BatesNews August 2012
In this issue:
1. Sarah Pearson ’75 appointed vice president for college advancement
2. Questions and answers from Bates summer student researchers
3. It’s a wrap as 2012 Bates Fund sets all-time participation record
4. Clean Sweep raises $21,000 for Lewiston-Auburn nonprofits
5. Audio slide show: Baccalaureate’s distinctive Bates vibe
6. Nathaniel Boone ’52 and Montford Point Marines receive Congressional Gold Medal
7. Economics fund established in memory of David Aschauer
8. Anthropologist Loring Danforth explains for Slate why firewalkers don’t feel the burn
9. Professor Emeritus of Geology Roy Farnsworth dies at 84
10. Programming note: Olympic final for Andrew Byrnes ’05 and Canadian rowers is Aug. 1
11. Bates in the News
1. Sarah Pearson ’75 appointed vice president for college advancement
Bringing deep experience at leading U.S. universities, including Harvard, Cornell, the University of Chicago and Northwestern, Sarah Pearson ’75 becomes vice president for college advancement at Bates effective Aug. 27, 2012.
2. Questions and answers from Bates summer student researchers
From biology labs and sea marshes, Bates students emerge for a Q-and-A session about their funded summer research, including an invitation to dish on their advisers.
3. It’s a wrap as 2012 Bates Fund sets all-time participation record
With 55 percent alumni participation in the 2012 Bates Fund, ending June 30, alumni roared past the 50-percent Bates Challenge goal, thus securing an extra $500,000 from a group of alumni leaders. Donors surpassed the Bates Fund dollar goal of $6 million with an annual giving total of $6,390,613.
4. Clean Sweep raises $21,000 for Lewiston-Auburn nonprofits
A popular community tradition, the annual green “garage sale” of appliances, furniture, electronics and other goods donated by the college community raised $21,223 for 14 local nonprofit organizations.
5. Audio slide show: Baccalaureate’s distinctive Bates vibe
Among the college’s most distinctive annual events, Baccalaureate affords graduating seniors an opportunity to create, with guidance from the Multifaith Chaplaincy, a program marked by reflection, festivity and gratitude on the eve of Commencement.
6. Nathaniel Boone ’52 and Montford Point Marines receive Congressional Gold Medal
Twenty thousand African American Marines, including Nate Boone ’52, went through basic training at the racially segregated Montford Point facility at Camp Lejeune, N.C., in the 1940s. To honor their pioneering achievements, Congress presented Boone and his fellow 367 surviving Montford Point veterans with the nation’s highest civilian honor, the Congressional Gold Medal.
7. Economics fund established in memory of David Aschauer
Part of the proceeds from a Maine triathlon on Aug. 19 will create a fund supporting research and internships in the Bates economics department in memory of the late economics professor David Aschauer, who died in 2011.
8. Anthropologist Loring Danforth explains for Slate why firewalkers don’t feel the burn
After 21 people in San Jose, Calif., burned themselves during a firewalk, Slate asked Dana Professor of Anthropology Loring “Danny” Danforth why firewalkers don’t always fry.
9. Professor Emeritus of Geology Roy Farnsworth dies at 84
Professor Emeritus of Geology Roy Lothrop Farnsworth, who helped make fieldwork a defining part of the Bates geology curriculum, died July 18.
10. Programming note: Olympic final for Andrew Byrnes ’05 and Canadian rowers is Aug. 1
The Canadian rowing team competes in the finals of the Olympics men’s eight on Aug. 1 at about 5:30 a.m. Eastern time. Check your local listings for when the final will be broadcast by NBC.
11. Bates in the News
Boston Globe columnist Brian McGrory ’84 tells a lobster tale about Steve Kingston ’88, proprietor of The Clam Shack in Kennebunk, Maine. Book reviewers enjoy the storytelling in Man of War by Charlie Schroeder ’95, who spent a year with reenactment groups. Comic and juggler Brent McCoy ’03, familiar to Reunion-goers for his routines on Alumni Walk, is profiled by the The Royal Gazette of Bermuda.
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