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Ava Clayton Spencer (born December 15, 1954) is an American attorney and was the eighth president of Bates College. She had previously served as the vice president for institutional policy at Harvard University from 2005 to 2012.
Early in her career, Spencer served as Chief Education Counsel in the U.S. Senate, for Senator Edward M. Kennedy, followed by 15 years as a senior leader at Harvard. She took office as the...
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Jun 15, 2012 · Spencer joined Harvard in February 1997 as a consultant for federal policy issues. The following year, she was appointed associate vice president for higher education policy reporting to the President, and in 2005 she rose to the new position of vice president for policy.
Dec 5, 2011 · Clayton Spencer, the vice president for policy at Harvard University, has been named the eighth president of Bates College, a small liberal arts institution in Lewiston, Me., effective July 1.
Clayton Spencer became the eighth president of Bates College on July 1, 2012. She came to Bates from Harvard University, where she spent more than 15 years on the university’s senior leadership team.
May 24, 2012 · After Summers’ sudden resignation, Spencer stuck by President Derek C. Bok when he came out of a nearly two-decade retirement to lead the University during the search for Harvard’s new...
Dec 4, 2011 · A. Clayton Spencer, vice president for policy since 2005, has been elected the eighth president of Bates College, effective July 1. Spencer has worked in Massachusetts Hall for a decade and a half, serving presidents Neil L. Rudenstine, Lawrence H. Summers, Derek Bok, and Drew Faust.
