especially where economic development issues are concerned,
will be the topic of a talk by Paul Cellucci, the U.S.
ambassador to Canada, on Thursday, February 6, at 1:30 p.m.
in Eben Holden, on the campus of St. Lawrence University.
The event is open to the public, free of charge.
On April 17, 2001, Cellucci presented his credentials
as the 20th United States Ambassador to Canada to Governor
General Adrienne Clarkson. His career in government began in
1970, when he was elected to the Hudson Charter Commission.
One year later he won a seat on the Hudson Board of Selectmen
and he served on that panel until 1977. In 1976 he was elected
to the first of four terms in the Massachusetts House of
Representatives. In 1984, Cellucci was elected to the Massachusetts
Senate from the Middlesex and Worcester District, and during
his third Senate term became the Assistant Republican Leader.
In 1998, Cellucci was elected governor of Massachusetts.
He had been serving as governor since July 1997, when former Governor
William Weld resigned the post. Cellucci was elected lieutenant
governor of Massachusetts in 1990, on a ticket with former Governor
Weld.
Cellucci's private-sector experience includes almost 30
years of work with his family's auto dealership, and 17 years in
the private practice of law. He received his law degree from Boston
College Law School in 1973. In 1970, he graduated from the Boston
College School of Management, where he served in the Reserve
Officers Training Corps (ROTC). He also served in the U.S. Army
Reserves from 1970 until 1978, when he was honorably discharged
with the rank of Captain.
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