2017
Charles Ellsworth Huntington (1919-2017)
January 3, 2017 by Office of the President
To the Bowdoin community, I write to share the news that Charles E. “Chuck” Huntington, professor of biology emeritus and director of the Bowdoin Scientific Station emeritus, passed away on Monday morning, January 2, surrounded by his family. He was ninety-seven years of age. Chuck was born in Boston on December 8, 1919. As a child, […]
Willard Bailey Arnold III (1927-2017)
February 12, 2017 by Office of the President
Dear trustees and trustees/overseers emeriti, I write with the sad news that Bowdoin Overseer Willard Bailey Arnold III died in Waterville, Maine, on February 8, 2017, at the age of 89. Bill was a loyal son of Bowdoin, who served the College in many different capacities—as 1951’s class agent, president of the Kennebec Valley Bowdoin Club, […]
Robert Raymond Nunn (1929-2017)
March 20, 2017 by Office of the President
To the Bowdoin community, I write with the sad news that Associate Professor of Romance Languages Emeritus Robert Raymond Nunn died on March 16, 2017, in Topsham, Maine, at the age of 87. Bob taught French at the College for forty years, and he remained a valuable colleague to members of the faculty in the […]
Richard W. Moll (1934-2017)
May 25, 2017 by Office of the President
To the Bowdoin community, It is my sad duty to inform the Bowdoin community that Richard W. Moll, Bowdoin’s director of admissions from 1967 to 1975 and a creative and influential figure in the field of college admissions, died yesterday, May 24, 2017, in Georgetown, Maine. Dick died as he had lived—on his own terms—following […]
Edward S. Gilfillan III (1941-2017)
December 18, 2017 by Office of the President
To the Bowdoin community, I write to share the sad news that Edward S. Gilfillan III, the former director of Bowdoin’s Marine Research Station and adjunct professor and lecturer in the Environmental Studies Program emeritus, died this past Thursday, December 14, 2017, at the age of 76. Ed was an internationally known expert on the […]