Facts: - title: president of colby college - successor: william d adams - predecessor: robert e. l. strider - term end: 2000 - term start: 1979 - name: william r. cotter - alma mater: harvard college , harvard law school Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of william r. cotter -lrb- college president -rrb- .
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william r. cotter was a lawyer and president of colby college from 1979 -- 2000 , the longest serving president of all time at the college .