Watergate investigator to speak Monday at college
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Published in News on October 12, 2014 1:50 AM
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Gene Boyce
On the 40th anniversary of the Watergate scandal, the Foundation of Wayne Community College is bringing one of its lead investigators to Goldsboro to speak Monday night.
Raleigh attorney G. Eugene "Gene" Boyce will reflect on his role with the U.S. Senate Watergate Committee investigation of the scandal and President Richard M. Nixon's subsequent resignation. The presentation will be held at 7 p.m. in Room 101 of the Walnut Building. 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 re-election campaign activities. He was the lead investigator in the discovery of Nixon's White House taping system.
Now senior counsel with Nexen Pruet LLC, Boyce 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.
Boyce earned his law degree from Wake Forest University School of Law. 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 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.