Ulysses J. Lupien
| Ulysses J. Lupien | |
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| City Manager of Lowell, Massachusetts | |
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In office 1952–1953 |
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| Preceded by | John J. Flannery |
| Succeeded by | Frank E. Barrett |
| Massachusetts Director of Civil Service | |
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In office 1939–1944 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | December 1883 Cochituate, Massachusetts |
| Died | August 15, 1965 (aged 81) Lowell, Massachusetts |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Eugenie Gosselin |
| Alma mater | Harvard College |
| Occupation | Businessman Government official |
Ulysses John Lupien Sr. (December 1883 - August 15, 1965) was an American businessman and government official who served as Massachusetts director of civil service and city manager of Lowell, Massachusetts.
Lupien was born in Cochituate, a neighborhood in Wayland, Massachusetts. His parents were of French descent and were brought to the United States from Canada when they were infants. He was named "Ulysses" because of his grandfather's admiration for president Ulysses S. Grant. He began working at the age of 14, shoeing mules at the Metropolitan Water Works. After about six months he was given a job swinging a sledgehammer and was later promoted to a pick and shovel crew. He later worked in construction as a concrete mixer and as a shoe packer for a shoe manufacturing company. Lupien also played semipro baseball while working and attending school.
After graduating from Wayland High School, Lupien attended Harvard College. He worked as way through school as a tutor. While at Harvard, Lupien was unable to play for the school's varsity athletic teams due to his status as a semipro baseball player. He graduated from Harvard in 1906.
After graduating, Lupien worked at the General Electric plant in Lynn, Massachusetts. During World War I he was in charge of construction at the Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard in Sparrows Point, Maryland. Lupien later worked as a teacher and athletic coach at the Lowell Textile Institute. Courses taught by Lupien included electrical engineering and physics. While he was at the Institute, Lupien also acted as a contractor on the school's construction projects, which included additions to the school and installing a power plant.
Lupien left the Institute to enter the business world. His first job was director of industrial relations at Cheney Brothers in Manchester, Connecticut. In 1933, he returned to Massachusetts as the director of public relations for Pacific Mills in Lawrence, Massachusetts. His duties as public relations director included passing on the qualifications of job applicants, which were then divided into between 200 and 250 types of work.
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