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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 .
Bates College's men's basketball team is led by head coach Jon Furbush, and in 2015 he led the team to the semi-finals of the NCAA Division III Basketball Championships. He is the youngest head coach in the history of the team and was named the 2014–15 Maine Coach of the Year by the Maine Men's Basketball Coaches and Writers Association.
The state's three oldest institutions of higher education are Bowdoin College (founded in 1794), Colby College (1813), and Bates College (1855). The three colleges collectively form the Colby-Bates-Bowdoin Consortium and are ranked among the best colleges in the United States; often placing in the top 10 percent of all liberal arts colleges .
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.
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Hathorn Hall is a historic academic building on the campus of Bates College in Lewiston, Maine.Built in 1857 to a design by Gridley J.F. Bryant, it was the college's first academic building following the move of the Maine State Seminary (as it was then known) from Parsonsfield to Lewiston.
The president of Bates College is the appointed head of the college, as well as the principal securer, principal academic, chief executive officer of the corporation, and the ex officio president of the board of trustees. Lane Hall serves as the principal workplace and headquarters of the president's central administration.