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Bay Pathway Spring/Summer 2020
1997
Bay Path celebrates the 100th anniversary of its founding in 1897. Professor Muriel Mitchell pens the definitive 100-year history
of Bay Path, and in recognition of the themes of Vision 2001, three Americans of distinction are recognized: U.S. Representative
Lindy Boggs for leadership, engineer and NASA astronaut Mae Jamieson for technology, and co-founder of the Harvard Negotiation
Project, Roger Fisher, for communications.
The
first
Capitals
of
the
World
Trip
embarks
to
Rome,
Italy.
Over
the
years,
hundreds
of
students,
faculty,
staff,
alumni,
and
friends
will
accompany
President
Leary
and
her
husband,
Noel,
to
cities
around
the
globe,
including
Paris,
Dublin,
Madrid,
London,
Athens,
Berlin,
Amsterdam,
Warsaw,
Prague,
Vienna,
and
Beijing.
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While
broadening
their
perspectives
on
the
culture
and
history
of
unique
cities,
Capitals
of
the
World
introduced
hundreds
of
students
to
the
joys
of
traveling
abroad
and
instilled
in
them
a
newfound
appreciation
as
citizens
of
the
world.
Margaret Thatcher, the first woman prime minister of Great Britain,
delivers a lecture at Springfield Symphony Hall, arranged and
sponsored by Bay Path.
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It was a once-in-a-lifetime event when former Prime Minister
Margaret Thatcher came to Springfield. Alumna Racquel Labrie
Fisher '00 chats with Mrs. Thatcher, and later, President Leary had
a moment to relax with the prime minister.
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