Belden, Roy oral history interview, 2003

File

Identifier: MOH 387

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Scope and Contents

Interview includes discussions of: Bates College; Ed Muskie; working in Olympia Snowe’s office; working for Senator Heinz; law school; Nestle Infant Formula Audit Commission (NIFAC); and working with Muskie.

Dates

2003

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Biographical / Historical

Roy Sanford Belden was born June 24, 1963 in Meriden, Connecticut and grew up on a small farm in Canterbury, Connecticut. He is a Bates College graduate in the class of 1985. He interned in Senator Olympia Snowe’s office during one Short Term, doing case work in Maine. He moved to Washington, D.C. and interned with Senator Henry John Heinz III for a short time, then worked for Congressman Toby Roth for three-and-a-half years, during which time he attended law school. In 1990 he was hired by Chadbourne & Parke where he first met and worked with Senator Muskie at the end of the Nestle Infant Formula Audit Commission (NIFAC).