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{{short description|Private liberal arts college in Lewiston, Maine, U.S.}}
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{{for|the law school formerly known as Bates College of Law|University of Houston Law Center}}
{{Infobox university
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| type = [[Private college|Private]] [[liberal arts college]]
| academic_affiliations = [[National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program|Space-grant]], <br> [[Annapolis Group]]
| endowment = $418 million (2022)<ref>
| budget = $119.8 million (
| accreditation = [[New England Commission of Higher Education|NECHE]]
| chairman = John Gillespie
| president =
| undergrad = 1,821 (2022)<ref>Common Data Set, 2021-22</ref>
| faculty = 190 (
| city = [[Lewiston, Maine|Lewiston]]
| state = [[Maine]]
| country = U.S.
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| campus =
| colors = {{colorbox|#881124}} [[Shades of red#Garnet|Garnet]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Brand Identity Guide {{!}} Communications {{!}} Bates College|url=https://www.bates.edu/communications/design-services-1/brand-identity-guide/#Colors|website=www.bates.edu|date=5 May 2015
| sports_nickname = [[Bates Bobcats|Bobcats]]
| sporting_affiliations = {{unbulleted list
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'''Bates College''' ({{IPAc-en|b|eɪ|t|s|}})<ref>{{Citation|last=Spencer|first=Clayton|title=Bates College Commencement 2019|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaeZOHppMrQ| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211117/UaeZOHppMrQ| archive-date=2021-11-17 | url-status=live|language=en|access-date=April 20, 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref> is a [[Private college|private]] [[liberal arts college]] in [[Lewiston, Maine]]. Anchored by the [[Historic Quad]], the campus of Bates totals {{convert|813|acres|ha|abbr=on}}. It maintains {{convert|600|acres|ha|abbr=on}} of nature preserve known as the "[[Bates-Morse Mountain]]" near [[Campbell Island (Maine)|Campbell Island]] and a coastal center on [[Atkins Bay]].
Bates provides undergraduate instruction in the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, and engineering, as well as offering joint undergraduate programs. A baccalaureate college, the undergraduate program requires all students to complete a thesis before graduation, and has a privately funded research enterprise. In addition to being a part of the "[[Colby-Bates-Bowdoin Consortium|Maine Big Three]]", Bates competes in the [[New England Small College Athletic Conference]] (NESCAC) with 31 varsity teams, and 13 club teams.
The [[Bates Bobcats|Bates athletic program]] has graduated 12 [[Olympic Games|Olympians]] and 209 [[All-America]]ns and maintains 32 varsity sports, which compete in [[NCAA Division III]] and two in Division I. <!-- Leave space for TOC limit. -->{{TOC limit|limit=3}}
== History ==
{{main| History of Bates College}}
=== Origins ===
[[File:Hathorn Hall (extended).jpg|thumb|291x291px|The college's oldest academic building, [[Hathorn Hall]] was built in 1856 by Boston architect [[Gridley J. F. Bryant]].]]
While attending (and later leading) the Freewill Baptist [[Parsonsfield Seminary]], Bates founder, [[Oren B. Cheney|Oren Burbank Cheney]] worked for racial and gender equality, religious freedom, and [[Temperance (virtue)|temperance]].<ref name="archive.org">{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/storyoflifeworko00chen#page/32/mode/2up|title=The story of the life and work of Oren B. Cheney, founder and first president of Bates college|last=Cheney|first=Emeline|website=archive.org|access-date=August 11, 2018}}</ref> In 1836, Cheney enrolled in [[Dartmouth College]] (after briefly attending [[Brown University|Brown]]), due to Dartmouth's significant support of the [[Abolitionism|abolitionist]] cause against slavery.<ref name="archive.org" /> After graduating, Cheney was ordained a Baptist minister and began to establish himself as an educational and religious scholar.<ref name="archive.org" /> Parsonsfield [[Parsonsfield Seminary|mysteriously burned down]] in 1854, allegedly due to arson by opponents of abolition.<ref name=":121">{{Cite book|title=Bates Student: A Monthly Magazine|last=Johnnett|first=R. F.|publisher=Bates College|year=1878 |location=Edmund Muskie Archives, Bates College, Lewiston, Maine|pages=Multi–source; pp. 30|quote=...the bell tower flickered in flames while the children ran from its pillar-brick walls...screams awoke the night...}}</ref><ref name="archive.org" /> The event caused Cheney to advocate for the building of a new seminary in a more central part of Maine.<ref name="archive.org" /> With Cheney's influence in the state legislature, the Maine State Seminary was chartered in 1855 and implemented a liberal arts and theological curriculum, making the first [[Mixed-sex education|coeducational]] college in [[New England]].<ref name=":31">{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/colleges/bates-college/|title=Bates College|website=Forbes|access-date=2016-06-16|quote=[Bates College] was the first coeducational college in New England.}}</ref><ref name=":20">{{cite web|url=http://www.bates.edu/150-years/history/progressive-tradition/chapter-3/|title=Chapter 3 {{!}} 150 Years {{!}} Bates College |website=www.bates.edu|date=22 March 2010 |access-date=August 11, 2018}}</ref> Soon after establishment several donors stepped forward to finance portions of the school, such as [[Seth Hathorn]], who donated the first library and academic building, which was renamed [[Hathorn Hall]].<ref name="archive.org" /> The [[Cobb Divinity School]] became affiliated with the college in 1866. Four years later in 1870, Bates sponsored a college preparatory school, called the [[Nichols Latin School]].<ref name="archive.org" /> The college was affected by the financial panic of the later 1850s and required additional funding to remain operational.<ref name="archive.org" /> Cheney's impact in Maine was noted by Boston business magnate [[Benjamin Bates IV|Benjamin Bates]] who developed an interest in the college. Bates gave $100,000 in personal donations and overall contributions valued at $250,000 to the college.<ref name=":124">{{Cite book|title=Bates Student: A Monthly Magazine|last=Johnnett|first=R. F.|publisher=Bates College|year=1878|location=Edmund Muskie Archives, Bates College, Lewiston, Maine|pages=Multi–source; pp. 2}}</ref> The school was renamed Bates College in his honor in 1863 and was chartered to offer a liberal arts curriculum beyond its original theological focus.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bates.edu/150-years/bates-greats/oren-b-cheney/|title=Oren B. Cheney {{!}} 150 Years {{!}} Bates College|website=www.bates.edu|date=22 March 2010 |language=en|access-date=August 11, 2018}}</ref> Two years later the college would graduate the first woman to receive a college degree in New England, [[Mary Mitchell Birchall|Mary Mitchel]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bates.edu/150-years/bates-greats/mary-w-mitchell/|title=Mary W. Mitchell {{!}} 150 Years {{!}} Bates College |website=www.bates.edu|date=22 March 2010 |access-date=August 11, 2018}}</ref> The college began instruction with a six-person faculty tasked with the teaching of [[Ethics|moral philosophy]] and the [[classics]]. From its inception, Bates College served as an alternative to a more traditional and historically conservative [[Bowdoin College]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=A Small College in Maine|last=Calhoun|first=Charles C|publisher=Bowdoin College|year=1993|location=Hubbard Hall, Bowdoin College|page=163}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=General Catalogue of Bates College and Cobb Divinity School|last=Eaton|first=Mabel|publisher=Bates College|year=1930|location=Coram Library, Bates College, Lewiston, Maine.|pages=34, 36, 42}}</ref> There is [[History of Bates College#Relationship with Bowdoin|a complex relationship]] between the two colleges, revolving around socioeconomic class, academic quality, and collegiate athletics.<!-- Cites source the three metrics --><ref name=":1"/><ref name=":022">{{Cite book|title=Traditionally Unconventional|last=Woz|first=Markus|publisher=Bates College|year=2002|location=Ladd Library, Bates College, Lewiston, Maine|page=6}}</ref>
<nowiki/>[[File:1906 Garnet Gateway.jpg|left|thumb|302x302px|The college's
=== 20th century ===
[[File:V12-kennedy-910-D-0051.jpg|thumb|258x258px|[[Robert F. Kennedy]] (second from left), in front of
In 1894, [[George C. Chase|George Colby Chase]] led Bates to increased national recognition,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bates.edu/150-years/bates-greats/george-c-chase/|title=George C. Chase {{!}} 150 Years {{!}} Bates College |website=www.bates.edu|date=22 March 2010 |access-date=August 11, 2018}}</ref> and the college graduated one of the founding members of the [[Boston Red Sox]], [[Harry Lord]].<ref name="ReferenceC">{{cite web|url=http://www.bates.edu/150-years/history/|title=A Brief History {{!}} 150 Years {{!}} Bates College |website=www.bates.edu|date=22 March 2010 |access-date=August 11, 2018}}</ref><ref name="sabr.org">{{cite web|url=http://sabr.org/bioproj/person/7ef30196|title=Harry Lord {{!}} Society for American Baseball Research |website=sabr.org|access-date=August 11, 2018}}</ref> In 1920, the Bates Outing Club was founded and is one of the oldest collegiate outing clubs in the country,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bates.edu/campus/student-orgs/student-clubs-and-organizations/|title=Student Clubs and Organizations {{!}} Campus Life {{!}} Bates College|website=www.bates.edu|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151123144204/http://www.bates.edu/campus/student-orgs/student-clubs-and-organizations/|archive-date=November 23, 2015|url-status=dead|access-date=August 11, 2018}}</ref> the first at a private college to include both men and women from inception, and one of the few outing clubs that remain entirely student run.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bates.edu/150-years/months/january/outing-club/|title=January 1920: The Outing Club's winter birth {{!}} 150 Years {{!}} Bates College |website=www.bates.edu|date=22 March 2010 |access-date=August 11, 2018}}</ref> The debate society of Bates College, the [[Brooks Quimby Debate Council]], became the first college debate team in the United States to compete internationally, and is the oldest collegiate coeducational [[Debate|debate team]] in the United States.<ref name=":42">{{Cite book|title=Bates Through the Years: an Illustrated History|last=Clark|first=Charles E.|publisher=Bates College, Lewiston, Maine|year=2005|location=Edmund Muskie Archives|page=37}}</ref> In February 1920, the debate team defeated [[Harvard College]] during the national debate tournament held at Lewiston City Hall. In 1921, the college's debate team participated in the first intercontinental collegiate debate in history against the [[Oxford Union]]'s debate team at the [[University of Oxford]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bates.edu/150-years/months/february/debates-harvard/|title=Bates debates Harvard at City Hall {{!}} 150 Years {{!}} Bates College |website=www.bates.edu|date=22 March 2010 |access-date=August 11, 2018}}</ref> Oxford's first debate in the United States was against Bates in Lewiston, in September 1923.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1928&dat=19230829&id=_bMgAAAAIBAJ&pg=1100,3668337|title=Oxford and Bates to Meet in Debate August 23, 1923|website=Google News Archives|publisher=Lewiston Daily Sun|page=14|access-date=August 11, 2018}}</ref> In addition during this time, numerous academic buildings were constructed throughout the 1920s.
