May 26, 1997 |
Release No. 707 Contact: Phyllis Graber Jensen 207-786-6330 |
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Area residents are among Bates grads
LEWISTON, Maine -- Twenty area residents received bachelor's degrees during Bates College's 131st commencement exercises on Monday (May 26) in an outdoor ceremony on the main quadrangle. Oscar Arias, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning former president of Costa Rica, delivered the commencement address to an audience of some 3,000.# # #