UMaine announces Stephen King professorship

[jpak]

http://bangordailynews.com/2016/02/16/news/bangor/umaine-announces-stephen-king-professorship/

ORONO, Maine — The University of Maine announced Tuesday it will establish a new endowed professorship in honor of its most famous alumnus — horror author Stephen King.

The Stephen E. King Chair in Literature, funded through a $1 million grant from the Harold Alfond Foundation, will support a faculty post in the university’s English department. A search to fill the new position is expected this fall.

“Stephen and Tabitha King have been generous supporters of their alma mater for many years,” UMaine President Susan Hunter said in a news release. “It is now particularly rewarding to have a prestigious gift such as this that will inspire and influence current and future generations of readers and writers.”

King graduated from UMaine in 1970 with an English degree. Three years later, he published his first novel, “Carrie.” Since then, he’s written 54 novels, six nonfiction books and nearly 200 short stories. In November 2015, King was awarded a National Medal of Arts, recognizing his contributions to literature.

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SK was teaching @ UMO when I was there.

My only regret in life is not buying out every one of these posters at the UMO bookstore....

[DebbieCDC]

1. Awesome news

I have long been a fan of his work.

[Bayard]

2. Been a King fan for nearly 40 years

(god that makes me old as dirt!)

I stayed up all night reading, "Salem's Lot", the first time. The next day, I nailed the door to my crawl space shut.

[Stardust]

3. Lol! Of all his books, I think that one scared me the most. nt