=== 21st century ===
[[Elaine Tuttle Hansen]] was elected as the first female president of Bates College and managed the second largest [[Fundraising|capital campaign]] ever undertaken by Bates, totaling
After a year-long search for the next president, [[Harvard University]] dean, [[Clayton Spencer]], was appointed as Hansen's successor. Spencer assumed the presidency in 2012, and created diversity mandates, expanded student and faculty recruitment, and [[Student financial aid in the United States|financial aid]] allocation.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://harvardmagazine.com/2012/10/harvard-president-faust-at-bates-college-inauguration|title=Academic Access, Education Reform October 29, 2012|website=Harvard Magazine|date=29 October 2012|access-date=August 11, 2018}}</ref><ref name="questions">{{cite web|url=http://www.bates.edu/news/2012/10/29/inaugural-address-clayton-spencer/|title=Questions Worth Asking — President Clayton Spencer's inaugural address |website=www.bates.edu|date=29 October 2012 |access-date=August 11, 2018}}</ref> While some reforms were successful, minorities at the college, typically classified as non-white and low-income students, still reported a lack of [[Safe-space|safe spaces]], insensitive professors, financial insecurity, indirect racism and [[Elitism|social elitism]].<ref name=":32" /><ref name=":13" /> According to a 2017 article on [[Income inequality in the United States|income inequality]] by ''[[The New York Times]]'',<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/01/18/upshot/some-colleges-have-more-students-from-the-top-1-percent-than-the-bottom-60.html|title=Some Colleges Have More Students From the Top 1 Percent Than the Bottom 60. Find Yours. January 18, 2017|newspaper=The New York Times|date=18 January 2017 |access-date=August 11, 2018|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> 18% of Bates students came from the [[American upper class|1% of the American upper class]] (families who made about $525,000 or more per year),<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/10/the-top-1-percentand-01-percentof-every-age-group-in-america/382094/|title=How Much Income Puts You in the 1 Percent if You're 30, 40, or 50?|last=Thompson|first=Derek|newspaper=The Atlantic|access-date=August 11, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> with more than half coming from the top 5% (families who made about $110,000 or more per year).<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/projects/college-mobility/bates-college|title=Economic diversity and student outcomes at Bates|last1=Cox|first1=Gregor Aisch, Larry Buchanan, Amanda|date=January 18, 2018|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=August 11, 2018|last2=Quealy|first2=Kevin|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> According to the ''[[Portland Press Herald]]'', [[Michael Bonney]] '80 and his wife donated $50 million to the college in support of the $300 million "Bates+You" [[Fundraising|fundraising campaign]] launched in May 2017. The campaign is the largest ever undertaken by the college totaling $300 million, with $168 million already raised {{as of|2017|May|lc=y}}.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pressherald.com/2017/05/16/maine-family-donating-50-million-to-bates-college/|title=Maine family gives $50 million 'transformational' gift to Bates College capital campaign – Portland Press Herald|last=Writer|first=Noel K. GallagherStaff|date=May 16, 2017|website=Press Herald|access-date=August 11, 2018}}</ref> In the aftermath of the [[2019 college admissions bribery scandal]], Ron Lieber of ''The New York Times'' noted that need-aware colleges like Bates and others prioritized students who could pay full tuition in the admission process, writing that, "you can get help if you're admitted, but you might not be admitted if you need help."<ref>{{Cite news|last=Lieber|first=Ron|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/15/your-money/college-admissions-wealth.html|title=Another Admissions Advantage for the Affluent: Just Pay Full Price|date=2019-03-15|work=The New York Times|access-date=2020-04-26|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Though it has a large endowment, Bates has continued to struggle to set a fee schedule that students can afford.<ref>Bauman, Dan. 2023. Wealthy but Wary. ''Chronicle of Higher Education.'' Jan. 20, 2023. vol. 69.11.</ref>{{Undue weight inline|date=August 2023}} [[Garry Jenkins]] succeeded Spencer in 2023, becoming the first black president of the college.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Law |first=Claire |date=March 1, 2023 |title=Bates College elects its first Black president - The Boston Globe |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/03/01/metro/bates-college-elects-its-first-black-president/ |access-date=August 8, 2023 |website=BostonGlobe.com |language=en-US}}</ref>
== Academics ==
[[File:Entrance to Coram Library.jpg|thumb|345x345px|Entrance to the college's inaugural library,
The largest natural science academic department at Bates College is the biology department, followed by mathematics, physics, and geology. The social science academic department with the highest number of majors is its economics department, followed by psychology, politics, and history. The largest humanities academic department is the English department, followed by French and francophone studies, art and visual culture, and rhetoric. The interdisciplinary academic program at Bates with the highest number of majors is environmental studies, followed by biochemistry, neuroscience, and classical and medieval studies.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://www.bates.edu/research/files/2015/04/bates.facts_1415.pdf|title=Bates College 2014/2015 Statistics and Facts|publisher=Bates College|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150531063842/http://www.bates.edu/research/files/2015/04/bates.facts_1415.pdf|archive-date=2015-05-31|url-status=dead|access-date=August 11, 2018}}</ref>
Bates also offers a Liberal Arts-Engineering Dual Degree Program with [[
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=== Teaching and learning ===
[[File:Entrance to Roger Williams Hall, Bates College.jpg|thumb|283x283px|Entrance to
Students at Bates take a first-year seminar, which provides a template for the rest of the four years at Bates. The student selects a specific topic offered by the college, and works together in a small class with a scholar-in-field professor of that topic, to study and critically analyze the subject. All first-year seminars place importance on writing ability, and composition in order to facilitate the process of complex and fluid ideas being put down on paper. Seminars range from [[Constitutionalism|constitutional analysis]] to [[Mathematical theory|mathematical theorizing]] to [[Disturbance (ecology)|disturbance ecology]]. After three complete years at Bates, each student participates in a [[Thesis|senior thesis or capstone]] that demonstrates expertise and overall knowledge of the [[Major (academic)|Major]], [[Minor (academic)|Minor]] or General Education Concentrations (GECs). The Senior Thesis is an intensive program that begins with the skills taught in the first-year program and concludes with a compiled thesis that stresses research and innovation.<ref name="www.bates.edu22">{{cite web|url=https://www.bates.edu/academics/|title= Academics {{!}} Bates College|website=www.bates.edu|date= 21 June 2011|access-date=December 8, 2020}}</ref> [[File:Bates College Concert Hall.jpg|thumb|271x271px|The
=== Research and faculty ===
According to the [[National Science Foundation|U.S. National Science Foundation]], the college received $1.15 million in grants, fellowships, and [[Research and development|R&D]] [[stipend]]s for research.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ncsesdata.nsf.gov/profiles/site?method=report&fice=2036&id=f2|title=NSF – NCSES Academic Institution Profiles – Bates College : Federal obligations for science and engineering, by agency and type of activity: 2014|website=ncsesdata.nsf.gov|access-date=August 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180813005007/https://ncsesdata.nsf.gov/profiles/site?method=report&fice=2036&id=f2|archive-date=2018-08-13|url-status=dead}}</ref> The college spent $1,584,000 in 2014 on research and development.<ref name=":11">{{Cite web|url=https://ncsesdata.nsf.gov/profiles/site?method=rankingBySource&ds=herd|title=NCSES Data Set: Bates College|access-date=August 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170113144205/https://ncsesdata.nsf.gov/profiles/site?method=rankingBySource&ds=herd|archive-date=2017-01-13|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Bates Student Research Fund was established for students completing independent research or [[Capstone Program|capstones]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bates.edu/academics/student-research/academic-year/bates-student-research-fund/|title=Bates Student Research Fund {{!}} Academics {{!}} Bates College |website=www.bates.edu|date=10 September 2010 |access-date=August 11, 2018}}</ref> [[Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics|STEM]] grants are offered to students in the science, engineering, technology and mathematics fields who wish to showcase their research at professional conferences or national laboratories.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bates.edu/academics/student-research/academic-year/stem-travel-grants/|title=STEM Travel Grants {{!}} Academics {{!}} Bates College |website=www.bates.edu|date=28 November 2012 |access-date=August 11, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bates.edu/offcampus/before/financial-aid/endowment-details/|title=Barlow Grants {{!}} Off-Campus Study {{!}} Bates College |website=www.bates.edu|date=24 March 2010 |access-date=August 11, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bates.edu/academics/research-opportunities/|title=Research Opportunities {{!}} Academics {{!}} Bates College |website=www.bates.edu|date=10 September 2010 |access-date=August 11, 2018}}</ref> Independent research grants from the college can range from $300 to over $200,000 for a three-year research program depending on donor or agency.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bates.edu/grants/front-page/apply-for-a-new-grant/grant-news/|title=Grant News {{!}} External Grants {{!}} Bates College |website=www.bates.edu|access-date=August 11, 2018}}</ref> The college's Harward Center is its main research entity for community-based research and offers fellowships to students.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bates.edu/harward/curricular/community-based-research/|title=Community-Engaged Research {{!}} Harward Center {{!}} Bates College |website=www.bates.edu|date=19 July 2011 |access-date=August 11, 2018}}</ref> According to a 2001 study, Bates College's economics department was the most cited liberal arts department in the United States.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bates.edu/news/2001/10/25/econ-rank/|title=Economics department ranked at top of leading liberal arts college October 25, 2001|date=25 October 2001|access-date=August 11, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bates.edu/economics/faculty/|title=Faculty {{!}} Economics {{!}} Bates College |website=www.bates.edu|date=17 May 2010 |access-date=August 11, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://abacus.bates.edu/acad/pubs/FacHB/benefits.html|title=The Faculty Handbook of Bates College: Faculty Benefits and Support Programs |website=abacus.bates.edu|date=21 June 2011 |access-date=August 11, 2018}}</ref>
