Here we share tributes, recollections, and reflections on the lives of those Bates colleagues recently lost. These may be memorial minutes or more in-depth remembrances of our colleagues. These passages contain respectful recognition of their contributions to knowledge and liberal arts education along with fond acknowledgement of ways they cultivated love of learning and stewardship of their communities beyond Bates. While retirement is the occasion for loss of daily contact, faculty and staff with whom we have taught, served, debated, and shared challenging as well as proud moments in the life of the College remain in our memories. If you wish to submit a remembrance,<\/em> please email Mary Meserve (mmeserve @ bates.edu).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gene Clough <\/strong> (2024) Sue E. Houchins<\/strong> (2024) Pamela Johnson <\/strong>(2024) George Ruff (2024)<\/strong> Jim Boyles<\/strong> – Professor Emeritus of Chemistry<\/strong> (2020) Don Lent<\/strong> – Dana Professor Emeritus of Art<\/strong> (2020) Tina Malcolmson – Professor of English<\/strong> – (2020) Joyce Seligman<\/strong> – Lecturer Emerita in Writing<\/strong> (2020) Carl Straub<\/strong> – Dean Emeritus of the Faculty, Professor Emeritus of Religion, and Clark A. Griffith Professor Emeritus of Environmental Studies<\/strong> (2019) Craig Decker – Professor of German and European Studies<\/strong> (2018) <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Here we share tributes, recollections, and reflections on the lives of those…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":0,"parent":16268,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_hide_ai_chatbot":false,"_ai_chatbot_style":"","associated_faculty":[],"_Page_Specific_Css":"","_bates_restrict_mod":false,"_dimp_site_id":"","_dimp_override_contact":false,"_table_of_contents_display":false,"_table_of_contents_location":"","_table_of_contents_disableSticky":false,"_is_featured":false,"footnotes":"","_bates_seo_meta_description":"","_bates_seo_block_robots":false,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_id":0,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_twitter_id":0,"_bates_seo_share_title":"","_bates_seo_canonical_overwrite":"","_bates_seo_twitter_template":""},"class_list":["post-12865","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12865"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12865\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19929,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12865\/revisions\/19929"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}2024<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cGene Clough taught me how to be curious,\u201d said Noah Petro \u201901. \u201cI can\u2019t look at an image of data from the moon, especially the far side that he loved so much, without channeling his passion and curiosity.<\/em>\u201d Read the full remembrance<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
“A brilliant scholar, champion of critical inquiry and academic freedom, and a gifted teacher praised for a \u201csoaring intellect matched only by her kindness.\u201d Read the full remembrance<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pamela, \u2026 provided instruction not only on \u201chow best to mix paint on a palette,\u201d but also, more broadly, on how to \u201clead a creative life.\u201d<\/em> Read the full remembrance<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Physics may be defined as the study of two fundamental constituents, matter and energy, and the interactions between them. This characterization applies equally to the career of esteemed colleague George Ruff, who has applied tremendous personal energy to interactions that matter, namely, those that have educated scores of Bates students and inspired his colleagues. Read remarks on the occasion of his retirement<\/a>. Read his obituary.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n2020<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cA counselor to those exploring careers in the sciences, a patient and encouraging teacher, and an active scholar and community citizen\u201d Read the full remembrance<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHe was a true educator \u2014 dedicated to quietly helping each of us develop our own artistic expressions and expand our knowledge and experience.\u201d Read the full remembrance<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cTo \u2018happily disagree\u2019 was the mark of Tina\u2019s vivacity and intellect \u2013 a strength of her scholarship \u2013 and one of the many traits that [we] will sorely miss.\u201d<\/em> Lillian Nayder’s remembrance of Tina<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIn her tireless advocacy of writing as an essential skill of an educated person and in her celebration of the sheer joy of writing, [Joyce] has helped us chart this course for future generations of Bates students.\u201d Read the full remembrance<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n2019<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cCarl was a pivotal figure in shaping the academic character of the Bates we inhabit today. He was adventurous, interdisciplinary, and, to borrow a phrase he used nearly 55 years ago, a leader with \u2018an audacious spirit of experimentation.\u2019\u201d<\/em> Carl Benton Straub, professor and dean with a pivotal effect on Bates . . .<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n2018<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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“Throughout his years at Bates College, Craig remained true to his undergraduate motto. He never sought either \u201cthe victory of (his) work or even its acknowledgment.\u201d He stolidly defended what he thought was true and just, and that is how he will be remembered by his friends, colleagues, and students.”<\/em> Read the full remembrance<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n