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sign up today—it's free! On This Day1909 — Commander Robert Peary, Class of 1877, and his party depart the USS Roosevelt to make the remainder of the journey to the North Pole by dogsled. StorePurchase Bowdoin merchandise online. |  NBC's Al Roker with Plush Peary and Bowdoin alumni on the centennial of Robert E. Peary's historic expedition to the North Pole April 6, 2009. NBC’s Today, juggernaut of network morning news programs and launching pad for the likes of such journalism luminaries as Barbara Walters and Tom Brokaw, is celebrating 60 years on the air. On January 14, 1952, Dave Garroway, whose son Michael Garroway is a member of the Class of 1970, welcomed America to Today, and since that time, in addition to its “window on the world” studio at Rockefeller Center and ever-expanding length (it’s now four hours long in some markets), it has featured Bowdoin, its illustrious alumni and knowledgeable faculty and staff, including a group of alumni celebrating the centennial of Robert E. Peary’s historic North Pole expedition, Professor Barbara Held offering counterpoint to the “power of positive thinking,” and several appearances by former Dean of Admissions Jim Miller. 
The late John Gould ’31, H’68, novelist and long-time columnist for The Christian Science Monitor, mentor to Stephen King, and widely considered the dean of Maine writers, lived for decades on a farm in Lisbon Falls, Maine, where he wrote much of his work in a small log cabin just a short drive up Route 196 from Brunswick. The current owner of the property recently listed Gould’s original cabin on Craigslist. In true Maine fashion, the crumbling building is “free for the taking,” ostensibly for salvage purposes, though the “person removing cabin must provide excavation work and fill.” 
Have you investigated whether your 401(k) offers international options? According to a study by the Employee Benefits Research Institute, we tend to let 401(k) plans languish. But The Wall Street Journal suggests that 2012 may be the year to make a change with tips to take full advantage of your plan. | Bowdoin Athletics 2/19/2012 Women's Swimming & Diving at 6th/11 NESCAC Championship (Wesleyan) | Recap2/17/2012 Men's Track & Field at 5th/24 New England Division III's (Springfield) | Recap2/17/2012 Nordic Skiing at 10th/13 Williams Carnival (Prospect Mtn.) | Recap2/17/2012 Women's Track & Field at 3rd/22 New England Division III's (Smith) | Recap 2/24/2012 Men's Track & Field at Open New England's (BU) 2/24/2012 Nordic Skiing at Middlebury Carnival/EISA (Rikert Touring Ctr.) 2/24/2012 Women's Track & Field at Open New England's (BU) 2/24/2012 Women's Squash Wellesley at Bowdoin 2/25/2012 Nordic Skiing at Middlebury Carnival/EISA (Rikert Touring Ctr.) 2/25/2012 Women's Squash Bowdoin at TBA 2/26/2012 Women's Squash Bowdoin at TBA |