[[File:Dana Chemistry Hall Bates college.jpg|thumb|288x288px
Bates College has been the site of landmark experiments and academic movements. In chemistry, the college has played an important role in shaping ideas about [[inorganic chemistry]] and is considered the birthplace of [[Photochemistry|inorganic photochemistry]] as its early manifestations
Atop the
{{as of|2017}}, Bates has a faculty of 190 and a student body of 1,780 creating a 10:1 student-faculty ratio and the average class size is about fifteen students. All [[Tenure|tenured faculty]] possess the [[Terminal degree|highest degree in their field]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=http://www.bates.edu/news/2015/04/03/students-admitted-to-the-class-of-2019-are-the-academically-strongest-most-diverse-in-bates-history-3/#through-text|title=Students admitted to the Class of 2019 are the academically strongest, most diverse in Bates history|last=Fischer|first=Kent|date=April 3, 2015|website=www.bates.edu|language=en|access-date=August 11, 2018}}</ref> Full-time professors at the college received an average total compensation of $123,066, with salaries and benefits varying from field to field and position to position, putting faculty pay in the top 17% of all public and private universities.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://chronicle.com/interactives/executive-compensation|title=Executive Compensation at Private and Public Colleges|date=December 6, 2015|website=The Chronicle of Higher Education|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151207054516/http://chronicle.com/interactives/executive-compensation|archive-date=2015-12-07|url-status=dead|access-date=August 11, 2018}}</ref>
=== Mount David Summit ===
The college holds the annual '''Mount David Summit''' <!-- Bolded as it is a redirect section from "Mount David Summit". -->which serves as a platform for students of all years to present undergraduate research, creative art, performance, and various other academic projects and is named after the campus' [[Mount David]]. Presentations at the summit include various discipline-centered projects, themed [[panel discussion]]s, films Q & A's, as well as other activities in the Lewiston area.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bates.edu/summit/|title=Mount David Summit – Bates College |website=www.bates.edu|access-date=August 11, 2018}}</ref> Started in 2002, the summit is held in
== Admissions ==
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=== Cost of attendance and financial aid ===
For the 2016–17 academic year, Bates charged a [[Tuition payments|comprehensive price]] (tuition, room and board, and associated fees) of $66,550.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bates.edu/financial-services/costs-and-payment/|title=Tuition & Fees {{!}} Student Financial Services {{!}} Bates College |website=www.bates.edu|date=8 June 2011 |access-date=August 11, 2018}}</ref> The college's tuition is the same for in-state and out-of-state students. Bates practices [[need-blind admission]] for students who are [[Citizenship in the United States|U.S. citizens]], [[Permanent residency|permanent residents]], DACA status students, [[Undocumented students in the United States|undocumented students]], or who graduate from a [[Secondary education in the United States|high school within the United States]], and meets all of the demonstrated need for all admitted students, including admitted international students.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thecollegesolution.com/list-of-colleges-that-meet-100-of-financial-need/|title=List of Colleges That Meet 100% of Financial Need {{!}} The College Solution |website=www.thecollegesolution.com|date=28 October 2013 |access-date=August 11, 2018}}</ref> During the 2016–17 academic year the college dispensed $37.9 million in financial aid with $4.3 million to [[Undocumented students in the United States|undocumented students]].<ref name=":23" />
Bates does not offer merit or [[athletic scholarship]]s. Although Bates is often the most expensive school to attend in its athletic conference, the college covers 100% of financial need for students, and has an average financial package of $42,217. {{as of|2014}}, 44% of students utilize financial aid. Bates offers the Direct "+" Loan, Direct Student Loans, [[Pell Grant]]s, [[Federal Perkins Loan|Perkins Loan]], [[Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant|Supplementary Educational Opportunity Grants]] (SEOG), and [[Federal Work-Study Program|Work-Study Program]].<ref name=":19">{{cite web|url=http://www.bates.edu/research/files/2015/04/bates.facts_1415.pdf|title=Federal Financial Aid Programs|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150531063842/http://www.bates.edu/research/files/2015/04/bates.facts_1415.pdf|archive-date=2015-05-31|url-status=dead|access-date=August 11, 2018}}</ref>
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=== Demographics ===
For the class of 2019, the [[Demography of the United States|gender demographic]] of the college breaks down to 49% male and 51% female. 27% of U.S. students are students of color (domestic and international) and 13% of admitted students are first generation to college.<ref name=":2" /> The educational background for admitted students
=== Rankings and reputation ===
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Bates is noted as one of the [[Little Ivies]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-12-22/little-good-news-for-the-little-ivies|title=Little Good News for the Little Ivies|last=Smith|first=Kate|date=December 22, 2016|newspaper=Bloomberg.com|access-date=August 11, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/gracekay/2019/08/15/top-15-liberal-arts-colleges-2019-claremont-colleges-vs-little-ivies/|title=Top 15 Liberal Arts Colleges 2019: Claremont Colleges Vs Little Ivies|last=Kay|first=Grace|date=August 19, 2019|website=Forbes|language=en|access-date=April 20, 2020}}</ref> along with universities such as [[Tufts University|Tufts]], [[Bowdoin College|Bowdoin]], Colby, [[Amherst College|Amherst]], [[Middlebury College|Middlebury]], [[Connecticut College]], Hamilton, Trinity, [[Wesleyan University|Wesleyan]], and [[Williams College|Williams]]. The college is also known as one of the [[Hidden Ivies]], which includes much larger research universities such as [[Johns Hopkins University|Johns Hopkins]] and [[Stanford University]]. The
== Campus ==
[[File:Bates College Chapel2.jpg|thumb|Gomes Chapel, loosely modeled on [[King's College Chapel, Cambridge]].]]
Bates is in a former [[mill town]], Lewiston, which has a large [[French Canadian]] ethnic presence due to migration from [[Quebec]] in the 19th century. The college is known for cultural strains with the town, with townspeople describing Bates as a "leafy oasis of privilege."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bates.edu/news/2015/05/22/ali-liston-50-years/|title=50 years ago: Ali, Liston, Lewiston, Bates|last=Burns|first=Jay|date=May 22, 2015|website=www.bates.edu|access-date=August 11, 2018}}</ref> The overall architectural design of the college can be traced through the [[Colonial Revival architecture|Colonial Revival architecture movement]], and has distinctive [[Neoclassical architecture|Neoclassical]], [[Georgian architecture|Georgian]], [[Colonial Revival architecture|Colonial]], and [[Gothic Revival architecture|Gothic]] features. The earliest buildings of the college were directly designed by Boston architect [[Gridley J. F. Bryant|Gridley J.F. Bryant]], and subsequent buildings follow his overall architectural template.<ref name=":3" /> Colonial restoration influence can be seen in the architecture of certain buildings, however many of the off campus houses' architecture was heavily influenced by the [[Victorian era]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite book|title=Architecture of Bates College|last=Stuan|first=Thomas|publisher=Bates College, Lewiston, Maine|year=2006|location=Ladd Library, Bates College, Lewiston, Maine|page=23}}</ref> Many buildings on campus share design parallels with [[Dartmouth College]], [[University of Cambridge]], [[Yale University]], and [[Harvard University]].<ref name=":26">{{Cite book|title=The Architecture of Bates College|last=Stuan|first=Thomas|publisher=Bates College|year=2006|location=Ladd Library, Bates College, Lewiston, Maine|page=23}}</ref><ref name=":223">{{cite web|url=http://www.bates.edu/chaplaincy/chapel/|title=The Peter J. Gomes Chapel {{!}} Multifaith Chaplaincy {{!}} Bates College |website=www.bates.edu|date=14 July 2010 |access-date=August 11, 2018}}</ref>
[[File:Chase Hall.jpg|left|thumb|Chase Hall, the student activity center, served as the dining hall until the construction of the Commons.]]
