User:Frank Wing/sandbox

Francis “Frank” Wing and his wife, Carol A. Hryciw-Wing, live in Fall River, MA and they both graduated from B.M.C. Durfee High School. They have three grown children: David M. Wing, James A. Wing and Dr. Robyn D. Wing. Frank also graduated from Wentworth Institute with an Associate Degree in Production Engineering and then from Northeastern University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Industrial Technology. In the early 1970’s he was appointed to serve on the Wentworth Institute Alumni Association, Inc. Board of Directors. Likewise, in May of 2012 Wentworth awarded him an Honorary Bachelor of Technology Degree at its Spring Commencement held in Boston.

Frank has been active in his local community, as well as in state and national politics. At the age of 22 he was elected to the Freetown Board of Selectman to become the youngest elected selectman in Massachusetts history. Simultaneously, he became a member of the Freetown Board of Health, Board of Public Welfare, Conservation Committee, and Police Commissioners, for which he served as chair on several occasions. In addition, he was a member of the Bristol County Selectmen’s Association and in 1966 was elected to serve as its president. He was also a member of the Executive Board of the Massachusetts Selectmen's Association from 1963 to 1968. In 1986 to 1988 Frank was chosen as the New England Coordinator for the National Association of Republican County Chairmen. (NARCC), while he was serving as the Chairman of the Bristol County Republican Committee. He was also elected to serve twice as an alternate delegate and once as a delegate from Massachusetts to the Republican National Conventions. Beginning in 1965 and continuing to 1979, Frank is proud to acknowledge that he was involved in the establishment and operation of Bristol Community College in Fall River. He was appointed twice by former Governor John A. Volpe, then once by Governor Francis W. Sargent to serve on the Advisory Board, which is now called the Board of Trustees, for Bristol Community College. He served on this Board for the first fourteen years of the College and then from 1970 to 1972 as Board Chairman. Originally, the College was located in the old B.M.C. Durfee Technology Building in Fall River and then moved into its present main location on Elsbree Street in Fall River. Later, the College established branches at the other three cities in Bristol County. Today Bristol Community College is the third largest community college in New England. Frank worked for several years in engineering, including at Cornell Dubilier Electronics in New Bedford, where he was the head of the Industrial Engineering Department. In the early seventies he worked as a manufacturing engineer at Raytheon’s Missile Systems Division, Bedford Labs, located at Hanscom Air Force Base Field in Bedford, Massachusetts. It was in this position that he worked in several different Raytheon plants in both New England and California and on their “SAM-D Missile,” which later became Raytheon’s now famous “Patriot Missile”. During that same time he was also a licensed part time Investment Securities Broker for Newton Investment Corp. from Newton, Massachusetts.

Frank’s introduction to the field of video and the media was in 1993, when he established “ WINGS Television, Inc.”  The company has produced television programs and videos for various events throughout New England. It also produced the weekly television show, “WINGS Sports.” The show first began running in February 1998 on WRIW, Channel 23 in Rhode Island, and then on the local PAX Network Channel 69. This highly-rated show in the Providence market featured many well-known sports stars, including, Drew Bledsoe, Rico Patricelli, and Bill Russell, Also included was Ted Williams who gave an exclusive interview on WINGS Sports in January 2000 on a show that featured Williams and then  Vice President George W. Bush. During this interview Williams endorsed Bush for President. When Williams passed away in July 2002 this interview received major attention in the national press on several of the major networks. Additionally, Frank is a former President of American Videographers Association and is a senior member of National Association of Professional Videographers. Receipt of the Fall River Area Chamber of Commerce John S. Brayton Community Service Award, 2012. Listed in Outstanding Young Men of America. Listed in Who's Who in American Politics. Youngest elected Selectman in the history of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts,  1963. Youngest elected President of the Bristol County Selectmen's Association. Received more votes than any other Republican in a county election in Bristol County, Massachusetts during a 57-year  period. This record was broken on November 7, 2000 with the election of Bristol County Sheriff, Thomas M. Hodgson (R). ] For three years, Frank, along with Fall River City Councilor, Raymond Mitchell, has been hosting a very popular talk show on WSAR 1480 called, “The Ray Mitchell Show.”