Bowdoin College: Quick Facts

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Date	1794 - present
Areas Of Involvement	Liberal arts
Notable Alumni	Zohran Mamdani • Nathaniel Hawthorne • Henry Wadsworth Longfellow • Franklin Pierce • Harold H. Burton • George Mitchell • Kenneth Chenault • Reed Hastings • Calvin E. Stowe • William Pitt Fessenden • John Parker Hale • Charles Cutler Torrey • Alfred Kinsey • Jacob Abbott • Francis Robbins Upton

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