He was a graduate of Edward Little High school class of 1931, and a graduate of Colby College in Waterville, ME.
Dr. Garcelon was a dentist, a strong supporter of the Second Amendment, and an expert marksman. He was elected president of the National Rifle Association in April 1985 and died while in office. His first firearm was a .22-caliber rifle, which he won by selling magazine subscriptions as a teen-ager. He later took up target shooting and set a world record in bench-rest shooting in the 1970s. Dr. Garcelon's great-grandfather and namesake was a physician who served as Maine's Governor in 1870. Dr. Garcelon's grandfather, also a physician, was Mayor of Lewiston and a state legislator.
Dr. Garcelon was a dentist, a strong supporter of the Second Amendment, and an expert marksman. He was elected president of the National Rifle Association in April 1985 and died while in office. His first firearm was a .22-caliber rifle, which he won by selling magazine subscriptions as a teen-ager. He later took up target shooting and set a world record in bench-rest shooting in the 1970s. Dr. Garcelon's great-grandfather and namesake was a physician who served as Maine's Governor in 1870. Dr. Garcelon's grandfather, also a physician, was Mayor of Lewiston and a state legislator.
He was a graduate of Edward Little High school class of 1931, and a graduate of Colby College in Waterville, ME.
Dr. Garcelon was a dentist, a strong supporter of the Second Amendment, and an expert marksman. He was elected president of the National Rifle Association in April 1985 and died while in office. His first firearm was a .22-caliber rifle, which he won by selling magazine subscriptions as a teen-ager. He later took up target shooting and set a world record in bench-rest shooting in the 1970s. Dr. Garcelon's great-grandfather and namesake was a physician who served as Maine's Governor in 1870. Dr. Garcelon's grandfather, also a physician, was Mayor of Lewiston and a state legislator.
Dr. Garcelon was a dentist, a strong supporter of the Second Amendment, and an expert marksman. He was elected president of the National Rifle Association in April 1985 and died while in office. His first firearm was a .22-caliber rifle, which he won by selling magazine subscriptions as a teen-ager. He later took up target shooting and set a world record in bench-rest shooting in the 1970s. Dr. Garcelon's great-grandfather and namesake was a physician who served as Maine's Governor in 1870. Dr. Garcelon's grandfather, also a physician, was Mayor of Lewiston and a state legislator.
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