{"id":60883,"date":"2017-03-23T16:15:33","date_gmt":"2017-03-23T20:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/150\/?page_id=60883"},"modified":"2024-11-21T11:55:22","modified_gmt":"2024-11-21T16:55:22","slug":"hitchner-hall","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/150\/faces-behind-the-places\/hitchner-hall\/","title":{"rendered":"Hitchner Hall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-44975 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/311\/2015\/09\/Hitchner_Reeve_E.jpg\" alt=\"Hitchner_Reeve_E\" width=\"240\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/311\/2015\/09\/Hitchner_Reeve_E.jpg 240w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/311\/2015\/09\/Hitchner_Reeve_E-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/311\/2015\/09\/Hitchner_Reeve_E-99x140.jpg 99w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,240px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/blog\/buildings\/hitchner-hall\/\">View map<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>E. Reeve Hitchner<\/strong> joined the faculty of the University of Maine in 1922, following his graduation from Pennsylvania State College with a master\u2019s degree in bacteriology. In 1933, he was appointed head of UMaine\u2019s Department of Bacteriology and served as professor of bacteriology. He remained head of the department until his retirement in 1959. At the time of his retirement, the academic building housing bacteriology, biochemistry and poultry science was named Hitchner Hall in recognition of his leadership, scholarly activity and contributions to Maine and its people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>View map E. Reeve Hitchner joined the faculty of the University of Maine in 1922, following his graduation from Pennsylvania State College with a master\u2019s degree in bacteriology. In 1933, he was appointed head of UMaine\u2019s Department of Bacteriology and served as professor of bacteriology. 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