LEWISTON — Bates College Vice President Nancy J. Cable has been appointed president of the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations, a Florida-based philanthropic organization dedicated to supporting education, theological education, public television and health care.

Cable has built a national reputation in higher education, compiling a record of leadership at highly regarded colleges and universities and in various higher education organizations.

Cable begins her tenure at The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations in spring 2013. Currently a vice president at Bates and senior adviser to college President A. Clayton Spencer, Cable served as interim Bates president from 2011 into 2012. She first came to Bates as vice president for enrollment and external affairs in February 2010.

In addition to the A.V. Davis Foundations appointment, with the support of the foundations’ board of trustees, Cable will travel next summer to China as a Fulbright Specialist. Based in Hong Kong, she will work with a team of scholars on developing liberal arts education in China.

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