{"id":489,"date":"2016-12-22T18:24:05","date_gmt":"2016-12-22T18:24:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/archives-2\/?page_id=489"},"modified":"2025-07-17T14:27:46","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T18:27:46","slug":"a-muskie-bates-chronology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/archives\/a-muskie-bates-chronology\/","title":{"rendered":"A Muskie-Bates chronology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>1932<\/strong>: Muskie enters Bates after graduating from Stephens High School, Rumford, Maine.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1932-36<\/strong>: At Bates: Varsity debater; class president as junior and senior; student council, serving as vice president and secretary-treasurer; member of Politics Club; Ivy Day speaker; runs track as a freshman.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1936<\/strong>: Graduates from Bates, cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, with degree in history and government. Enters Cornell Law School, graduating in 1939.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1950<\/strong>: President of College Club, honorary service organization of Bates alumni (now College Key).<\/p>\n<p><strong>1953<\/strong>: President of Kennebec Bates Club (alumni).<\/p>\n<p><strong>1955<\/strong> (Commencement): Receives honorary doctor of laws degree from Bates.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1956-66<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>1970-88<\/strong>: Member of Bates&#8217; Board of Trustees.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1960<\/strong>: Receives Distinguished Alumnus Award from Delta Sigma Rho-Tau Kappa Alpha Forensic Society in recognition of his debate career at Bates.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1969<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>(Commencement)<\/strong>: Receives honorary doctor of civil law degree from Bates.<br \/>\n<strong>(Oct. 15)<\/strong>: Speaks at Bates as part of nationwide Vietnam Moratorium Day protesting continued American involvement in Vietnam. He calls for specific timetable for withdrawal of U.S. troops.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1980<\/strong>: Muskie announces he will donate his papers and memorabilia to Bates, which says it will build Edmund S. Muskie Archives. When completed in 1985, it is largest archive devoted to a political figure who was not a president.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1981<\/strong>: Receives lifetime appointment as Oren B. Cheney Distinguished Lecturer in Government (named for founder of Bates).<\/p>\n<p><strong>(Commencement)<\/strong>: Presents Warren Christopher (undersecretary of state when Muskie was secretary) with honorary doctorate.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1984<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>(June 9, Reunion):<\/strong> Receives Benjamin E. Mays Medal for distinguished accomplishment and achievement by an alumnus.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1985 (Sept. 28)<\/strong>: Joins former President Carter for dedication of Muskie Archives.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1989<\/strong>: Muskie takes part in annual &#8220;Report of the Secretaries of State&#8221; conference held at Bates and taped for PBS telecast.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1989<\/strong>: Bates inaugurates annual Edmund S. 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