Maine College Republicans Welcome Marine Captain Anthony King on Four Campuses in Honor of Veterans Day
November 7, 2007
Release No. 07-22
Contact: Ralph Kettell, (207) 660-5062
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Maine College Republicans Welcome Marine Captain Anthony King on Four Campuses in Honor of Veterans Day
King to Speak at Bates College, Colby College, Bowdoin College, and the University of Maine for “Honoring Veterans Week”
AUGUSTA - Maine College Republicans will welcome Marine Captain Anthony King on four Maine college and university campuses over the coming week. Captain King, who has deployed to Iraq for two separate tours of duty, will be speaking to students about his personal experiences serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Join the Maine College Republicans to Promote “Honoring Veterans Week” in Maine:
Bates College
Thursday, November 8, 6:30 PM
Keck Classroom, Pettengill Hall
Lewiston, Maine
Contact: Bates College Republican Chairman Jonathan Browher at (603) 393-9822 or jbrowher@gmail.com
Colby College
Monday, November 12, 6:30 PM
Room 141, Diamond Building
Waterville, Maine
Contact: Colby College Republican Chairman Nathaniel Betz at (207) 902-0280 or nsbetz@colby.edu
University of Maine
Tuesday, November 13, 6:30 PM
Room 140, Little Hall
Orono, Maine
Contact: University of Maine College Republican Chairman Danielle Palmer at (207) 907-6674 or danielle.palmer@umit.maine.edu.
Bowdoin College
Thursday, November 15, 6:30 PM
Room 315, Searles Science Building
Brunswick, Maine
Contact: Bowdoin College Republican Chairman Jeffrey Jeng at (207) 319-6963 or
jjeng@bowdoin.edu
Nathaniel Walton (Bates ’08), State Chairman of the Maine College Republicans, offered the following statement on “Honoring Veterans Week:”
“The Maine College Republicans are proud to welcome Captain Tony King to four Maine college and university campuses for ‘Honoring Veterans Week.’ Captain King will give students a rare opportunity to hear a firsthand account about the situation in Iraq from a well respected Marine officer. His appearances at colleges and university campuses from Orono to Brunswick will also serve as an important reminder of the enormous sacrifice that American servicemen and women have made throughout our nation’s history, and especially today in Iraq, Afghanistan, and other fronts on the War on Terror across the globe.”
Captain Anthony King has served as a highly distinguished member of the United States Marine Corps for nearly two decades. Upon graduating from Cape Elizabeth High School in 1990, King enlisted in the Marines and was posted to an assignment as an artilleryman in California. He served in that capacity for seven years, deploying twice to Okinawa and once to Somalia during Operation Restore Hope. In 2001, Captain King graduated from the University of Maine with a B.A. in Anthropology, and received his commission as a second lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps. Since that time, he has been deployed to Iraq on two separate occasions. During his second tour of duty in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Captain King was stationed in the highly dangerous Al Anbar province. Captain King now serves as Officer Selection Officer (OSO) for northern New England. In August 2008, he will attend Expeditionary Warfare School in Quantico, Virginia, where further assignment will await him in the Fleet Marine Force.
Captain King is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society. His personal decorations include the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal, Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal, and the Combat Action Ribbon. Captain King currently resides in Berwick, Maine with his wife, Catherine.
Chairman Walton is available for interviews/further comments about “Honoring Veterans Week.” Chairman Walton can be reached by telephone at (207) 240-4549 or by e-mail at nwalton@bates.edu.
For more information on the Maine College Republicans, please visit the statewide organization’s website at http://www.mainecr.org.
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