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The Alumni Council is the governing body of the Alumni Association and serves as the primary liaison between the Association and the Bates administration, faculty, and student body. The purposes of the Alumni Council are:

  • To unite the alumni body in supporting the College
  • To promote interaction between the alumni and the College’s  administration, faculty, and student body
  • To communicate the concerns and aspirations of the alumni body to the College’s administrators.

Appointed for three-year terms, members of the Alumni Council work to create an environment where admissions, career services, development, and on- and off-campus alumni programming can be successfully conducted.

One of the Alumni Council's most important responsibilities each year is

Above: Wes Bonney '50, Helen Papaioanou '49, and Roger Schmutz '54 - Holding the awards conferred to them by the Alumni Council during the Alumni Associations's meeting in 2004.
selecting alumni for appointment to the Board of Trustees.  Trustees serve five year terms, so at any give time one-quarter of Bates's forty-person Board is selected by the Alumni Council. 

The Council also helps develop programs for Reunion, Homecoming, and other campus events, and supports the major networks of alumni volunteer efforts:  Alumni-in-Admissions, Career Advisory Network in OCS, Bates Fund volunteeres, class officers, and Bates Business Network leaders.


 If you have questions or suggestions about Bates's alumni programs, philosophy, or goals, do not hesitate to contact the Alumni Council -- they can be one of your most effective means of communicating your ideas and concerns. Send your emails to alumni@bates.edu - be sure to put "To The Alumni Council" in the subject.

   

Officers

Sally J. Ehrenfried ’89, President
Mount Pleasant, South Carolina

Barbara M. Raths ’96, Past President
Portland, Maine

William F. Sweat '79, Vice President 
Dundee, Oregon

Kimberly A. Hokanson, Secretary
Lewiston, Maine

  

Members at Large

David L. Baker '70
Aubunr, Maine

Jennifer Lemkin Bouchard '99
Bloomingdale, Illinois

Asad M. Butt ’01
Charlestown, Massachusetts

Claire Bousquet Comstock ’80
Needham, Massachusetts

Gretchen Shorter Davis '61
Millinocket, Maine

Roland S. Davis ’92
Auburn, Maine

Liam D. Leduc Clarke ’98
Washington, DC



Christian G. Rogers '04
New York, New York

Jeffrey D. Sturgis ’69
Minot, Maine

Julie L. Sutherland-Platt ’88
Groton, Massachusetts

Sunday L. Taylor ’73
Los Angeles, California

William A. Young III ’64
Reston, Virginia


Lois Keniston Penney ’50
Kensington, Connecticut

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Alumni Council - Check the Alumni Council page in the "My Groups" section of the online community for updates and messages.

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