CKCSSCeiDS
Bdmont Abbc^ College
Vol. VI No. 3
BELMONT, N. C.
February 1978 >
’69 Alumnus Enters
Congressional Race
RichardJoseph Salem, a 196:;
graduate of Belmont Abbey
College, ha.s announced his
candidacy for the Democratic
nomination to congress from
Hillsborough County, Florida’s
seventh congressional district.
Brent .laquet (BAC ‘71) is the
campaign manager and his wife
Ellie ; SHC ’71) is also working
full time in the campaign.
For the past two years Salem
served as Chairman of the
Democratic Executive Com
mittee of Hillsborough County.
Under his leadership, the
Democratic Party conducted an
intensive voter registration
drive prior to the 1976
Presidential election which
resulted in over 10,000 new
Democratic registrations. He
developed innovative citizen
participation and service
programs, including the Neigh
borhood Forum Program,
designed to bring local elected
officials into face-to-face
contact with their constituents,
and the Citizen Service Center
designed to provide assistance
in dealing with governmental
agencies at the local, state and
federal level. Prior to leaving
his post as Party Chairman,
Salem developed and chaired
the first Hillsborough County
Democratic Convention, which
adopted a platform of priorities
for the county.
Nominated by Governor*
Ruben Askew for election to the
RICHARD J. SALEM
U S. Electoral College, Salem
served as a Presidential Elector
from Florida in 1977. Also, that
same year, he was appointed to
the Citizens Advisory Com
mittee to the Board of County
Commissioners. He currently
serves as a meml)er of the State
Democratic Party Appeals
Committee and works on the
Advisory Board to the Gulf
Coast Council of Scouting
U.S.A. In 1974, Salem was
chosen to chair Florida’s first
regional Scouting for the
Handicapped Program. He is
currently a member of the
Tampa Urban l^eague.
He was selected as one of the
Florida Javcees’ Outstanding
\oung Men'of the Year in 1974
and in 1975 he was nationally
honored as an Outstanding
^ oung Man of America.
Born in New Bern, North
Carolina on March 31, 1947
Salem has been legally blind
since age 15.. Rick graduated
Cum l.,aude in May 1969 from
the Abbey. He served on the
student government and the
Spire staff. He was very active
in Phi- Kappa Theta fraternity
serving as rush chairman and
President. Rick was elected to
Delta Epsilon Sigma National
Honor Fraternity. He was also
elected to Who’s Who Among
Students in American Colleges
and Universities.
In May, 1972, S^em
graduated with distinction from
Duke University Law School.
While in school there, he served
as an editor of the Duke Legal
Research Program and as a
student governor on the
American Bar Association
Board of Governors.
Salem is admitted to practice
law before the United States
Supreme Court, the United
States Tax Court, the United
States Circuit Court of Appeals,
the United States District Court
lor the Middle District ol
Florida and the Florida
Supreme Court. He is a
member of the American Bar
Association, the American
Blind Lawyers’ Association, the
Florida Bar Association and the
Hillsborough County Bar
Association.
Richard was recently
married to the lormer Aileen
Monley of Tampa.
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PETER A. FOLEY
Peter A. Foley, class of 19(H,
has been elected chairman of
the Mecklenburg County Board
of Commissioners.
Foley, a Democrat who is
serving his third two-year term
as a county commissioner, was
vice-chairman of the Ixiard
from 1974 until December 1977.
when he was elected chairman.
A law\er by profession.
Foley is \ice president and
general counsel of Custom
Plastics. Inc., of Charlotte. He
is a member of the Mecklen
burg. North Carolina and
.•\nierican Bar .\>sociations.
and he is also a member of the
North Carolina .\cademy of
Trial l.a\v\er> and the
American Trial Lawyers
.Association He is a lormer
delegate Irom Mecklenburg to
the North Carolina House of
Representatives ttC. 7:’ , and
he has >er\ed on the Cb.arlotte
Civic .Scrcice Board '.tHtS .0
-and as an assistant .superior
Court .Silicilor 1 69
He was named one of the*’
Outstanding Young Men of
.America in B169, and he has also
been selected as one of the Ten
Outstanding A’oung Men id
Charlotte-Mecklenburg. He is a
member of the North Carolina
Legislative Commission to
Rew rite the Public Laws for the
Slate of North (’arolina. For the
last two years he has been a
member of the Ceniralina
Council of Governments' Ad
visory Council for Emergency
Medical Services.
.A graduate of Charlotte
Catholic High School, he
received the B.A, degree in
English Irom the Abbey and in
.965 he received the .1.1). Haw'
degree trom the University of
North Carolina ;d Chapel Hill.
Foley w;is Uirn in Springfield.
I ihio. but has spent most of his
;ite in Clnirlotte. He \v;is
i onorably discharged Irom the
LS Marine Corps in 1966. He is
married to the lormer Shenard
Henderson. ;ind they ha\e two
MdlS.
Class of 1968
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