The Everett P. Pope Lecture was established in 2021 to provide support of an annual lecture on the subject of foreign policy, national security, the U.S. military, or a related topic. The lecture honors the life and legacy of Everett Pope ’41, P’67, ’69, H’46, H’67 and enriches the intellectual life of the College, inspiring students to serve the common good through public service.
As a student at Bowdoin, Pope was captain of the state champion tennis team and a member of Phi Beta Kappa. Following graduation, he served in the World War II’s Pacific Theater and fought at Guadalcanal and Peleliu. U.S. Marine Corps Major, Pope’s leadership in the Battle of Peleliu earned him the Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest medal for valor.
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Everett P. Pope Lecture Fund
We believe the Pope Lecture has enriched the intellectual life of Bowdoin, and hope that it is both inspiring Bowdoin students to public service. The endowment for the Pope Lecture will ensure that it will have a permanent place at Bowdoin.
Learn more about how you can make gifts to support and grow the endowment of the Everett P. Pope Lecture Fund.
Our ANNUAL SPEAKERS
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The 2020 lecture was not held due to Covid 19.
Everett P. Pope Lecture Sponsoring Committee
Jack Abbott
Co-founder Bowdoin Marine Corps Society, a LifeTrustee and former Treasurer of the USS Constitution Museum, and the former President/CEO of Boston Financial Management
Bowdoin ’63, P’00
Gil Barndollar
Co-founder Bowdoin Marine Corps Society, Senior Research Fellow at the Catholic University of America’s Center for the Study of Statesmanship and a Senior Fellow at Defense Priorities.
Bowdoin ’04
Barbara Elias
Associate Professor of Government at Bowdoin College specializing in international relations, insurgency warfare, U.S. foreign policy, national security, and Islam and politics
Admiral Gregory G. Johnson (Ret.)
Retired United States Navy Admiral and the former commander of U.S. Naval Forces, Europe and Allied Forces, Southern Europe.
Bowdoin P’88, P’90 and P’17
Jean Yarborough
Professor of Government and Gary M. Pendy, Sr. Professor of Social Sciences at Bowdoin, with teaching responsibilities in political philosophy and American Political Thought