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There have been six Bates alumni to serve as the mayor of Lewiston, Maine, the hometown of the college. The smallest city to be governed by a Bates alumni is Gardiner, Maine, while the largest is San Francisco, California. John Jenkins ('74) is the only alumni to serve as mayor to two different cities (Lewiston and Auburn, Maine).
Alumni of Bates College include those who attended its undergraduate program, engineering programs, V-12 Naval Program during the 1940s, as well as any person who has received a B.A., B.S., B.S.E., V-12, or S.T.B. degree from the college. A list of Bates College people also characterizes those who have received honorary degrees as associated ...
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 .
This category is invariably different from Category:Bates College alumni, which catalogues former students–whether they graduated or not–of Bates and its preceding or now-defunct institutions. Honorary degree recipients are typically not considered alumni of the college unless they were additionally former students in some capacity.
For Bates college alumni look to List of Bates College people. Subcategories. This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total. A. Bates Bobcats (10 C ...
Bates College's highest alumni distinction is known as the Benjamin E. Mays Medal and is reserved for "the alumna or alumnus who has performed distinguished service to the larger (worldwide) community and been deemed a graduate of outstanding accomplishment."
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.
Thomas Hedley Reynolds (November 23, 1920 – September 22, 2009) was an American historian and university professor who served as the fifth President of Bates College from March 1967 to November 1989.