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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 13, 2006
CHERYLE RIVAS
DIRECTOR OF COLLEGE RELATIONS & MARKETING
METHODIST COLLEGE TO HOST SPRING LECTURE
FAYETTEVILLE, NC— Methodist College will host its annual Terry Sanford Lecture
on Friday February 10 at 11 a.m. This year’s guest speaker is Colonel Norvell “Tex”
DeAtkine. He will be speaking on “The Twelve Burdens of Arab History.” Colonel De
Atkine served in the U.S. Army for 26 years. He holds the Master of Arts in Arab Studies
from the American University of Beirut. In 1981, he was in attendance at a military parade
when Egyptian President Anwar Sadat was assassinated. Since his retirement from the
Army in 1985, Colonel De Atkine has served as a lecturer on political and military affairs
within the U.S. Special Operations community. With the exception of Libya, he has
traveled to every Middle East country and most recently to Iraq. His has written a number
of articles for Parameters, The Middle East Quarterly, Academic Questions, Special
Warfare, Crisis, and American Diplomacy.
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