Stories about "trustees"
John Murchison III ’88 and Jean Wilson ’81 elected to Board of Trustees
Tuesday, December 8, 2015 1:59 pm
John Murchison III ’88 and Jean Wilson ’81 have been elected to the Bates College Board of Trustees.
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Valerie Smith ’75 to be installed as Swarthmore’s 15th president on Oct. 3
Friday, October 2, 2015 9:54 am
Smith's accomplishment was set into motion, in part, by her experiences at Bates, both as a student and a trustee of the college.
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Valerie Smith ’75 will be ‘an exceptional president’ for Swarthmore College
Thursday, March 26, 2015 9:14 am
Valerie Smith ’75 being named Swarthmore’s next president is a case of good news getting better.
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Trustee Lisa Barry ’77 brings deep experience in international government relations
Tuesday, April 8, 2014 2:54 pm
Lisa Barry '77, a veteran of 35 years of international government relations work, has joined the Bates Board of Trustees.
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$11.5 million Catalyst Fund will support ‘transformational change’ at Bates College
Monday, October 28, 2013 11:34 am
The money will be spent, over and above our annual operating budget, over five years to move forward on key college initiatives.
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Trustee Chair Emeritus E. Robert Kinney ’39, corporate and civic leader with ‘good, gutsy Maine business sense,’ dies at 96
Thursday, May 9, 2013 6:00 pm
Kinney was a model corporate leader, a former CEO of General Mills who "always ready with a helping hand."
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Savoy Magazine names Sene ’00 among ‘most influential’ in corporate America
Wednesday, December 5, 2012 1:44 pm
Lena Sene '00 is a managing parter with Deer Isle Capital and an expert on global investing in Africa.
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‘The embodiment of Bates values,’ Spencer is installed as president
Friday, October 26, 2012 4:00 pm
Bates formally installed Ava Clayton Spencer, described by her former boss as the "embodiment of Bates values," as its eighth president before a gathering of 2,500 on Friday afternoon.
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Spencer: Liberal arts colleges face tough times, but Bates is ready
Wednesday, June 13, 2012 9:31 am
"How do we think about Bates and places like Bates in the context of this challenging world?" asked President-elect Clayton Spencer during the annual Reunion Address on June 8
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Stangle Award answers the question ‘What’s in a name?’
Friday, June 1, 2012 3:50 pm
The inaugural award for distinguished service belongs its namesake: Bruce Stangle '70.