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Bates College
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
Founded 1855 by Baptist minister Oren Cheney.
Location:
Lewiston, ME
Founding Date:
1855 Motto:
Amore ac Studio Mascot:
Bobcats Enrollment:
1700 Official Website:
http://www.bates.edu/ STUDENTS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| Art Agnos |
Politician |
1-Sep-1938 |
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Mayor of San Francisco, 1988-92 |
| Maria Bamford |
Comic |
3-Sep-1970 |
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Comedians of Comedy |
| Nicholas Basbanes |
Author |
1943 |
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A Gentle Madness |
| Carl Cameron |
Journalist |
22-Sep-1961 |
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Fox News chief political correspondent |
| David Chokachi |
Actor |
16-Jan-1968 |
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Cody Madison on Baywatch |
| John Ciardi |
Poet |
24-Jun-1916 |
30-Mar-1986 |
How Does a Poem Mean? |
| Frank M. Coffin |
Judge |
11-Jul-1919 |
7-Dec-2009 |
1st Circuit Court of Appeals, 1965-89 |
| Margaret Deland |
Author |
23-Feb-1857 |
13-Jan-1945 |
Old Chester Tales |
| Nelson Dingley, Jr. |
Politician |
15-Feb-1832 |
13-Jan-1899 |
Congressman from Maine, 1881-99 |
| Bob Goodlatte |
Politician |
22-Sep-1952 |
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Congressman, Virginia 6th |
| Bryant Gumbel |
Talk Show Host |
29-Sep-1948 |
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The Today Show |
| E. Robert Kinney |
Business |
9-Apr-1917 |
2-May-2013 |
CEO of General Mills, 1977-82 |
| Paul W. MacAvoy |
Economist |
21-Apr-1934 |
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Council of Economic Advisers, 1975-76 |
| Jan Masaryk |
Government |
14-Sep-1886 |
10-Mar-1948 |
Czech Foreign Minister |
| Ed Muskie |
Politician |
28-Mar-1914 |
26-Mar-1996 |
US Senator from Maine, 1959-80 |
| Constance Berry Newman |
Government |
8-Jul-1935 |
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US Asst. Secy. of State for Africa, 2004-05 |
| Sylvia Porter |
Columnist |
18-Jun-1913 |
5-Jun-1991 |
Financial columnist |
| Leo Ryan |
Politician |
5-May-1925 |
18-Nov-1978 |
Congressman assassinated in Guyana |
| John Shea |
Actor |
14-Apr-1949 |
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Lex Luthor on Lois & Clark |
| David B. Snow, Jr. |
Business |
c. 1954 |
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CEO of Medco Health Solutions |
| Karen Hastie Williams |
Business |
30-Sep-1944 |
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Retired Partner, Crowell & Moring |
| Garry Wills |
Historian |
22-May-1934 |
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Lincoln at Gettysburg |
| Robert E. Witt |
Educator |
16-Sep-1940 |
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President, University of Alabama |
ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| E. Robert Kinney |
Business |
9-Apr-1917 |
2-May-2013 |
CEO of General Mills, 1977-82 |
| Paul W. MacAvoy |
Economist |
21-Apr-1934 |
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Council of Economic Advisers, 1975-76 |
| James F. Orr III |
Business |
c. 1943 |
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CEO of UNUM Corporation, 1987-99 |
| Thomas A. Renyi |
Business |
c. 1945 |
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Chairman of Bank of New York Mellon |
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