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Bates College (/ b eɪ t s /) [7] 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 .
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.
The Brooks Quimby Debate Council (BQDC) is a debate society in Lewiston, Maine, primarily comprising students from Bates College.The society, known for participating in British and American Parliamentary debate styles, competes in the American Parliamentary Debate Association and the World Universities Debating Championship.
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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 .
Hathorn Hall is centrally located on the Bates College campus, which is located northeast of Lewiston's commercial downtown area. The hall is a rectangular brick building, three stories in height, with a hip roof capped by a cupola housing an open belfry. Low pedimented gables rise from the short ends of the roof.
The Bates College Museum of Art was founded in 1955 as the Treat Gallery in the newly constructed Pettigrew Building at Bates College. Norma Berger, the niece of Marsden Hartley, a notable Maine artist, donated a large collection at the founding of the museum. In 1986, the gallery moved to the new Olin Arts Center and adopted its current name.
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.