Bates has a 133-acre main campus and maintains the 600-acre [[Bates-Morse Mountain|Bates-Morse Mountain Conservation Area]],<ref name="ReferenceE">{{cite web|url=http://www.bates.edu/harward/bates-morse-mountain-shortridge/|title=Bates-Morse Mountain & Shortridge {{!}} Harward Center {{!}} Bates College |website=www.bates.edu|date=19 October 2017 |access-date=August 11, 2018}}</ref> as well as an 80-acre Coastal Center fresh water habitat at Shortridge.<ref name="ReferenceF">{{cite web|url=http://www.bates.edu/harward/bmmcashortridge-field-research/|title=Bates-Morse Mountain Conservation Area and Shortridge Field Research {{!}} Harward Center {{!}} Bates College |website=www.bates.edu|date=19 October 2017 |access-date=August 11, 2018}}</ref> The eastern campus is situated around Lake Andrews, where many residential halls are located. The quad of the campus connects academic buildings, athletics arenas, and residential halls. Bates College houses over 1 million volumes of articles, papers, subscriptions, audio/video items and government articles among all three libraries and all academic buildings. The George and Helen Ladd Library houses 620,000 cataloged volumes, 2,500 serial subscriptions and 27,000 audio/video items.<ref name=":0" /> Coram Library houses almost 200,000 volumes of articles, subscriptions and audio/video items.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bates.edu/library/coram-library/|title=Coram Library {{!}} Library {{!}} Bates College |website=www.bates.edu|date=5 September 2012 |access-date=August 11, 2018}}</ref>
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The most notable items in the library's collection include copies of the original [[Constitution of Maine]], personal correspondence of [[James K. Polk]] and [[Hannibal Hamlin]], original academic papers of [[Henry Clay]], personal documents of [[Edmund Muskie]], original printings of newspaper articles written by [[James G. Blaine]], and selected collections of other prominent religious, political and economic figures, both in Maine, and the United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bates.edu/library/|title=Library {{!}} Bates College |website=www.bates.edu|date=12 July 2012 |access-date=August 11, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://abacus.bates.edu/muskie-archives/Collections/Books.shtml|title=Bates College: Muskie Archives: Collections |website=abacus.bates.edu|date=21 December 2016 |access-date=August 11, 2018}}</ref>
The campus provides 33 [[Victorian house|Victorian Houses]], 9 residential halls, and one residential village.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bates.edu/improvements/|title=Campus Facilities Planning – Bates College |website=www.bates.edu|date=27 July 2010 |access-date=August 11, 2018}}</ref> The college maintains 12 academic buildings with Lane Hall serving as the administration building on campus. Lane Hall houses the offices of the president, dean of the faculty, registrar, and provost, among others.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bates.edu/tour/administrative-buildings/lane-hall/|title=Lane Hall {{!}} Campus Tour {{!}} Bates College|website=www.bates.edu|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160616143635/http://www.bates.edu/tour/administrative-buildings/lane-hall/|archive-date=2016-06-16|url-status=dead|access-date=August 11, 2018}}</ref>
=== Olin Arts Center ===
The Olin Arts Center maintains three teaching sound proof studios, five class rooms, five seminar rooms, ten practice rooms with pianos, and a 300-seat grand recital hall. It holds the college's [[Steinway D-274|Steinway concert grand piano]], [[Disklavier]], William Dowd harpsichord, and their 18th
=== Museum of Art ===
[[File:BatesCollegeMuseum2.jpg|thumb|263x263px|The [[Bates College Museum of Art]] in the
{{main|Bates College Museum of Art}}
Founded in 1955, the Bates College Museum of Art holds contemporary and historic pieces. In the 1930s, the college secured a private holding from the [[Museum of Modern Art]] of [[Vincent van Gogh]]'s [[The Starry Night|Starry Night]], for students participating in the 'Bates Plan'.<ref name=":5">{{Cite book|title=Bates Through the Years: an Illustrated History|last=Clark|first=Charles E.|publisher=Edmund Muskie Archives|year=2005|location=Edmund Muskie Archives: Bates College, Lewiston, Maine|page=37}}</ref> It holds 5,000 pieces and objects of contemporary domestic and international art. The museum holds over 100 original artworks, photographs and sketches from [[Marsden Hartley]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bates.edu/museum/exhibitions/past-exhibitions/2015-2/the-painter-of-maine-photographs-of-marsden-hartley/|title=The Painter of Maine: Photographs of Marsden Hartley {{!}} Museum of Art {{!}} Bates College |website=www.bates.edu|date=23 March 2015 |access-date=August 11, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bates.edu/museum/visit/about-2/marsden-hartley-and-beyond/|title=Marsden Hartley and Beyond {{!}} Museum of Art {{!}} Bates College |website=www.bates.edu|date=7 March 2010 |access-date=August 11, 2018}}</ref> The MoA offers numerous lectures, artist symposiums, and workshops. The entire space is split into three components, the larger Upper Gallery, smaller Lower Gallery, and the Synergy Gallery which is primarily used for student exhibits and research. Almost 20,000 visitors are attracted to the MoA annually.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bates.edu/museum/visit/history-of-the-museum-and-art-collection/|title=History of the Museum of Art {{!}} Museum of Art {{!}} Bates College |website=www.bates.edu|date=7 March 2010 |access-date=August 11, 2018}}</ref>
=== Bates-Morse Mountain Area ===
{{main| Bates-Morse Mountain}}This conservation area of 600 acres is available to Bates students for academic, extracurricular, and research purposes. This area is mainly salt marshes and coastal uplands. The college participates in preserving the plants, animals and natural ecosystems within this area as a part of their Community-Engaged Learning Program. Due to its overall size, the site is frequently used by other Maine schools such as Bowdoin College for their [[Nordic skiing|Nordic Skiing]] practices.<ref name="ReferenceE"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bates.edu/harward/files/2011/06/CEYES0910FINALONLINE.pdf|title=ShortRdige Programs: Bates College |access-date=August 11, 2018}}</ref>
== Student life ==
[[File:The Commons, Bates College.jpg|thumb|306x306px|The college's dining complex: Commons.|left]]In 2015, the college's dining program was ranked 6th by ''[[The Princeton Review]],''<ref name=":4" /> and 8th by [[Niche (company)|Niche]] in the United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://college.usatoday.com/2015/01/12/survey-ranks-the-colleges-with-the-best-food-plans/|title=Survey ranks the colleges with the best food plans|date=January 12, 2015|website=USA TODAY College|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150113091251/http://college.usatoday.com/2015/01/12/survey-ranks-the-colleges-with-the-best-food-plans/|archive-date=2015-01-13|url-status=dead|access-date=August 11, 2018}}</ref> The college's dining services received the grade of 'A+' by Niche in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017.<ref name="Explore Bates College">{{Cite web |title=Bates College |url=https://colleges.niche.com/bates-college/ |access-date=August 11, 2018 |website=Niche |language=en-US}}</ref> The college holds one main dining area and offers two floors of seating.<ref name="Ref-1">{{cite web|url=https://colleges.niche.com/bates-college/campus-food/|title=Bates College – Campus Food |website=Niche.com|access-date=August 11, 2018}}</ref> All meals and catered events on campus are served by Bates Dining Services, which makes a concentrated effort to purchase foods from suppliers and producers within the state of Maine, like [[Oakhurst Dairy]] and others.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bates.edu/dining/who-we-are/food-quality-and-nutrition/|title=Food Quality and Nutrition {{!}} Dining Services {{!}} Bates College |website=www.bates.edu|access-date=August 11, 2018}}</ref> The Den serves as an on-campus restaurant.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bates.edu/tour/the-den/|title=The Den {{!}} Campus Tour {{!}} Bates College|website=www.bates.edu|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120428154254/http://www.bates.edu/tour/the-den/|archive-date=2012-04-28|url-status=dead|access-date=August 11, 2018}}</ref> While on campus, enrolled students and faculty have access to [[24/7 service|round-the-clock]] emergency medical services and security protection.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://abacus.bates.edu/people/orgs/ems/|title=Bates Emergency Medical Services, Bates College |website=abacus.bates.edu|date=7 August 2017 |access-date=August 11, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bates.edu/security/|title=Security & Campus Safety {{!}} Bates College |website=www.bates.edu|date=8 June 2011 |access-date=August 11, 2018}}</ref>
The college also holds an annual "Harvest Dinner" during [[Thanksgiving (United States)|Thanksgiving]] that features a school-wide dining experience including a New England buffet and live musical performances.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bates.edu/news/2008/11/13/harvest-meal-2008/|title=Fare to remember: Harvest Meal 2008 {{!}} News {{!}} Bates College November 13, 2008|website=www.bates.edu|date=13 November 2008|access-date=August 11, 2018}}</ref> [[Martin Luther King, Jr. Day|Martin Luther King Day]] at Bates is celebrated annually with classes being canceled, and performances, events, keynote talks are held in observance. It is a day marked by keynotes from well known scholars who speak on the subjects of race, justice, and equality in America. In 2016, the college invited [[Jelani Cobb]] to speak at the college on MLK Day.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bates.edu/mlk/|title=Martin Luther King Jr. Observance {{!}} Bates College |website=www.bates.edu|access-date=August 11, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bates.edu/mlk/mlk-day-2016-keynote-speaker-william-jelani-cobb/|title=MLK Day 2016 keynote speaker: William Jelani Cobb {{!}} Martin Luther King Jr. Observance {{!}} Bates College |website=www.bates.edu|date=11 December 2015 |access-date=August 11, 2018}}</ref> The college offers students 110 clubs and organizations on campus.<ref name="ReferenceB">{{cite web|url=http://www.bates.edu/campus/student-orgs/student-clubs-and-organizations/|title=Student Clubs and Organizations {{!}} Campus Life {{!}} Bates College|website=www.bates.edu|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904003336/http://www.bates.edu/campus/student-orgs/student-clubs-and-organizations/|archive-date=2015-09-04|url-status=dead|access-date=August 11, 2018}}</ref> Among those is the competitive eating club, the Fat Cats, Ultimate Frisbee, and the student government.<ref name="ReferenceB" /> The largest club is the Outing Club, which leads canoeing, kayaking, rafting, camping and backpacking trips throughout Maine.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bates.edu/boc/|title=Bates Outing Club {{!}} Bates College |website=www.bates.edu|date=16 February 2015 |access-date=August 11, 2018}}</ref> Although Bates has since conception
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=== Brooks Quimby Debate Council ===
{{Main| Brooks Quimby Debate Council}}[[File:Mirror, 1921 (1921) (14598023988).jpg|thumb|329x329px|Members of the [[Brooks Quimby Debate Council]], named after [[Brooks Quimby]], who served as a debate mentor to [[Robert F. Kennedy]] and [[Edmund Muskie]].]]
