Farmers Bank and Trust and the Southern Arkansas University Foundation will sponsor “An Evening with Col. Oliver North” at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 3, in Grand Hall of the Donald W. Reynolds Campus and Community Center located on the University campus.
Tickets are now available. The cost is $100 for the banquet only. For an additional $100, you can attend a private reception at 5:30 p.m. at the Farmers Bank and Trust main branch and enjoy a few minutes of one-on-one time with North. A professional photographer will be on hand to take pictures of attendants with North. All pictures will be autographed and returned to participants.
Col. North is a combat decorated Marine, number one best-selling author, the founder of a small business, an inventor with three U.S. patents, a syndicated columnist, and host of “War Stories” on Fox News Channel; yet he claims his most important accomplishment as being “the husband of one and the father of four.”
He was born in San Antonio, Texas, graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., and served 22 years as a U.S. Marine. His awards for service in combat include the Silver Star, the Bronze Star for Valor, and two Purple Hearts for wounds in combat.
Assigned to the National Security Council staff in the Reagan administration, Col. North was the United States government’s Counter-Terrorism Coordinator from 1983-86, was involved in planning the rescue of 804 medical students on the island of Grenada, and played a major role in the daring capture of the hijackers of the cruise ship Achille Lauro. After helping plan the U.S. raid on Muammar Qaddafi’s terrorist bases in Libya, Col. North was targeted for assassination by Abu Nidal, the infamous terrorist found dead in Baghdad in August 2002. His award-winning combat coverage, while embedded with U.S. Marine and Army units for Fox News during Operation Iraqi Freedom, won international acclaim.
He is the author of “Under Fire, One More Mission, War Stories –Operation Iraqi Freedom” and three novels, “Mission Compromised,” “The Jericho Sanction,” and “The Assassins.” All of his books are New York Times’ best sellers.
Col. North is also the founder of Freedom Alliance, a foundation which provides scholarships for the sons and daughters of service members killed in action.
For more information or to purchase a ticket, call the Office of Development at 870-235-4078 or Candace Rankin at Farmers Bank and Trust at 870-235-7003.
