Westbrook Businessman Honors Son with University of Maine Endowed Professorship
University of Maine Foundation President/CEO Jeffery Mills has announced that Westbrook businessman Henry Saunders has created the Kenneth W. Saunders and Henry W. Saunders Professorship in Engineering Leadership and Management at the University of Maine to honor the...
Professor Ed Grew Establishes Funds to Benefit School of Earth and Climate Sciences
Professor Ed Grew has invested in his discipline in many ways. Grew has been at the University of Maine since 1984 as a research scientist and an educator and mentor to both undergraduate and graduate students. In November 2014, he established two funds for the...
Landis Mentioned in Berkeley Lab Article on Roman Architecture Research
Eric Landis, Ph. D., P.E., who holds the Frank M. Taylor Distinguished Professorship of Civil Engineering at the University of Maine, was mentioned in the Berkeley Lab news release, “Back to the future with Roman architectural concrete.” Read more at UMaine...
Laurence A. Jones, Jr. Memorial Service
The annual memorial service held at the University of Maine honoring the life of Laurence A. Jones, Jr. was held on Nov. 20. A 1992 UMaine graduate who held a psychology degree, Jones was killed while he was a graduate student at Johns Hopkins University. Jones’...
Announcing the Sandy and Bobby Ives Fund
A new fund has been established at the University of Maine Foundation in honor of the late founder of the Maine Folklife Center Edward “Sandy” Ives and his wife Bobby. The Sandy and Bobby Ives Fund will be used to provide financial assistance to full-time UMaine...
$1 Million Savage Challenge Fund Announced
A $1 million donation to the University of Maine by alumnus Tom Savage and his wife, Sally, of Key Largo, Florida, will launch the Savage Challenge, a five-year endowment drive for the men’s ice hockey program. The donation will be used to match up to $1 million in...