On the 40th anniversary of “Watergate,” the Foundation of Wayne Community College is bringing one of its lead investigators to Goldsboro to speak.
Raleigh attorney G. Eugene “Gene” Boyce will reflect on his role with the U.S. Senate Watergate Committee investigation of the Watergate scandal and President Richard M. Nixon’s subsequent resignation in a presentation on Oct. 13. The talk is set for 7 p.m. in Room 101 of the Walnut Building on Wayne Community College’s main campus in Goldsboro. It is free and open to the public.
Boyce served as assistant chief counsel to the committee, working with Sen. Sam J. Ervin in 99 days of televised hearings and on the examination of Nixon’s 1972 reelection campaign activities. He was the lead investigator in the discovery of Nixon’s White House taping system.
Boyce, senior counsel with Nexen Pruet LLC, practices primarily in the areas of class action law, litigation, commercial litigation and constitutional law. Throughout his career, Boyce has participated as defendant and plaintiff attorney in countless jury trials and more than 142 appellate proceedings in state and federal courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court. He has also examined the conduct of public officials at the highest federal and state levels.
He has been a member of the American College of Trial Lawyers since 1986, is active in the Eastern North Carolina Chapter of the American Board of Trial Attorneys and has served a term as councilor to the North Carolina State Bar.
Boyce earned his law degree from Wake Forest University School of Law with one of the highest grade point averages in the school’s history. After graduating, he served three years in the U.S. Army, achieving the rank of captain.
A North Carolina native, Boyce has lived in Raleigh since early childhood. He and his wife have been married since 1954, and have three children and seven grandchildren.
Two more presentations in the Foundation’s “Tar Heel Sampler Lecture Series” will be held this month. Author Marjorie Hudson will talk about “The Virginia Dare Mystery” on Oct. 20, an event made possible by a grant from the N.C. Humanities Council, a statewide nonprofit and affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. The series will wrap up with prolific writer Jim Dodson presenting “Golf: For the Love of the Game” on Oct. 27.
For details on these events and other Foundation activities, go to www.waynecc.edu/foundation/arts-and-humanities/.
The college encourages persons with disabilities to participate in its programs and activities. If you anticipate needing accommodation or having questions about access, please contact the Foundation at (919) 739-7007 or awnorthington@waynecc.edu. Allow sufficient time to arrange accommodations.
The Foundation of Wayne Community College is a non-profit organization that works to broaden the base of community support for educational opportunities at the college. In addition to providing cultural activities such as those in its Arts and Humanities Program, the Foundation assisted students with 368 scholarships worth more than $243,000 in the 2013-14 academic year and funded innovative campus projects and employee recognition opportunities.
Wayne Community College is a public, two-year college with an open-door admission policy located in Goldsboro, N.C. As it works to develop a highly skilled and competitive workforce, it serves 15,000 individuals annually as well as businesses, industry and community organizations with high quality, affordable, accessible learning opportunities, including more than 100 college credit programs.