Bates College
The Bates College is a corporation founded in 1855 by Oren B. Cheney US private university in Lewiston , Maine .
The university offers a degree in " Liberal Arts "; the students receive the bachelor's degree after four years of study . Bates College has approximately 1,800 students. In the rankings of the US News & World Report magazine , the college regularly takes one of the top five “Liberal Arts” colleges in the USA.
Graduates from the college include Edmund Muskie , Amory Lovins , Aviva Chomsky , Lisa Genova, and John Shea , among others .
Honorary doctors
- Anna Deavere Smith (* 1950), actress, playwright and university professor
- Eric Carle (* 1929), children's author
- Corey Harris (* 1969), blues and reggae guitarist, singer and songwriter
- Dean Kamen (* 1951), entrepreneur and inventor
- Robert De Niro (* 1943), actor, film director and producer
Web links
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Individual evidence
Coordinates: 44 ° 6 ′ 20 ″ N , 70 ° 12 ′ 15 ″ W.