Francis "Frank" W. Wing is a Republican from Massachusetts and has held several positions with the Republican Party including locally, state wide and nationally. Frank 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 was involved in the establishment and operation of Bristol Community College in Fall River, Massachusetts. 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. As the former President of both the “Bristol” County Selectmen’s Club and the “Bristol” County Republican Committee, Frank suggested to name the college “Bristol” Community College which it has been named and today is the third largest community college in New England. Frank worked for several years in engineering. In the early seventies he worked as a manufacturing engineer at Raytheon’s Missile Systems Division. 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”. 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 Ted Williams, Bill Russell and Dennis Eckersley as well as exclusive interview with Former President George W. Bush, Frank is also a former President of American Videographers Association and is a senior member of National Association of Professional Videographers. For four years, Frank, along with Fall River City Councilor, Raymond Mitchell, was hosting a very popular talk show on WSAR 1480am called, “The Ray Mitchell Show.”