He also plans to help establish a liberal arts college in Pakistan, at the request of the Aga Kahn. R.I. He is a director of the Urban Homestead Assistance Board, a trustee of Phipps Houses, and a member of the Executive Committee of the Rockefeller University Council. Mills said his priorities as college president will include increasing the socioeconomic, racial and geographic diversity on campus by attracting more students from abroad and from Maine. Internationalization of the world is something Bowdoin can't ignore. My goal is to find wonderful students in Maine and convince them to come to Bowdoin.
Mills also wants to develop the arts and environmental programs at the college.
It can't be truly alive without being committed to the arts. Bowdoin alumnus Ted Gibbons Jr., a Portland stockbroker, was pleased with the appointment. He's very articulate and bright, and has an empathy and warmth about him. He certainly has all the credentials that one would ever need. We will let you know what is going on in news, sports and viewpoints.