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Bates College (/ b eɪ t s /) [6] is a private liberal arts college in Lewiston, Maine, United States. Anchored by the Historic Quad , the campus of Bates totals 813 acres (329 ha). It maintains 600 acres (240 ha) of nature preserve known as the " Bates-Morse Mountain " near Campbell Island and a coastal center on Atkins Bay .
Ava Clayton Spencer (born December 15, 1954) is an American attorney. She was the eighth president of Bates College.She had previously served as the vice president for institutional policy at Harvard University from 2005 to 2012.
This list of notable people associated with Bates College includes matriculating students, alumni, attendees, faculty, trustees, and honorary degree recipients of Bates College in Lewiston, Maine. Members of the Bates community are known as "Batesies" or bobcats .
The history of Bates College began shortly before Bates College's founding on March 16, 1855, in Lewiston, Maine. [note 1] The college was founded by Oren Burbank Cheney and Benjamin Bates. [2] Originating as a Free Will Baptist institution, it has since secularized and established a liberal arts curriculum.
Thomas Hedley Reynolds (November 23, 1920 – September 22, 2009) was an American historian and university professor who served as the fifth President of Bates College from March 1967 to November 1989.
This Wikipedia category documents notable people who have either served in faculty or staff positions at or received honorary degrees from Bates College in Lewiston, Maine.It also notes those people associated with the various institutions that were merged into the college, such as Cobb Divinity School, the Maine State Seminary, and Nicholas Latin School.
For Bates college alumni look to List of Bates College people. Subcategories. This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total. A. Bates Bobcats (10 C ...
The president of Bates College is the appointed head of the college, as well as the principal securer, principal academic, chief executive officer of the corporation, and the ex officio president of the board of trustees. Lane Hall serves as the principal workplace and headquarters of the president's central administration.