[[File:IvyBates College.jpg|thumb|275x275px|[[Hedera|Ivy]] growing on the side of [[Hathorn Hall]], featuring respective classes' [[Ivy stone]]s, in celebration of the college's [[Ivy Day (United States)|Ivy Day]].]]
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==== Ivy Day ====
The class graduates participate in an [[Ivy Day (united states)|Ivy Day]] which installs a granite placard onto one of the academic or residential buildings on campus. They serve as a symbol of the class and their respective history both academically and socially. Some classes donate to the college, in the form of gates, facades, and door outlines, by inscribing or creating their own version of symbolic icons of the college's seal or other prominent insignia. This usually occurs on graduation day, but may occur on later dates with alumni returning to the campus. This tradition is shared with the [[University of Pennsylvania]] and [[Princeton University]]. On Ivy Day, members of [[Phi Beta Kappa Society|Phi Beta Kappa]] are announced.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bates.edu/news/2006/05/04/ivy-stone/|title=The Class of 1975 joins the ivy stone tradition {{!}} News {{!}} Bates College |website=www.bates.edu|date=4 May 2006 |language=en|access-date=August 11, 2018}}</ref>
==== Winter Carnival ====
This tradition is nearly a century old.<ref name=":6" /> The college has held, on odd to even years, a Winter Carnival which comprises a themed four-day event that includes performances, dances, and games. Past Winter Carnivals have included "a [[Switzerland|Swiss]] Olympic skier swooshing down Mount David", faculty and student football games, faculty and administration skits, oversized snow sculptures, "serenading of the dormitories", and expeditions to [[Camden, Maine|Camden]]. When alumnus [[Edmund Muskie]] was governor, he participated in a torch relay from [[Augusta, Maine|Augusta]] to [[Lewiston, Maine|Lewiston]] in celebration of the [[1960 Winter Olympics]].<ref name=":6">{{cite web|url=http://www.bates.edu/150-years/months/january/torch-tradition/|title=January 1958: The Winter Carnival torch tradition |website=www.bates.edu|date=22 March 2010 |access-date=August 11, 2018}}</ref>
[[Robert F. Kennedy]], with his naval classmates, built a replica of their boat back in Massachusetts out of snow in front of Smith Hall, during their carnival. This tradition is second only to [[Dartmouth College]] as the oldest of its kind in the United States.<ref name=":42" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bates.edu/news/1997/01/13/winter-carnival-1997/|title=Winter carnival to be held {{!}} News {{!}} Bates College January 13, 1997|website=www.bates.edu|date=13 January 1997|access-date=August 11, 2018}}</ref> Students are known to participate in what has been colloquially termed as the '[[Newman Day|Dartmouth Challenge]]', which consists of alcohol related activities, closely related to the parent ritual [[Newman Day]], a tradition the college started in the 1970s.<ref name=":022" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/24_hours_in_a_day_24_beers_in_a_case_coincidence_i_think_not_newman_day/|title="24 hours in a day, 24 beers in a case. Coincidence? I think not." (Newman Day)|last=Popik|first=Barry|date=July 6, 2012|website=www.barrypopik.com|access-date=August 11, 2018}}</ref> The carnival has been hosted by the Bates Outing Club since its conception.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thebatesstudent.com/2015/01/95th-anniversary-winter-carnival/|title=95th anniversary of Winter Carnival|last=Goldberg|first=Hannah|date=January 21, 2015|access-date=August 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180813043338/http://www.thebatesstudent.com/2015/01/95th-anniversary-winter-carnival/|archive-date=August 13, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==== Puddle Jump ====
On the Friday of Winter Carnival, the Bates College Outing Club initiates the annual Puddle Jump. A hole is cut by a chainsaw or by the original axe used in the inaugural Puddle Jump of 1975, in Lake Andrews. Students from all class years jump into the hole, sometimes in costumes, to celebrate, "exuberance at the end of a hard winter." By mid-evening, they celebrate with donuts, cider and a cappella performances.<ref name=":10">{{cite web|url=http://www.bates.edu/150-years/months/march/puddle-jump/|title=Puddle Jump {{!}} 150 Years {{!}} Bates College August 11, 2018|website=www.bates.edu|date=22 March 2010 |access-date=August 11, 2018}}</ref>
== Athletics ==
{{Main|Bates Bobcats}}
[[File:1912 Bates
The college's official mascot is the [[bobcat]], and official color is garnet. The college athletically competes in the [[NCAA Division III]] [[New England Small College Athletic Conference]] (NESCAC), which also includes [[Amherst College|Amherst]], [[Connecticut College|Connecticut]], [[Hamilton College (New York)|Hamilton]], [[Middlebury College|Middlebury]], [[Trinity College (Connecticut)|Trinity]], [[Tufts University|Tufts]], [[Wesleyan University|Wesleyan]], [[Williams College|Williams]], and "Maine Big Three" rivals [[Bowdoin College|Bowdoin]] and [[Colby College|Colby]] in the [[Colby-Bates-Bowdoin Consortium]]. This is one of the oldest football rivalries in the United States. This consortium is a series of historically highly competitive football games ending in the championship game between the three schools. Bates is the holder of the winning streak, but also has the record for the biggest loss in the athletic conference.
Overall the college leads the Colby-Bates-Bowdoin Consortium in wins. Bates has won this championship
According to [[USRowing|''U.S. Rowing'']], the Women's Rowing Team is ranked 1st in the New England Small College Athletic Conference, and 1st overall in [[NCAA Division III Rowing Championship|NCAA Division III Rowing]], {{as of|2016|lc=y}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usrowing.org/news/details/2016/04/20/california-takes-the-top-barry-and-bates-hold-in-usrowing-crca-week-five-poll|title=California Takes the Top – Barry and Bates Hold in USRowing/CRCA Week Five Poll|website=www.usrowing.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160428063717/http://www.usrowing.org/news/details/2016/04/20/california-takes-the-top-barry-and-bates-hold-in-usrowing-crca-week-five-poll|archive-date=2016-04-28|url-status=dead|access-date=August 11, 2018}}</ref> In the 2015 season, the women's rowing team was [[Bates Bobcats|the most decorated]] rowing team in collegiate racing while also being the first to sweep every major rowing competition in its athletic conference in the history of NCAA Division III athletics. In 2015, the men's rowing team had the fastest ascension in rankings of any sport in its athletic conference and is the NESCAC Rowing Champion.<ref name=":103">{{cite web|url=http://www.nescac.com/sports/rowing/2014-15/championship/NESCAC_Champions|title=Bates Men, Women Sweep NESCAC Rowing Championships – NESCAC May 10, 2015|website=www.nescac.com|access-date=August 11, 2018|archive-date=August 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180813043433/https://www.nescac.com/sports/rowing/2014-15/championship/NESCAC_Champions|url-status=dead}}</ref> Bates has the [[Bates Bobcats|4th highest NESCAC title hold]], is ranked 5th in its athletic conference and 15th in Division III athletics. {{as of|2018}}, the college has graduated a total of 12 Olympians, one of whom won the [[Olympic medal|Olympic Gold Medal]] rowing for Canada at the [[2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Beijing Olympics]].<ref name=":43">{{cite web|url=http://athletics.bates.edu/bobcat-olympians|title=Bobcat Olympians {{!}} Athletics {{!}} Bates College |website=athletics.bates.edu|access-date=August 11, 2018}}</ref> The all-time leader of the [[Colby-Bates-Bowdoin Chase Regatta|Chase Regatta]] is Bates with a total of 14 composite wins, followed by Colby's 5 wins, concluding with Bowdoin's 2 wins.
