The official search advertisement

BATES COLLEGE

President

Bates College, a private, highly selective, liberal arts college, seeks nominations and applications for the position of President. The new President will succeed Donald Harward, who will retire on June 30, 2002 after 13 years of exemplary leadership.

Since its inception in 1855, Bates has been a coeducational, nonsectarian, residential college with special commitments to academic rigor, and to programs and opportunities by qualified learners of all backgrounds. Today and throughout the history of the College, BatesŐ students and graduates have linked education with service, leadership, and obligations beyond themselves. The College has 1650 students originating from 50 states and over 50 countries, who work closely with 164 full-time outstanding faculty.

Located in Maine, Bates enjoys a beautiful 109 acre campus within Lewiston-Auburn, twin cities of about 64,000 people. The College is only an hourŐs drive from the coast and mountains and 140 miles northeast of Boston.

The ideal candidate will be a proven, outstanding leader, who can: articulate a compelling vision that focuses on academic excellence and the value of a residential, liberal arts education; effectively fundraise; and reinforce the CollegeŐs long standing commitments to academic excellence, international education, service learning, and diversity.

Members of the search committee will begin reviewing applications in May 2001 and continue until the search is filled. For best consideration, please send materials no later than June 29, 2001. Nominations, inquiries and expressions of interest should be forwarded, in confidence, to:

Shelly Weiss Storbeck,
Managing Director
A.T. Kearney Executive Search
333 John Carlyle Street
Alexandria, VA 22314

703/739-4613 (phone)
703/518-1782 (fax)
shelly.storbeck@atkearney.com (email)

For more information about the College, please consult its website: http://www.bates.edu

Bates College is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer.

• Presidential search main page
• Position specification
• Search advertisement
• Contact the Presidential Search Committee
• Committee members
• "The Search Is On," article from Bates magazine
  
  
• Press releases:
  "Harward retiring from Bates College presidency in 2002"
  "Bates presidential search committee named"
• History of Bates and Mission Statement
• About Bates