Stories about "John Jenkins"
‘The spirit of John’: Lewiston and Auburn dedicate the John T. Jenkins ’74 Memorial Bridge

Friday, July 1, 2022 4:08 pm

A big gathering of friends, family, colleagues, and admirers gathered to remember John Jenkins and to dedicate the span as the John T. Jenkins Memorial Bridge. 

Say What? Bates quotes from here and there: Oct. 30, 2020

Wednesday, October 28, 2020 5:26 pm

An occasional roundup of what Bates folks are saying about this and that, including poignant memories of the late John Jenkins.

Bates in the News: Feb. 3, 2017

Friday, February 3, 2017 11:01 am

The Maine media focused on President Clayton Spencer's statement following the executive order temporarily banning travel from seven Muslim-majority countries.

Bates in the News: Aug. 7, 2015

Friday, August 7, 2015 10:53 am

Can a human noses really detect one trillions odors, as reported in 2014? Maybe not, says Bates neuroscientist Jason Castro and an Arizona State colleague.

For mayor of Auburn, a remarkable current event

Thursday, February 26, 2009 12:44 pm

Auburn mayor John Jenkins '74 was the subject of a story by longtime Portland Press Herald columnist Bill Nemitz, who wrote, "Forty years ago last spring, John Jenkins stood on the stage at his high school in Newark, N.J., and proudly shook the hand of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.