The ice hockey team is the first team to win the NESCAC Club Ice Hockey Championships four times in a row.<ref name="athletics.bates.edu 20150502jgiyqn">{{cite web|url=http://athletics.bates.edu/sports/rowing/2014-15/releases/20150502jgiyqn|title=Women's rowing team dominates the New England Rowing Championships {{!}} Athletics {{!}} Bates College May 2, 2015|website=athletics.bates.edu|access-date=August 11, 2018}}</ref> {{as of|2016}}, the men's club ice hockey team is ranked 5th in the Northeast, and 25th overall in the [[Northeast Collegiate Hockey League|NESCHA rankings]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pointstreaksites.com/view/necha/league-standings-22|title=League Standings Northeast Collegiate Hockey Association (NECHA) – Pointstreak Sites May 1, 2016|website=pointstreaksites.com|access-date=August 11, 2018}}</ref> In the winter of 2008, the college's Nordic Skiing team sent students who were the highest
Bates maintains 31 varsity teams, and 9 club teams, including sailing, cycling, ice hockey, rugby, and water polo.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://athletics.bates.edu/landing/index/#submenu3-2|title=Athletics {{!}} Bates College |website=athletics.bates.edu|access-date=August 11, 2018}}</ref>
== Sustainability ==
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In 2005, President [[Elaine Tuttle Hansen]] stated, "Bates will purchase its entire electricity supply from renewable energy sources in Maine" and secured a new contract, adding a premium of $76,000 to their energy supply.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bates.edu/news/2005/11/22/green-power/|title=Bates commits to Maine 'green power' for its electricity November 22, 2005|website=www.bates.edu|date=22 November 2005|access-date=August 11, 2018}}</ref> Bates College signed onto the [[American College & University Presidents' Climate Commitment|American College and University President's Climate Commitment]] in 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www2.presidentsclimatecommitment.org/documents/summitbooklet2012.pdf|title=President's Climate Commitment|access-date=December 4, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208153836/http://www2.presidentsclimatecommitment.org/documents/summitbooklet2012.pdf|archive-date=December 8, 2015}}</ref> In April 2008, the college completed its dining complex named "The Commons"<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Elbaum|first=Meredith|date=May 1, 2005|title=A Not So Common College Commons: Sustainable Dining at Bates College|journal=Journal of Green Building|volume=5|issue=2|pages=16–26|doi=10.3992/jgb.5.2.16|issn=1552-6100|doi-access=free}}</ref> at a cost of approximately $24 million.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pupnmag.com/article/detail/6390/lucky-seven-bates-dining-commons|title=Lucky Seven: Bates Dining Commons – PUPN Mag|last=Burns|first=Jay|date=January 1, 2015|website=www.pupnmag.com|access-date=August 11, 2018}}</ref> The complex is 60,000 square feet, certified [[Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design|LEED Silver]], and features [[occupancy sensor]]s, [[Chlorofluorocarbon|anti-HCFC]] [[refrigerant]]s, natural ventilation, heat islands, and five separate dining areas with almost 70% of the walls being glass paneling.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bates.edu/sustainability/buildings/dining-commons/|title=Dining Commons {{!}} Sustainability {{!}} Bates College |website=www.bates.edu|date=13 July 2010 |access-date=August 11, 2018}}</ref>
In 2009, the college was given its third $5,000 [[Grant (money)|grant allocation]] by the Hobart Center for Foodservice Sustainability which cited Bates as "having the best sustainability program among numerous entrants nationwide".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.traulsen.com/traulsennewsarticle.aspx?id=1415|title=Traulsen |website=www.traulsen.com|access-date=August 11, 2018}}</ref> In 2010, the college was named one of 15 colleges in the United States to the "Green Honor Roll", by [[The Princeton Review|Princeton Review]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.evergreen.edu/news/archives/2009/07/princeton.htm|title=Princeton Review Chooses The Evergreen State College for Its "Green Rating Honor Roll" at Evergreen July 28, 2010|website=www.evergreen.edu|access-date=August 11, 2018}}</ref> Bates mitigates 99% of emissions [[Electrical conduction system of the heart|via electrical consumption]] and purchases all of its energy from Maine Renewable Resources. The college expended $1.1 million of its endowment to install lighting retrofits, occupancy sensors, motor system replacements and energy
Bates maintains numerous environmental clubs and
The [[United States Environmental Protection Agency]] honored Bates as a member of the Green Power Leadership Club due to the fact that 96% of energy used on campus is from renewable resources.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scribd.com/fullscreen/30197111?access_key=key-1laskaan3lw2eknp570|title=Scribd|website=www.scribd.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105210658/https://www.scribd.com/fullscreen/30197111?access_key=key-1laskaan3lw2eknp570|archive-date=2016-01-05|url-status=dead|access-date=August 11, 2018}}</ref> All newly developed buildings and facilities are built to [[Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design|LEED]] Silver and Gold standards.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.greenreportcard.org/report-card-2011/schools/bates-college.html|title=Bates College – Green Report Card 2011 May 4, 2011|website=www.greenreportcard.org|access-date=August 11, 2018}}</ref> The college achieved [[Carbon neutrality|complete carbon neutrality]] in 2019, as a result of campus-wide conservation efforts and specific initiatives in its implementation plan.<ref name=":192" /><ref>"Bates College Achieves Carbon Neutral Status to Help Stave Off Climate Change," ''Lewiston Sun Journal,'' https://www.sunjournal.com/2019/05/16/bates-college-achieves-carbon-neutral-status-to-help-stave-off-climate-change/</ref>
== Administration ==
=== Leadership ===
[[File:Lane Hall2.jpg|thumb|304x304px|The central administration of Bates, Lane Hall.]]
Bates College is governed by its central administration, headquartered in and [[Metonymy|metonymically]] known as "Lane Hall". The first president of the college was its founder, [[Oren Burbank Cheney]] and its president is [[Clayton Spencer]], who took office October 26, 2012.<ref name="questions" /> There have been [[Lane Hall|eight presidents]] of Bates College, and one [[Interim management|interim]] president.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bates.edu/past-presidents/|title=Past Presidents – Bates College |website=www.bates.edu|date=31 August 2010 |access-date=August 11, 2018}}</ref> The president is ''[[ex officio]]'' a member and president of the board of trustees, chief executive officer of the corporation, and principal academic of the college.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bates.edu/president/files/2013/11/Bylaws_Inside_2012-single_pages.pdf|title=Laws of the President and Trustees of Bates College |access-date=August 11, 2018}}</ref>
There are 37 members on the Bates College board of trustees. The chairman of the board is 1980 alumnus and founder of Prospector Partners, John Gillespie.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bates.edu/news/2019/03/01/john-gillespie-80-elected-next-chair-of-bates-college-board-of-trustees/|title=John Gillespie '80 elected next chair of the Bates College Board of Trustees|last= |first= |date=2019-03-01|language=en|access-date=2020-04-26}}</ref>
=== Endowment and fundraising ===
As a [[Tax exemption|tax-exempt]] [[nonprofit organization]], Bates is classified under [[501(c) organization|section 501(c)]] of the U.S. [[Internal Revenue Code]].<ref name="NACUBO">(2019) As of June 30, 2019. {{cite web |url=https://www.nacubo.org/-/media/Nacubo/Documents/EndowmentFiles/2019-Endowment-Market-Values--Final-Feb-10.ashx |title=U.S. and Canadian 2019 NTSE Participating Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2019 Endowment Market Value, and Percentage Change in Market Value from FY18 to FY19 (Revised) |publisher=National Association of College and University Business Officers and TIAA |access-date=April 20, 2020}}</ref> The endowment surpasses the [[List of colleges and universities in the United States by endowment|national average]],<ref>{{Cite news|last=List|first=The Chronicle|url=https://www.chronicle.com/article/Which-Colleges-Have-the/245587|title=Which Colleges Have the Largest Endowments?|date=January 31, 2019|work=The Chronicle of Higher Education|access-date=April 20, 2020|language=en-US|issn=0009-5982}}</ref> yet has been seen as a laggard compared to its direct peers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thebatesstudent.com/2013/03/the-truth-about-bates-endowment/|title=The truth about Bates' endowment|last=Sgarro|first=Katharine|date=March 6, 2013|website=www.thebatesstudent.com|access-date=August 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180813042055/http://www.thebatesstudent.com/2013/03/the-truth-about-bates-endowment/|archive-date=August 13, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> During the first half-century of the college, the endowment grew at an exponentially high rate, topping off at $1 million in 1910, as [[Yale University]], then 207 years old, stood at $12 million.