Johnson, Lick Presidential Portraits to be Unveiled
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ORONO — The official portraits honoring former University of Maine presidents Arthur Johnson and Dale Lick will be unveiled in separate ceremonies at UMaine’s Fogler Library during the next three weeks.
Johnson, the 14th UMaine president, served in that role from July 1984-Aug. 1986. He was succeeded by Lick, who was UMaine’s president until June 30, 1991.
The portrait of Lick will be unveiled at 4 p.m. on Thursday Oct. 30; Johnson’s will be unveiled on Friday Nov. 14 at 4 p.m. UMaine President Peter Hoff will preside over the ceremonies, to be held in the library’s Hall of Presidents. Lick and Johnson each plan be present when their portraits are unveiled.
Lick, who left UMaine to become president of Florida State University, is a faculty member at that institution. Johnson, who is retired, lives in Southport, Me.