Professor Emeritus Alan Langille Passes Away

UMaine Alert

Posted: April 19, 2024 - 1:32 PM

At approximately 9:24 a.m. on Friday, April 19, a student was struck by a university vehicle on Long Road at the University of Maine campus in Orono.

Emergency services responded promptly to the scene and the student has been transported to a local hospital. The student’s family has been informed.

Counseling services and support are available for students, faculty or staff who may have been affected. The Counseling Center can be reached at 207-581-1392 or you may call the Dean of Students Office at 207-581-1406.

An investigation is underway and more details will be released when they become available. Our thoughts are with the student and their family.

Long Road has been cleared and is now accessible. Any witnesses to the incident are encouraged to contact Lieutenant Noel Santiago at noel.santiago@maine.edu.

April 23, 2015 News

Alan Langille, who joined the University of Maine’s Plant and Soil Sciences Department as an assistant professor in 1967, passed away April 19, 2015. Langille spent 39 years at UMaine, retiring in 2006. During the last decade of his career, he taught and developed a field research program in turfgrass science, establishing UMaine as an official site for the National Turfgrass Evaluation Program, according to his obituary. Langille was 77. His obituary is online.