Background
Hargraves, Robert Standing was born on October 14, 1936 in Winchester, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Gordon Franklin and Dorothy Louise (Metchear) Hargraves.
Hargraves, Robert Standing was born on October 14, 1936 in Winchester, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Gordon Franklin and Dorothy Louise (Metchear) Hargraves.
Bachelor of Science, U. Maine, 1958; Master of Education, Fitchburg (Massachusetts) State College, 1960; certified advanced graduate study, Boston University, 1968.
General court teacher, Groton, Massachusetts, 1958—1963, Swampscott, 1963—1966. Member Nashoba Valley Technology & High School Committee, 1964—1967. Principal North Middlesex Regional High School, Townsend, Massachusetts, 1966—1976, Hollis High School, New Hampshire, 1976—1977, Athol Middle School, 1988—1992.
Town moderator Groton, 1967—1973. Board selectman, 1972—1976, 1982—1994. Principal, vice prin R C Mahar Regional High School, Orange, 1977—1988.
Selectman chairman, 1975—1976, 1984—1985, 1987—1988, 1990—1991, 1993—1994. Labor relations specialist Department Mental Retardation, 1992—1995. Member 1st Middlesex District Massachusetts House of Representatives, 1995—2011.
Member Nashoba Valley Technology H.S. Committee, 1964-1967. Moderator Town of Groton, 1967-1973, member board selectmen, 1972-1976, 82-94, chairman, 1975-1976, 84-85, 87-88, 90-91, 93-94. Member Masons, Shriners.
Married Ellen Louise Truitt, 1962. Children: Carolyn Hargraves Cassidy, Patricia Anne Hargraves Lannon, Robert T.