Stories about "Joan Benoit Samuelson"
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‘Tremendous teammate’ Rob Gomez ’05 forgoes race victory to help a fallen runner
Thursday, August 10, 2017 2:50 pm
With the finish of the world-class Beach to Beacon in sight, and a Maine title on the line, Gomez slowed to help a staggering fellow runner finish first.
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Commencement: Bates Class of 2015 shares a ‘love that can change the world’
Sunday, May 31, 2015 4:04 pm
The power of love and the surprising unity of human endeavor were twin themes of Commencement 2015.
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Fields Medal winner Manjul Bhargava to give 2015 Commencement address, joining honorands Mark Abelson, Thomas Moser and Joan Benoit Samuelson
Thursday, March 26, 2015 4:16 pm
Bates will confer honorary degrees on four leaders in medicine, mathematics, American…
Times-Union reports first Samuelson mother-daughter road race
Thursday, June 3, 2010 11:00 am
The Times-Union of Albany, N.Y., reports that Joan Benoit Samuelson, the 1984…