Stories about "Peter Gomes"
Six texts by Carl Benton Straub honoring Bates people, places, and institutional moments

Friday, November 22, 2019 12:00 pm

Whether writing Jimmy Carter's honorary degree citation or sharing thoughts about his office being razed, Straub imparted meaning through apt metaphor, historical comparisons, and scholarly references.

Meet six alumni from Bates history as Black History Month concludes

Friday, March 2, 2018 11:36 am

Meet African American alumni Henry Chandler, Stella James, Benjamin Mays, John Davis, William Worthy, and Peter Gomes.

Chapel to Lewiston: Hello!

Sunday, March 10, 2013 11:21 am

The location of the Bates Chapel, now named for Peter J. Gomes ’65, illuminates the college’s historical relationship with Lewiston and how the absence of buildings is just as important as their presence.

‘Questions Worth Asking’ — President Clayton Spencer’s inaugural address

Monday, October 29, 2012 5:00 pm

President Spencer tells an inauguration story familiar in its broad outlines but revealing in its particulars.

Slide show: Service for naming the Peter J. Gomes Chapel

Monday, October 29, 2012 4:00 pm

Photographs reflecting the poignancy and celebration, musical offerings and spoken word, of…

Peter Gomes ‘cherished’ the Chapel that now carries his name

Friday, October 26, 2012 9:30 am

The Chapel became the Peter J. Gomes Chapel on Oct. 25 as hundreds gathered to remember the late preacher and teacher in words and song.

In wake of Gomes Chapel naming, panel to discuss ‘intersecting identities’ of the Rev. Gomes

Wednesday, October 24, 2012 11:16 am

Three members of the Bates faculty and the college's multifaith chaplain discuss the identities of the late Rev. Peter Gomes '65 in an Oct. 27 event

Video: photographs and words from the life of the late Peter Gomes '65

Thursday, June 16, 2011 9:53 am

Featuring photographs and audio, this multimedia slide show was shown at the…

The Rev. Peter Gomes ’65, Harvard minister and beloved son of Bates, dies at age 68

Tuesday, March 1, 2011 3:00 pm

The Rev. Peter J. Gomes '65, D.D. '96 died Feb. 28, 2011, at Massachusetts General Hospital of complications from a stroke he suffered in December. He was 68 years old.

Harvard preacher, author Gomes to address Bates convocation

Tuesday, August 30, 2005 10:20 am

The Rev. Peter J. Gomes, named one of America's most influential preachers by Time magazine, opens the 151st academic year at Bates College with a convocation address at 4:10 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 6, on the main quadrangle. In case of rain, the event will take place in Alumni Gymnasium.

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