{"id":63449,"date":"2013-03-10T14:42:47","date_gmt":"2013-03-10T18:42:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?p=63449"},"modified":"2016-01-14T12:07:09","modified_gmt":"2016-01-14T17:07:09","slug":"bates-in-brief-college-the-man-behind-the-kroepsch-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2013\/03\/10\/bates-in-brief-college-the-man-behind-the-kroepsch-name\/","title":{"rendered":"Bates in Brief College: The man behind the Kroepsch name"},"content":{"rendered":"
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David Kroepsch\u2019s uncle Robert Kroepsch \u201933 established the signature Bates teaching award. Photograph by Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College<\/p><\/div>\n

What\u2019s in a Name?
\nThe Kroepsch Award<\/em><\/p>\n

At Bates, the name \u201cKroepsch\u201d means great teaching: The college\u2019s Kroepsch Award honors professors who excel in the classroom, such as the recently announced 2013 winner, Loring Danforth, Dana Professor of Anthropology.<\/p>\n

To others, the name Kroepsch conjures memories of \u201cUncle Bob,\u201d a frugal man who served cocktails to dinner guests in his car before heading into restaurants, and a noted higher-education authority who once gave three commencement speeches in one day \u2014 and submitted the feat to Guinness World Records<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\u201cUncle Bob\u201d is the late Robert Kroepsch \u201933, LL.D. \u201971, who funded the annual Bates teaching award with his wife, Ruth.<\/p>\n

Last fall, Robert\u2019s grandnephew David Kroepsch (shown here) visited campus with his wife, Suzanne, to say hello to 2012 Kroepsch winner Kati Vecsey of the theater department.<\/p>\n

Robert Kroepsch\u2019s frugality influenced his career. For many years, he headed a consortium of public and private universities in the West that worked to eliminate the wasteful duplication of programs.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was really proud that someone at UC\u2013San Diego wasn\u2019t doing the exact same project as the University of Oregon,\u201d David said. \u201cIt was very important to him to know that we could make more progress because of that coordinated educational effort.\u201d<\/p>\n

While the Kroepsch name is ubiquitous at Bates, you won\u2019t find it in the pages of Guinness<\/em>. \u201cUncle Bob found out there\u2019s no category for commencement speeches,\u201d says David. \u2014 HJB<\/p>\n

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The College Facts<\/h3>\n

Former Dining Services director Christine Schwartz now heads Bates\u2019 new events office.<\/p>\n

Off-campus Welcome Events with President Spencer are breaking event attendance records.<\/p>\n

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Pearson Appointed VP<\/h3>\n
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Photograph by Jose Leiva<\/p><\/div>\n

Sarah Pearson \u201975 returned to her alma mater last August as the new vice president for college advancement.<\/p>\n

In the advancement world, Pearson is considered a leader among leaders. In the 2012 book Making the Case for Leadership<\/em>, Pearson is one of 10 U.S. advancement leaders profiled, and is singled out for bringing creative strategies to fundraising and engagement initiatives.<\/p>\n

Pearson comes to Bates after serving as chief development officer of the Broad Institute of Harvard University and MIT, a leading biomedical research institution.<\/p>\n

\u201cBates alumni around the globe have much to be proud of,\u201d she says. \u201cWe are clear about our strengths, passionate about the value of Bates\u2019 distinctive brand of liberal arts education and committed to working together to ensure that future generations will benefit from the shared Bates experience.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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