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Volume CXXXIII, Number 1 |
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Angus King slated to teach, lecture at Bowdoin
EVRON LEGALL
STAFF WRITER
After a lengthy "sabbatical" of sorts, in which he served as lawyer, television host, corporate executive, and governor of Maine, Angus King, Jr. will return to Bowdoin this spring with the title "Distinguished Lecturer." It will be his first official position with the College since the 1970s.
"The idea is to have Angus King connected to the College in a variety of ways," said Dean of Academic Affairs Craig McEwen. He said the former governor's activities on campus would include his course "Leaders and Leadership," a public lecture, meetings with various student groups and social houses, and to otherwise "simply be available." McEwen beamed at what he described as an "exciting opportunity to enrich the College."
King will not be serving under any particular academic department, and his course will definitely have an interdisciplinary slant. McEwen hinted that he suspected the class would take a broad look at past world leaders-both good and bad-in an effort to determine the important characteristics of leaders. However, he stressed that King is currently in the process of fine-tuning the details of the course and it is yet to be submitted for review by the Curriculum and Educational Policy Committee.
While there are no concerns about any special security arrangements the former governor might require, McEwen said that it was highly likely that there would be several restrictions on who could take the class simply because of the sheer popularity that it may attract, saying that King would prefer an interactive class to a formal lecture.
King, a Dartmouth graduate, had taught in Bowdoin's Senior Center Program in the mid-1970s. At that time, Coles Tower was known as the Senior Center and housed only seniors.
Following his time at the Senior Center, King practiced law at the firm of Smith, Loyd and King, hosted a television show called Maine Watch, and served as the vice-president of an alternative energy company in Portland. He formed his own energy management company in Brunswick in 1989.
In 1995, King began a two-term stint as Governor of Maine, as the only independent governor in the United States.
With his focus on conservation, education, and reform of state services, King remained very popular in the state until the end of his term. He recently returned from a five month, 34-state trip around the country in a mobile home with his wife, Mary Herman, and their two young children, Benjamin and Molly.
There are no firm plans in place regarding King's relationship with the
College beyond Spring 2004.
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