<ref name=":9">{{Cite web|url=https://thebatesstudent.com/17686/news/bates-endowment-dominates-in-market-returns/|title=Bates Endowment Dominates in Market Returns|last=Bates College Investment Club|date=October 19, 2019|website=The Bates Student|access-date=April 20, 2020}}</ref> "Lackluster fundraising, poor governance, and [[Disinvestment from South Africa|divestments]]" from the 1960s to 1980s, "cost Bates hundreds of millions" according to a 2019-20 ''[[The Bates Student|The Student]]/''BCIC academic study.<ref name=":9" /> During the [[Financial crisis of 2007–08|2007–08 financial crisis]] and [[Great Recession|subsequent recession]], the college's endowment lost 31% of market value.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bates.edu/past-presidents/bates-college-presidents/elaine-tuttle-hansen/2008y/current-economic-climate-and-bates/|title=Current Economic climate and Bates {{!}} Past Presidents {{!}} Bates College|website=www.bates.edu|access-date=August 11, 2018}}</ref> The Bates endowment consistently outperformed peers in [[Rate of return|market returns]], particularly against fellow [[New England Small College Athletic Conference|NESCAC]] colleges and the [[Ivy League]] from 2010 to 2018.<ref name=":9" /> Its low endowment-to-student ratio increases the college's [[Revenue|fee dependency]] and therefore overall [[List price|sticker price]], frequently making Bates one of the [[College tuition in the United States|most expensive colleges to attend]] in the United States.<ref name="Bloomberg">{{cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2011-06-30/bates-charging-51-300-leads-most-expensive-u-s-colleges-list|title=Bates Charging $51,300 Leads Expensive U.S. Colleges List|last=Staley|first=Oliver|date=June 30, 2011|website=Bloomberg.com|access-date=August 11, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bates.edu/past-presidents/bates-college-presidents/elaine-tuttle-hansen/2009y/budget-faqs/|title=Budget FAQs {{!}} Past Presidents {{!}} Bates College |website=www.bates.edu|access-date=August 11, 2018}}</ref>
As of the 2016 fiscal year, the college received $28.2 million in overall donations demonstrating a 134% increase in giving since 2013, and breaking the previous 2006 record of $24.8 million. In May 2017 president [[Clayton Spencer]] announced the "Bates+You" [[Fundraising|fundraising campaign]], the largest ever undertaken by the college, due to close out on $300 million.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bates.edu/campaign/2017/05/16/bates-college-launches-300-million-campaign/|title=Historic $300 million Bates Campaign aims to 'secure what is best and most distinctive about Bates and to shape new strategies for a new age' May 16, 2017|website=www.bates.edu|date=16 May 2017|access-date=August 11, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pressherald.com/2017/05/16/maine-family-donating-50-million-to-bates-college/|title=Maine family gives $50 million 'transformational' gift to Bates College capital campaign – Portland Press Herald|last=Gallagher|first=Noel K.|date=May 16, 2017|website=Press Herald|access-date=August 11, 2018}}</ref>
In 2014, members of the student advocacy group, Bates Energy Action Movement (BEAM), requested the college [[Divestment|divest]] from 200 companies that held the largest [[Fossil fuel|fossil fuel reserves]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thebatesstudent.com/2014/01/tensions-fume-divestment-discussion/|title=Tensions fume in divestment discussion {{!}} The Bates Student|last=Goldberg|first=Hannah|date=January 29, 2014|website=www.thebatesstudent.com|access-date=August 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180615032158/http://www.thebatesstudent.com/2014/01/tensions-fume-divestment-discussion/|archive-date=June 15, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> In response the college asserted the board of trustees had a [[Fiduciary|fiduciary responsibility]] to the growth of the endowment and declined to specifically divest from the companies.<ref name=":7bc">{{Cite web|url=http://www.bates.edu/president/2014/01/21/statement-on-climate-change-and-divestment/|title=President Clayton Spencer's statement on climate change and divestment|last=Clayton|first=Spencer|date=January 21, 2014|access-date=August 11, 2018}}</ref> However, in accordance with the student's request the college did disclose its full investment strategy, and commented on the long term implications of divestment by saying:{{blockquote|Were we to guarantee a fossil fuel free endowment more broadly than the 200 companies, greater than half of the endowment would need to be [[Liquidation|liquidated]]. In either scenario, the transition would result in significant [[transaction cost]]s, a long-term decrease in the endowment's performance, an increase in the endowment's [[Risk equalization|risk profile]], and thus a loss in annual operating income for the college.<ref name=":7bc" />}}
==Notable alumni==
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File:Bryant Gumbel Peabody 2013 (cropped).jpg|[[Bryant Gumbel]], journalist and sportswriter
File:Melcher.jpg|[[Holman Melcher]], American military officer during the [[American Civil War]]
File:Frank Sandford.jpg|[[Frank Sandford]],
File:Benjamin Mays Portrait 1921.png|[[Benjamin Mays]], civil rights leader
File:Robert Kinney official photo.jpg|[[E. Robert Kinney]], former CEO of [[General Mills]]
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Bates alumni have included leaders in science, religion, politics, the Peace Corps, medicine, law, education, communications, and business; and acclaimed actors, architects, artists, astronauts, engineers, human rights activists, inventors, musicians, philanthropists, and writers. {{as of|2015}}, there are 24,000 Bates College alumni.<ref name="www.bates.edu22" />
# [[John P. Swasey]] (Class of 1859)
# [[Daniel J. McGillicuddy]] (Class of 1881)
# [[Carroll L. Beedy]] (Class of 1903)
# [[Charles Clason]] (Class of 1911)
# [[Donald Partridge]] (Class of 1914)
# [[Edmund Muskie]] (Class of 1936)
# [[Frank Coffin]] (Class of 1940)
# [[Robert F. Kennedy]] (Class of 1944)
# [[Leo Ryan]] (Class of 1944)
# [[Robert Goodlatte]] (Class of 1974)
# [[Ben Cline]] (Class of 1994)
# [[Jared Golden]] (Class of 2011)
Only Muskie and Kennedy have served in the [[United States Senate]], representing [[Maine]] and [[New York (state)|New York]], respectively. Kennedy and Ryan attended Bates for their [[V-12 Navy College Training Program|V-12 Naval Program]] and received specialized degrees in 1944.<ref name="Evans 2002 352">{{cite book|title=Robert F. Kennedy: His Life|author=Thomas Evans|publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]]; Reprint edition|year=2002|location=Ladd Library, Bates College, Lewiston, Maine|pages=35}}</ref><ref name=":222">{{cite book|title=The Architecture of Bates College|author=Thomas Stuan|publisher=Bates College|year=2006|location=Ladd Library, Bates College, Lewiston, Maine|pages=19}}</ref>|group="nb"}} 7 [[Emmy Award]] winners; 5 [[Pulitzer Prize]] winners;<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pulitzer Prize Winners |url=http://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-categories |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160108143322/http://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-categories |archive-date=January 8, 2016 |access-date=June 1, 2018 |website=www.pulitzer.org}}</ref> and CEOs of [[Fortune 500]] companies.
The college is associated, through alumni and academic staff, with the following intellectual, scientific, and social contributions to human advancement, including laying the foundations of [[Braille|braille typography]] ([[Frank Haven Hall]]),<ref>{{Cite book |last=Association |first=Illinois Education |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H86gAAAAMAAJ |title=Annual Meeting |date=August 11, 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=I. |first=P. |date=January 1, 1976 |title=Frank Haven Hall (1843–1911) A Biographical Sketch |url=https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/sage/frank-haven-hall-1843-1911-a-biographical-sketch-KedLwVFmXm |url-status=dead |journal=Journal of Special Education |volume=10 |issue=2 |pages=120 |doi=10.1177/002246697601000201 |issn=0022-4669 |s2cid=220318318 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180813005809/https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/sage/frank-haven-hall-1843-1911-a-biographical-sketch-KedLwVFmXm |archive-date=2018-08-13 |access-date=2018-12-14}}</ref> "[[Frank Sandford#Shiloh|The Kingdom]]" ([[Frank Sandford]]),<ref>{{cite web |author=Shirley Nelson |title=The Story of Shiloh |url=http://www.christianity.com/church/church-history/timeline/1901-2000/the-story-of-shiloh-11630697.html |access-date=August 14, 2017}}</ref> the [[Civil rights movement|American civil rights movement]] ([[Benjamin Mays]]),<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 March 2010 |title=Benjamin E. Mays {{!}} 150 Years {{!}} Bates College |url=http://www.bates.edu/150-years/bates-greats/benjamin-e-mays/ |access-date=August 11, 2018 |website=www.bates.edu}}</ref> [[Fast break|basketball's fast break]] ([[Frank Keaney]]),<ref>{{cite web |author=James Karsten |date=October 8, 2014 |title=Top 10 Bates Athletes: #7 Frank Keaney '11 |url=http://www.thebatesstudent.com/2014/10/top-10-bates-athletes-7/ |access-date=August 14, 2017 |work=[[The Bates Student]] |publisher=Bates College}}</ref> the [[Boston Red Sox]] ([[Harry Lord]], [[Charlie Small|Charles Small]]),<ref name="sabr.org" /><ref name="ReferenceC" /> the [[fractional quantum Hall effect]] ([[Steven Girvin]]),<ref>{{Cite web |title=Steven Girvin – Office of the Provost |url=http://provost.yale.edu/who-we-are/steven-girvi |access-date=2016-06-12 |website=provost.yale.edu |quote=holds a B.S. degree from Bates College}}</ref> and [[Photochemistry|organic photochemistry]] ([[George S. Hammond|George Hammond]]).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Anslyn |first1=Eric V. |title=Modern Physical Organic Chemistry |last2=Dougherty |first2=Dennis A. |publisher=University Science |year=2006 |location=Sausalito, California}}</ref>
