984, Westerly Hospital, 1984—1994, member human resources committee, 1998—2000. Member finance committee Community Hospital of Westerly, 1984—2001, incorporator, since 1985, board governor, 1995—2002, vice president, 1999—2002, Westerly Heart Association, 1986.
Incorporator Westerly Public Library., since 1997. President Local Development Corporation, 1998—2006, director, since 1998. Member site planning group West High School, 1998—2000, member student handbook committee, 1999—2000.
Member Dante Italian Heritage Society, since 2004, treasurer, 2004—2005. Vice president Congregation Sharon Zedek, 2000—2005. Director Stand Up for Animals, Key West, Florida, since 2004, vice president.
Board director Chariho Westerly Animal Rescue League, since 1976, Joint Development Task Force, Westerly, Rhode Island, 1988—2005, vice president, 1994—1999, director, since 2001, president, 1999—2000. Member Charter Revision Committee, 1985—1989. Board director Animal Rescue League of Southern Rhode Island, 1988—1994.
Member advisory council Westerly Integrated Social Service Program, 1996, chairman, 1997—2000. Board director American Heart Association, 1986—1993. Member salary review and benefits committee Westerly Fire District, 1996—2002.
1st vice president Stand Up for Animals, since 2006. Member of Gemological Institute American, American Gem Society (certified gemologist), New England Appraiser Association, National Association Jewelry Appraisers, Fraternal Order of Police (associate. Scholar committee), Veterans of Foreign Wars, Westerly Track Club (president 1976, board director 1976-1995), Elks (Larry Hirsch Run 1980-1995).
Married Kay Pollock, March 16, 1974.