ROANOKE TIMES 
                      Copyright (c) 1997, Roanoke Times

DATE: Wednesday, April 2, 1997               TAG: 9704020009
SECTION: EXTRA                    PAGE: 5    EDITION: METRO 

MARK WARNER AT APRIL 9 FORUM

Roanoke College and Bell Atlantic of Virginia will feature telecommunications entrepreneur Mark R. Warner at a public forum at noon April 9 in the Shenandoah Room of the Hotel Roanoke and Conference Center.

Warner's topic will be ``Virginia's New Frontier: The Technology Challenge.''

As founder of Columbia Capital Corp., he acted as lead broker in numerous cellular mergers, acquisitions and trades. He developed his businesses to become among the more highly regarded in the nation.

Warner was the Virginia Democratic Party's unsuccessful candidate against Republican incumbent John Warner in the 1996 U.S. Senate race.

The cost is $15 per person and reservations are required. Please make checks payable to Roanoke College and mail to: Office of Community Programs and Special Events, Roanoke College, 221 College Lane, Salem, Va. 24153-3794.

For additional information, please call 375-2323.

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