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Bowdoin College Catalogue (1825 Feb)

Date: 1825-02-01

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Interview with Colleen Quint by Andrea Lā€™Hommedieu

Date: 2008-03-06

Creator: Colleen Quint

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Biographical NoteColleen Quint was born on September 22, 1963. She grew up in Portland, Maine, attended Deering High School, and Bates College, graduating in 1985. She first met Senator Mitchell in the fall of 1985 while working as an intern in his Washington, D.C. office. She worked at the Christian Science Monitor for three years as editor for Western Europe and Great Britain, then returned to Maine for law school and practiced law for ten years. She is married to Bill Hiss, who was involved in the founding of the Mitchell Institute. At the time of this interview she was executive director of the Mitchell Institute. SummaryInterview includes discussion of: family and educational background; growing up in Portland, Maine; working as an intern in Senator Mitchellā€™s office in Washington D.C.; Samantha Smith legislation; working for the Christian Science Monitor; clerkship with Thomas Delahanty; Attorney Generalā€™s Office legal work; Bowdoin College fraternity policies; Americans with Disabilities Act [ADA]; the creation of the Mitchell Institute; running into George Mitchell at the airport and his great memory; the environment that many Mitchell Scholars come from; and the development of the Mitchell Institute.


Interview with Heather Mitchell (2) by Brien Williams

Date: 2010-03-02

Creator: Heather M Mitchell

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Biographical NoteHeather McLachlan Mitchell was born and raised in Montreal, Canada, and lived in Paris, France, for fifteen years. She was assistant to the executive director of the Association of Tennis Professionals and subsequently represented professional male tennis players. She relocated from Paris to New York and in 1993 met George Mitchell at the U.S. Open. The two were married in 1994. She later worked independently coordinating tennis events. Once their children started school, she began working as a literary agent at Gelfman Schneider. SummaryInterview includes discussion of: connections in Maine when growing up in Quebec; visiting Maine with George Mitchell; visiting Maine with their children; Mitchellā€™s balance between work and family; Mitchellā€™s contact with support staff from his Senate days; and Mitchellā€™s house in D.C.


Interview with Christine Williams by Brien Williams

Date: 2008-11-21

Creator: Christine G Williams

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Biographical NoteChristine G. Williams was born January 20, 1952, in Boston, Massachusetts, to Adelaide and Donald Williams, a Methodist minister. She earned a degree in history from Boston University. As a VISTA volunteer she taught on the Rosebud reservation in South Dakota before returning to New England to teach at Brunswick High School in Brunswick, Maine, for the 1975-1976 school year. Subsequently, after teaching in New Hampshire for four years, she was hired by George Mitchellā€™s U.S. Senate office in 1982 and worked there until 1994, focusing on health care issues in the latter years. She later went to work for the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality. SummaryInterview includes discussion of: teaching social studies; working for Senator Mitchell; changes when Mitchell became chair of the Health Subcommittee of the Finance Committee; Robert Wood Johnson Fellows and staff in Mitchellā€™s office; involvement in Health Care Reform and the bill they wrote; changes when Mitchell became Senate majority leader; Clintonā€™s election and what could have been done better for health reform; the task force on the Clinton health reform bill; work on health care legislation and how the bill was finally defeated; other health legislation; the question of bipartisanship; her wedding; Mitchellā€™s retirement; appreciation and understanding of Maine people, Maineā€™s health care; ambience of Mitchellā€™s office and what it was like working there; Mitchellā€™s temperament, professionalism, and personality; Mitchellā€™s contributions to the Senate and leadership; Mitchellā€™s election to majority leader; involvement with the Mitchell Institute scholarship program; Mitchell and long term care; and federal recognition for the Micmacs.


