Victor Schiro
| Victor H. Schiro | |
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Schiro in 1962
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| 55th Mayor of New Orleans | |
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In office July 17, 1961 – May 2, 1970 |
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| Preceded by | DeLesseps Story Morrison, Sr. |
| Succeeded by | Moon Landrieu |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Victor Hugo Schiro May 6, 1904 Chicago, Illinois |
| Died | August 29, 1992 (aged 88) |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Margaret Gibbes, known as Sunny Schiro |
| Profession | Insurance |
Victor Hugo "Vic" Schiro (May 6, 1904 – August 29, 1992), was an American politician who served on the New Orleans City Council and as Mayor from 1961 to 1970.
Schiro was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Andrew Edward and Mary (Pizzati) Schiro, immigrants of Arbëreshë (Italo-Albanian) origin from Sicily, likely the Arbëreshë community of Contessa Entellina. The last name was originally Schirò, with an emphasis on the last syllable, and Skiròi in Albanian. After moving to New Orleans with his parents as a child, Schiro spent his young adulthood in Honduras and California, where he worked as a movie extra, and co-managed a Nevada gold mine before returning to New Orleans. He worked briefly as an assistant cameraman for Frank Capra. Having returned to New Orleans in 1928, Schiro became a radio announcer. In 1932, Schiro married Mary Margaret Gibbes, better known as Sunny Schiro.
Schiro founded his own insurance company and became an active civic leader in the 1940s; he was president of the Young Men’s Business Club. In 1950, he was elected commissioner of public buildings and parks. A fellow commissioner over public utilities was A. Brown Moore, a decorated World War II veteran who later ran unsuccessfully for lieutenant governor in 1956 on the intraparty ticket of Fred Preaus.
Under the new mayor-council charter of 1954, Schiro was elected councilman-at-large. When deLesseps Story Morrison, resigned his position as mayor in 1961 to become United States Ambassador to the Organization of American States, the city council elected Schiro, then the at-large councilman, as the interim mayor. Theodore M. Hickey became the interim at-large council member but returned to the Louisiana State Senate in 1963, where he remained until 1984.
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