Contact:                                                        FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE           
Carrie Smith                                                  November 6, 2015
Media Relations and Communications Specialist
205.665.6227205.665.6227   
csmith58@montevallo.edu
 
 
UNIVERSITY OF MONTEVALLO TO HOST PRODUCER KIRK SADUSKI FOR VETERAN'S DAY EVENTS
 
 Montevallo, Ala. – The University of Montevallo will be hosting producer Kirk Saduski on Wednesday, November 11 as a part of the University's Veteran's Day events.
 
Saduski was the Co-Producer of the 2010 HBO series "The Pacific", based off the first person accounts of former Montevallo biology professor Dr. Eugene B. Sledge.
 
An epic ten-part miniseries, "The Pacific", was executively produced by Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg, and Gary Goetzman and is based in part on the books "With the Old Breed" and "China Marine" by Eugene B. Sledge, as well as other sources intertwined from two other World War II veterans.
 
On Wednesday, Saduski will be participating in a wreath laying ceremony at the National Veterans Shrine and Register of Honor at The American Village at 10:15 a.m.
 
Following the ceremony, Dr. Sledge’s family and Saduski will be hosted on the University of Montevallo campus to speak at the dedication of the Dr. Eugene Sledge Memorial in Harman Hall at 11:00 a.m.
 
In the afternoon, Saduski will lead a Documentary Lecture for Mass Communication students, faculty, and the public at 3:00 p.m. in Lebaron Recital Hall on the University of Montevallo campus. All events are free and open to the public.
 
Saduski is the Head of Non-Fiction Film and Television at Playtone, as well as the Co-Executive Producer of the CNN documentary series "The Sixties". He also was the executive in charge on "Band of Brothers" and Co-Producer on "John Adams" and "Game Change" on HBO. He also produced the documentaries "David McCullough: Painting with Words" and "He Has Seen War".
 
For more information on the University of Montevallo’s Veteran’s Day events or the Kirk Saduski lecture, please contact Carrie Smith, Media Relations Specialist at
205-665-6227205-665-6227.
 
About The University of Montevallo
 
The University of Montevallo seeks to be unique in higher education in Alabama, by providing students from throughout the state an affordable, geographically accessible, "small college" public higher educational experience of high quality. Settled within an atmosphere of national historic beauty and offering a tradition of innovative cultural expression, we seek to provide professional programs supported by a broad base of arts and sciences that are designed for intellectual and personal growth in the pursuit of meaningful employment and responsible, informed citizenship.