Interview with Barbara Mikulski by Brien Williams

Date: 2010-05-04

Creator: Barbara A Mikulski

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Biographical NoteBarbara Ann Mikulski was born on July 20, 1936, and grew up in the Highlandtown neighborhood of East Baltimore, Maryland. She attended Mount Saint Agnes College and received her M.S.W. from the University of Maryland School of Social Work. She became a social worker, community organizer, and Baltimore city councilor, and she made an unsuccessful bid for the U.S. Senate in 1974 before winning election to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1976. After serving in the House for ten years, she ran for the U.S. Senate in 1986, becoming the first elected woman Democratic U.S. senator. She has won numerous re-elections and continued to serve in the Senate as its longest-serving female senator at the time of this interview. SummaryInterview includes discussion of: Mikulskiā€™s run for the Senate in 1986 and Mitchellā€™s DSCC role in supporting her campaign; Mitchell dancing with Mikulski at a fund raiser; Mikulskiā€™s reception in the Senate as a female senator; Mikulski-Mitchell ā€˜spousal impoverishmentā€™ amendment; committee assignments during Mikulskiā€™s first term; women in Congress; DSCC Womenā€™s Senate Network; womenā€™s issues worth legislating and fighting for in the Senate; Mitchellā€™s qualities as a leader; common constituent interests among ā€˜coastal senators;ā€™ NAFTA; how Mitchell related to women; Mikulskiā€™s reaction to Mitchellā€™s retirement from the Senate; Mitchellā€™s legacy as Senate leader.


Interview with Dan Wathen by Andrea Lā€™Hommedieu

Date: 2009-09-29

Creator: Daniel 'Dan' E Wathen

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Biographical NoteDaniel E. "Dan" Wathen was born November 4, 1939, in Easton, Maine, to Wilda (Persis) and Joseph Jackson Wathen. He was graduated from Easton High School and Ricker College in Houlton, Maine (1962), the University of Maine School of Law (1965), and the University of Virginia School of Law (1988). He was appointed to the Maine Superior Court by Governor James B. Longley and served there for four years. He was then appointed justice to the Maine Supreme Judicial Court by Governor John McKernan. He served as justice for ten years, then chief justice for ten more years. Justice Wathen retired from the bench in 2001 and subsequently joined Pierce-Atwood law firm in Portland, Maine. SummaryInterview includes discussion of: Dan Wathenā€™s legal career; practicing law in Augusta; becoming acquainted with George Mitchell through his practice in Maine; his parentsā€™ recollections of George Mitchell; first impression upon meeting Mitchell; Freddy Vahlsing and sugar beet project; Mitchellā€™s 1974 gubernatorial campaign against James B. Longley; Wathenā€™s inspiration to be a judge; Mitchellā€™s judicial temperament; Mitchellā€™s diplomatic role; and the Mitchell Institute.


Interview with Bob Lenna by Andrea Lā€™Hommedieu

Date: 2009-09-14

Creator: Robert 'Bob' O Lenna

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Biographical NoteRobert Oscar ā€œBobā€ Lenna was born in Jamestown, New York, in 1945 to Harry Albert and Babette (Simon) Lenna. He received his undergraduate degree in American studies and his graduate degree in American and New England studies at the University of Southern Maine. In 1970, he worked on the staff of Senator Charles Goodell of New York, then moved to Maine and was hired for a position on George Mitchellā€™s staff when Mitchell announced his run for U.S. Senate. He later worked for Libby Mitchell. SummaryInterview includes discussion of: family and educational background; working on Mitchellā€™s 1974 gubernatorial campaign; Lennaā€™s motivations to get involved in politics in the 1970s; Lennaā€™s impressions of why Mitchell lost the 1974 campaign; difference Lenna noticed between Mitchellā€™s 1974 and 1982 campaigns; Mitchellā€™s legacy; Mitchellā€™s reaction to Nixonā€™s pardon; and Libby Mitchellā€™s career.


Interview with Chuck Kruger by Mike Hastings

Date: 2009-03-28

Creator: Charles 'Chuck' B Kruger

Access: Open access

Biographial Note

Charles ā€œChuckā€ Kruger was born in Morristown, New Jersey, on July 2, 1950. His parents were Charles Bromley Kruger and Barbara Burke Kruger. His father was a WWII veteran and captain of a B-17 before starting an aviation business and then going into the family business. As a boy Chuck sang in St. Peterā€™s Church boysā€™ choir, and he started playing guitar at age 14. Chuck went to boarding school in New Hope, where he became interested in theatre, English, and writing. After high school, he went to New York City, where he played in a band and sang in the Masterwork Chorus for about a year. He attended Nasson College, started his own acoustic band, lived off-campus and did gigs at the ski areas. After graduating, he performed professionally and met with success as a singer/songwriter solo act. He married and had a son in 1984. He drove and helped raise funds for George Mitchell and became increasingly interested in Maine politics. In 1986 he began to work on campaigns and joined the State Committee while also working for MBNA. At the time of this interview, he had recently been elected to the Maine state legislature.

