Peter Webster ’62

“Bowdoin has meant a great deal to me—from my student days to almost four decades as the College’s legal counsel. My relationship to Bowdoin has been incredibly fulfilling academically, intellectually, socially, and professionally. I am deeply grateful.” —Peter Webster ’62

A government major and an education minor, Peter was grateful for the mentorship he received from Professors Athern Daggett and Paul Hazelton. In fact, both were instrumental in helping him with his post-collegiate career path as a lawyer with an abiding interest in the educational aspect of the law. Peter became legal counsel to the College in his twenties and over almost four decades helped Bowdoin’s leadership during some complicated times.

Throughout his life, Peter has always given to Bowdoin what he can. This is why when it came time to craft his estate plan, he gave great thought to what matters most to him—his relationship with his three children (including Amy ’91 and Todd ’94) and his College. Through a beneficiary designation on his retirement assets, Peter will establish a scholarship fund to ensure that future generations of Bowdoin students from Maine will have access to the College and, later, be able to venture into the world debt-free.

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