Led by President Clayton Spencer and hosted by broadcast journalist Bryant Gumbel ’70, a road show comprising Bates faculty, students, and trustees visited record crowds in Boston and New York City this week to tell the story of the $300 million Bates Campaign.
Here’s a look back at the scenes, and behind the scenes, of this week’s campaign launch events at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts, which attracted the largest off-campus gathering in Bates history, and at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York City.
The New York audience sees Bryant Gumbel '70 in triplicate. (Matthew Carasella Photography for Bates College)
In Boston, President Spencer reveals the dollar total of The Bates Campaign to date: $168.5 million. "Many people have already made the choice to step up and make a gift. So you see? We can do this." (Phyllis Graber Jensen/Bates College)
In New York, President Spencer joins Bryant Gumbel '70 for the second major announcement of the evening, a $50 million gift from "two impossibly generous friends of Bates," Michael '80 and Alison Grott Bonney '80. (Matthew Carasella Photography for Bates College)
President Spencer outlines the case for The Bates Campaign in Boston. The quote "Choice, not chance, determines our destiny," is attributed to Aristotle, she said. "But I think it belongs to Oren Cheney and George Colby Chase. They believed that all human potential deserves to be developed. From our founding, we sought to change the world.” (Phyllis Graber Jensen/Bates College)
"Bates people encourage one another and celebrate one another," say Peeples in New York. Other colleges may have more resources, "but Bates' resources are offered with incredible generosity and kindness. This college wants its students to succeed." (Matthew Carasella Photography for Bates College)