Summary

Interview includes discussion of: family background and education; Chuckā€™s fatherā€™s experience in the war; singing and playing in New York in 1969; attending Nasson College in Maine and the ski area gigs with the Mirror Lake Band; the Profile Theater Company; career as a professional musician and recording albums; driving for Mitchell in 1974; performing at fund raisers; story about Mitchell and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Ceremony; working in Maine politics; booking off-site programming for MBNA; the decision to run for state senate; being a state senator; tax reform and not creating a bill; thoughts and memories of the business and people involved; reflections on Mitchell; and the state legislature today.


Interview with Bob Kerrey by Brien Williams

Date: 2009-06-11

Creator: Joseph 'Bob' Robert Kerrey

Access: Open access

Biographial Note

Joseph Robert ā€œBobā€ Kerrey was born August 27, 1943, in Lincoln, Nebraska. He was graduated from Lincoln Northeast High School and entered the University of Nebraska ā€“ Lincoln, where he earned a degree in pharmacy in 1966. He served in the U.S. Navy after graduation until 1969 and was wounded in combat in Vietnam, receiving the Medal of Honor and the Bronze Star. He returned to Nebraska, and in 1982 he was elected governor. He was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1988 and was reelected for a second term in 1994. He ran in the Democratic presidential primaries in 1992 but lost the nomination to Bill Clinton. He was a member of the 9/11 Commission. When he left the Senate, he became president of The New School, a position he held at the time of this interview.

Summary

Interview includes discussion of: Kerreyā€™s incoming Senate class; contact with Mitchell prior to coming to the Senate; supporting Mitchell for majority leader; Mitchellā€™s leadership style; the 1990 budget; the role of the majority and minority leaders; the differences between being a governor and a senator; friendships in the Senate; Mitchellā€™s logical arguments; Mitchellā€™s TV presence; Mitchellā€™s relationship with Dole; Mitchellā€™s role in helping Kerrey achieve the goals he had in various policy areas; Health U.S.A.; Kerreyā€™s understanding of agricultural interests; the 1991 War Powers Resolution; the Clean Air Act; Mitchellā€™s relationship to Presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton; Kerreyā€™s stance on the stimulus bill of 1993 and budget issues; health care reform of 1994 and Mitchellā€™s leadership on that effort; Kerreyā€™s reaction to Mitchellā€™s decision to retire; Kerreyā€™s decision to retire in 2001; Mitchellā€™s neutrality in the Democratic presidential primaries in 1992; Mitchellā€™s legacy in the Senate; Tom Daschle as majority leader; and Mitchellā€™s loyalties to country, state and political party.


Interview with Barbara Keefe by Andrea Lā€™Hommedieu

Date: 2009-08-26

Creator: Barbara Keefe

Access: Open access

Biographial Note

Barbara Keefe was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, in 1940, and grew up in Trenton, New Jersey. She was graduated from Seton Hall University. She received a fellowship to study deaf education and worked at the Governor Baxter School for the Deaf, Mackworth Island, Maine. She joined the League of Women Voters and became involved in the National Womenā€™s Political Caucus. She was treasurer for Senator Mitchellā€™s reelection campaigns in 1982 and 1988, and she has served on the Mitchell Institute Board since 1994.

Summary

Interview includes discussion of: Keefeā€™s introduction to politics through her fatherā€™s involvement; Keefeā€™s activity in the Maine League of Women Voters; starting the Maine Womenā€™s Political Caucus with Patty Ryan; Keefeā€™s recollections of Mitchellā€™s 1974 campaign; what appealed to both Democratic and Republican women about George Mitchell; Keefeā€™s becoming treasurer for Mitchellā€™s 1982 reelection campaign; working with Larry Benoit and Mary McAleney on Mitchellā€™s staff; Mitchellā€™s friendship with Pat and Joe Angelone; Mitchellā€™s win in 1982; Keefeā€™s involvement with Mitchell between the 1982 and 1988 campaigns; fund-raising for Mitchellā€™s campaign in 1988; the development of the Mitchell Institute; how the Mitchell Institute is funded; and Mitchellā€™s commitment to education.