A. Clayton Spencer, Harvard vice president, named Bates College president

Boston Globe

December 4, 2011

A. Clayton Spencer, a long-time administrator and current vice president at Harvard University, has been named president of Bates College. In her new role Spencer said she will undertake a "significant" fundraising effort at Bates when she takes the helm there next July. "Spencer will serve out the rest of the academic year at Harvard, Roland Adams, Bates spokesman, said in an email. It will mark the end of what will be a 15-year run for Spencer, who has been advisor to four Harvard presidents, including current president Drew G. Faust. Faust said Bates had made "a brilliant choice," according to an email message to Harvard faculty.

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