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. This list also includes students of the affiliated Maine State Seminary, Nichols Latin School, and Cobb Divinity School. In 1915, George Colby Chase, the second president of the college, opted that the college include former students (those who did not complete the full four year course of study) as alumni in "appreciation of their loyalty".[1] Throughout its history, Bates has been the fictional alma mater of various characters in American popular culture. Notable fictional works to feature the college include Ally McBeal (1997), The Sopranos (1999), and The Simpsons (2015). As of 2015[update], there are 24,000 Bates College alumni.[2] Affiliates of the college include 86 Fulbright Scholars,[3] 22 Watson Fellows,[4] and 5 Rhodes Scholars.[5]
As of November 2018[update], the college counts 12 members of the United States Congress–2 Senators and 10 members of the House of Representatives–among its alumni. In state government, Bates alumni have led all three political branches in Maine, graduating two Chief Justices of the Maine Supreme Court, two Maine Governors, and multiple leaders of both state houses. Bates has graduated 12 Olympians, with the most recent alumni competing in the 2018 Winter Olympics. More than 20 universities have been led by Bates alumni as of July 2016.
S.T.B.– recipient of Sacrae Theologiae Baccalaureus from the college's defunct Cobb Divinity School, which merged with Bates' religion department in 1908
Actor, writer, and director; starred in Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman; played Harold Waldorf, Blair Waldorf's father on Gossip Girl (2007–12)
Award-winning dancer and choreographer; best known as a two-time Tony Award-nominated choreographer of Broadway musicals Urinetown and Into The Woods and the Media Choreography Honors Award winner for the Robert Zemeckis film The Polar Express
The following catalogues notable officials or ambassadors in American federal government, typically in the executive, judicial, and legislative branches. Alumni who have served in leadership roles in federal government or in Cabinet-level positions are documented in the preceding section; members of the U.S. Congress (along with state government officials) are noted in the succeeding sections.
From 1965 to 1968, both Edmund Muskie (1936) and Robert F. Kennedy (1944) served together in the United States Senate, representing Maine and New York, respectively.[48] Many of the following alumni served in leadership positions within the Senate.
The following alumni have served in U.S. state governments, typically in the state judiciary and executive cabinet. Many of the alumni also served in additional leadership roles within state government.
Many of the following alumni served in leadership positions within their respective state's upper house, including president of the senate, majority leader, minority leader, as well as minority and majority whip.
Many of the following alumni served in leadership positions within their respective state's lower house, including speaker of the house, majority leader, minority leader, as well as minority and majority whip.
Member of the Maine House of Representatives (2014–2018)
B.A.
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Mayors
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).
98th Associate Justice of the Maine Supreme Court (1990–1991)
B.A.
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Legal academics and other legal figures
Alumni who have served in political or judicial offices are noted above. The following catalogues notable alumni who have contributed to legal studies, the law, or maintained notability in academia.
Author, Historian, Associate Professor of History at Roanoke College
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Athletics
During the 1912 Summer Olympics there were two Bates alumni competing in the sporting event, both representing the United States in baseball exhibitions. Nancy Ingersoll Fiddler ('78) and Andrew Byrnes ('05) are the only two alumni to compete in two Olympic Games, competing in two successive winter and summer olympics, respectively. Byrnes is the only Bates alumni to medal at the Olympic Games, winning a Gold Medal rowing for Canada during the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Cell biologist and immunologist; National Academy of Sciences trustee; upon his death was described by the New York Times as being "in the forefront of current studies of the body's defenses against infection"
In the episode "Compromising Positions" it is revealed that Ally McBeal's brother is a fictional alumnus of Bates. Later in the episode Ally meets her first love interest of the series, Ronald, who is another fictional alumnus of the college and was roommates with her brother.
In the television episode entitled, "College", Tony Soprano takes his daughter, Meadow on a trip to Maine to visit colleges that she is considering. They first visit Bates, while walking past the college's chapel she states, "[Bates College has] a 48-to-52 male-female ratio, which is great, strong liberal arts program and this cool Olin Arts Center for music."
Episode six, "The Young and the Headless", of the 13-part TV miniseries developed by Stephen King, based on Lars von Trier's The Kingdom (miniseries), and set in Lewiston, opens on a shot of a Bates College sign and visiting seismologist Richard Schwartzton (played by Gerard Plunkett) meeting dean of the college Bertram Swinton (played by William B. Davis).
The Netflix original series is loosely based on the life of Bates alumna Maria Bamford. Bamford plays a fictionalized version of herself whose character also attended Bates.
The following lists notable people who have spoken at a Bates College commencement ceremony or received an honorary degree. Those who are counted as alumni of the college and have received honorary degrees (or spoken at commencements) are noted in the preceding sections.
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Further reading
Alfred, Williams Anthony. Bates College and Its Background. (1936) Online Deposit.
Stuan, Thomas. The Architecture of Bates College. (2006)
Chase, Harry. Bates College was named after Mansfield Man. (1878)
Woz, Markus. Bates College – Traditionally Unconventional. (2002)
Bates College Archives. Bates College Catalog. (1956–2017). 2017 Catalog.
Bates College Archives. Maine State Seminary Records. Online Deposit.
Bates College Archives. Bates College Oral History Project. Online Deposit[permanent dead link].
Clark, Charles E. Bates Through the Years: an Illustrated History. (2005)
Eaton, Mabel. General Catalogue of Bates College and Cobb Divinity School. (1930)
Larson, Timothy. Faith by Their Works: The Progressive Tradition at Bates College. (2005)
Calhoun, Charles C. A Small College in Maine. p. 163. (1993)
Johnnett, R. F. Bates Student: A Monthly Magazine. (1878)
Phillips, F. CharlesBates College in Maine: Enduring Strength and Scholarship. Issue 245. (1952)
Dormin J. Ettrude, Edith M. Phelps, Julia Emily Johnsen. French Occupation of the Ruhr: Bates College Versus Oxford Union Society of Oxford College. (1923)
Emeline Cheney; Burlingame, Aldrich. The story of the life and work of Oren Burbank Cheney, founder and first president of Bates College. (1907) Online Version.
External links
Bates College Alumni Serving in the Civil War (1863)