Each year the Franco-American Day Committee of Lowell selects a deserving citizen of Greater Lowell and the Merrimack Valley for recognition as Franco-American of the Year. Established in 1975, the award celebrates an individual’s contributions to preserving and promoting French language, culture, and heritage in a way that honors the Catholic faith handed down by our Canadian forebears.
2022 Mme Claudette Gagnon
2020 & 2021 (Honoree selections postponed due to Covid-19)
2019 M. Curtis J. LeMay
2018 M. Roger Levasseur
2017 M. Kevin Roy
2016 Sr. Irene Martineau, s.a.s.v.
2015 Mme Lorraine Primeau
2014 Rev. Richard R. Santerre
2013 Mme Thérèse Daigle
2012 Lucien Daple
2011 Rev. Adhémar Deveau, O.M.I.
2010 Cécile M. Provencher
2009 Mr. Normand R. Gauthier
2008 Mrs. Monique Letendre
2007 Prof. Roger Lacerte
2006 Sister Lucille Mercier S.A.S.V.
2005 M. Leo L. Cloutier
2004 Dr. George R. Montminy
2003 Rev. Lucien Sawyer, O.M.I.
2002 Mme Cecile I. Lamoureux
2001 Mr. Raymond E. Chandonnet
2000 Atty. Arthur L. Eno, Jr.
1999 M. George H. Ricard
1998 Mme. Yolande N. Lessard
1997 Sr. Doris Brouillette,S.C.O.
1996 Mme Monique Blanchette
1995 M. Hervé J. Paquin
1994 Mlle Irene Desmarais
1993 Sr. Cecile Poulin, S.C.Q.
1992 M. Roger Brunelle
1991 M. Normand D. Boucher
1990 M. Robert P. Couillard
1989 Mlle Yvette R. Giroux
1988 M. Roland W. Martin
1987 M. Leon L. Lavallée
1986 M. Albert V. Côté
1985 Mme Hélene Pelletier-Jeknavorian
1984 M. Raymond J. Barrette
1983 M. Normand L. Ayotte
1982 Albert A. Daigle
1981 Rev. Armand L. Morissette, O.M.I.
1980 M. Raymond A. Paquin
1979 Mme Marthe Biron Peloquin
1978 M. W. Donald Moison
1977 M. Paul H. Blanchette
1976 M. Rudolphe W. Ouellette
1975 M. Armand W. LeMay
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