In national and international government, alumni of the college include the 58th U.S. Secretary of State, [[Edmund Muskie]] (1936),<ref name=":052">{{Cite book |last=Nevin |first=David |title=Muskie of Maine |publisher=Random House, New York |year=1970 |location=Ladd Library, Bates College |pages=99 |quote=... a man many deemed to be the single-most influential figure in Maine}}</ref> U.S. Attorney General [[Robert F. Kennedy]] (1944),<ref name="rfkenn" /> and Clerk of the Supreme Court of the United States [[John F. Davis (lawyer)|John F. Davis]] (1928). As of November 2018, the college has had 12 United States Congress members among its alumni: [[John P. Swasey|John Swasey]] (1859), [[Daniel J. McGillicuddy|Daniel McGillicuddy]] (1881), [[Carroll L. Beedy|Carroll Beedy]] (1903), [[Charles R. Clason|Charles Clason]] (1911), [[Donald B. Partridge|Donald Partridge]] (1914), Edmund Muskie (1936), [[Frank M. Coffin|Frank Coffin]] (1940), Robert F. Kennedy (1944), [[Leo Ryan]] (1944), [[Bob Goodlatte]] (1974), [[Ben Cline]] (1994), and [[Jared Golden]] (2011).<ref name=":974" /><ref name="Evans 2002 352" /> In state government, Bates alumni have led all three political branches in Maine, graduating two Chief Justices of the [[Maine Supreme Judicial Court|Maine Supreme Court]], two [[Governor of Maine|Maine Governors]], and multiple leaders of both state houses. Notable military people include Brevet Major [[Holman Melcher]] (1862),<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 March 2010 |title=Chapter 2 {{!}} 150 Years {{!}} Bates College |url=http://www.bates.edu/150-years/history/progressive-tradition/chapter-2/ |access-date=August 11, 2018 |website=www.bates.edu}}</ref> as well as [[Medal of Honor]] recipients [[Frederick Hayes]] (1861), [[List of Bates College people|Josiah Chase]] (1861), [[List of Bates College people|Joseph F. Warren]] (1862), [[Lewis Millett|Lewis Millet]] (1943),<ref>{{Cite web |last=ARNEWS |first=25th ID and |title=Hero who led last major U.S. bayonet charge dies {{!}} Article {{!}} The United States Army |url=https://www.army.mil/article/30673/hero-who-led-last-major-us-bayonet-charge-dies/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150125005403/http://www.army.mil/article/30673/hero-who-led-last-major-us-bayonet-charge-dies |archive-date=2015-01-25 |access-date=August 11, 2018 |website=www.army.mil}}</ref> [[Aaron Daggett]] (1860), and [[James Ezekiel Porter|James Porter]] (1863).<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ellis |first=William Arba |url=https://archive.org/details/norwichuniversi00dodggoog |title=Norwich University, 1819-1911: Her History, Her Graduates, Her Roll of Honor |date=1911 |publisher=Capital City Press |page=[https://archive.org/details/norwichuniversi00dodggoog/page/n143 111] |language=en |quote=james porter custer seminary.}}</ref>
Bates alumni in business, finance, and economics include [[General Mills]] CEO [[E. Robert Kinney|Robert Kinney]] (1939),<ref>{{cite news |date=December 2, 2008 |title=Robert Kinney '39 awarded Mays Medal at Benjamin Bates Society meeting |publisher=Bates College |url=https://www.bates.edu/news/2008/12/02/robert-kinney-39-awarded-mays-medal-at-benjamin-bates-society-meeting/ |access-date=August 14, 2017}}</ref> [[Fidelity Investments|Fidelity Fund]] managing director [[Barry Greenfield]] (1956),<ref name=":34">{{Cite web |date=21 April 2010 |title=Stay in the Game {{!}} Bates Magazine {{!}} Bates College July 17, 2004 |url=http://www.bates.edu/magazine/back-issues/y2004/fallwinter04/features/stay-in-the-game/ |access-date=August 11, 2018 |website=www.bates.edu}}</ref> [[Analysis Group]] founder [[Bruce E. Stangle|Bruce Stangle]] (1970), [[Merrill Lynch & Co.|Merrill Lynch]] CFO [[Joseph Willett]] (1973),<ref>{{cite web |date=April 7, 2007 |title=Joseph T. Willett '73 |url=http://www.bates.edu/x59919.xml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070407134031/http://www.bates.edu/x59919.xml |archive-date=April 7, 2007 |access-date=May 25, 2016 |publisher=Bates College}}</ref> [[Japonica Partners]] CEO [[Paul Kazarian]] (1978),<ref name=":33">{{Cite web |title=Paul B. Kazarian: Executive Profile & Biography – Businessweek |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/Research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=74155&privcapId=21255&previousCapId=21255&previousTitle=Japonica%2520Partners |access-date=August 11, 2018 |website=www.bloomberg.com}}</ref> [[L Catterton]] CEO [[Michael Chu (private equity investor)|Michael Chu]] (1980),<ref>{{cite web |title=J. Michael Chu: Executive Profile & Biography |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=75940&privcapId=19535 |access-date=August 14, 2017 |work=Businessweek |publisher=[[Bloomberg L.P.]]}}</ref> [[Cubist Pharmaceuticals]] CEO [[Michael Bonney]] (1980),<ref>{{cite news |date=January 19, 2012 |title=Bates board chair Bonney '80 named a top U.S. CEO by MarketWatch |publisher=Bates College |url=https://www.bates.edu/news/2012/01/19/marketwatch-bonney-80-top-ceo/ |access-date=August 14, 2017}}</ref> [[National Bank of Canada]] CEO [[Louis Vachon]] (1983),<ref name=":36">{{Cite web |date=November 5, 2011 |title=CEO of the Year 2014: Louis Vachon of National Bank |url=https://www.canadianbusiness.com/leadership/ceo-of-the-year/2014-louis-vachon-national-bank/ |access-date=December 8, 2020 |website=Canadian Business – Your Source For Business News |language=en-US}}</ref> and [[Affiliated Managers Group]] CFO [[Darrell Crate]] (1989).<ref>{{cite news |date=October 28, 2013 |title=$11.5 million Catalyst Fund will support 'transformational change' at Bates College |publisher=Bates College |url=https://www.bates.edu/news/2013/10/28/catalyst-fund-transformational-change/ |access-date=August 14, 2017}}</ref> In literature, music, journalism, television, and film, the following attended Bates: actors [[Jeffrey Lynn|Jeffery Lynn]] (1930), [[John Shea]] (1970),<ref>{{Cite web |date=21 June 2007 |title=Stages of Shea {{!}} Bates Magazine {{!}} Bates College |url=http://www.bates.edu/magazine/back-issues/y2007/summer07/features/stages-of-shea/ |access-date=August 11, 2018 |website=www.bates.edu}}</ref> [[Maria Bamford]] (1990–92),<ref>{{cite news |author=Sara Corbett |date=July 17, 2014 |title=The Weird, Scary and Ingenious Brain of Maria Bamford |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/20/magazine/the-weird-scary-and-ingenious-brain-of-maria-bamford.html |access-date=August 14, 2017 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> [[Bryant Gumbel]] (1970),<ref>{{cite web |author=Rick Reilly |date=August 26, 2014 |title=The Mourning Anchor: Bryant Gumbel is alone at the top with the memory of his late father |url=https://www.si.com/more-sports/2014/08/25/si-60-mourning-anchor-rick-reilly-bryant-gumbel-olympics |access-date=August 14, 2017 |publisher=[[Sports Illustrated]]}}</ref> writers [[Jeffrey K. Tulis]] (1972),<ref>{{cite web |date=8 October 2015 |title=Sesquicentennial Award |url=https://www.bates.edu/alumni/sesquicentennial-award/}}</ref> [[Elizabeth Strout]] (1977),<ref>{{cite web |author=Carrie Tuhy |date=December 4, 2015 |title=Pulitzer-Winner Elizabeth Strout Takes on the Mother-Daughter Bond |url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/profiles/article/68854-pulitzer-winner-elizabeth-strout-takes-on-the-mother-daughter-bond.html |access-date=August 14, 2017 |publisher=[[Publishers Weekly]]}}</ref> [[Lisa Genova]] (1992),<ref name=":40">{{Cite web |date=24 January 2012 |title=Genova '92, best-selling author of 'Still Alice,' 'Left Neglected,' to speak |url=https://www.bates.edu/news/2012/01/24/genova-92collegekey/ |access-date=August 11, 2018 |website=www.bates.edu}}</ref> and [[Brian McGrory]] (1984)<ref>{{cite news |author=Jay Burns |date=February 25, 2013 |title=Media describe arc of newspaperman Brian McGrory '84, new Boston Globe editor |publisher=Bates College |url=https://www.bates.edu/news/2013/02/25/media-coverage-mcgrory-84-named-editor-of-the-boston-globe/ |access-date=August 14, 2017}}</ref> and musician [[Corey Harris]] (1991).<ref>{{Cite web |date=26 April 2010 |title=Corey Harris '91 {{!}} Commencement 2021 {{!}} Bates College |url=https://www.bates.edu/commencement/annual/y2007/who-are-the-honorands/corey-harris-91/ |access-date=2021-07-29 |language=en}}</ref> Bates counts 12 Olympian alumni: [[Vaughn Blanchard]] (1912), [[Harlan Holden]] (1913), [[Bates Bobcats|Ray Buker]] (1922), [[Bates Bobcats|Art Sager]] (1926), [[Bates Bobcats|Arnold Adams]] (1933), [[Nancy Fiddler]] (1978), [[Bates Bobcats|Mike Ferry]] (1997), [[Bates Bobcats|Justin Freeman]] (1998), [[Andrew Byrnes]] (2005), [[Haley Johnson|Hayley Johnson]] (2006), [[Emily Bamford]] (2015), and [[Dinos Lefkaritis]] (2019).<ref name=":442">{{Cite web |title=Bobcat Olympians {{!}} Athletics {{!}} Bates College |url=http://athletics.bates.edu/bobcat-olympians |access-date=August 11, 2018 |website=athletics.bates.edu}}</ref>
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