Longtime UMaine admissions director passes away

Albert Hackett of Orono, a University of Maine alumnus and longtime admissions director, passed away July 13. He was 88. Hackett was a UMaine student-athlete who was inducted into the Maine Baseball Hall of Fame and University of Maine Sports Hall of Fame. He began his career at UMaine in 1966, and was named director emeritus of admissions in 1994. An obituary is online.