Henson, who created Kermit and The Muppets, graduated from the University of Maryland in 1960. He majored in home economics and some said he had an early eye for innovation.

The University of Maryland says it is honoring Jim Henson, an alumnus, with its choice of commencement speaker. Some students think it is avoiding “real issues.” By Callie Holtermann ...

University Park residents celebrated the town’s 75th anniversary Sunday by honoring one of the most famous people to call the town home, puppeteer Jim Henson, who would have celebrated his ...

(CNN Newsource) Kermit has a long history with the school. Muppets creator Jim Henson graduated from the university in 1960. The campus garden even features a bronze statue of Kermit and Henson.

In 1955, Henson earned a bi-weekly spot on a local NBC affiliate, "Sam and Friends," while he was a freshman at the University of Maryland. The show won a local Emmy Award in 1958, the same year ...

Jim and Jane met in 1954 while they were both taking a puppetry course at the University of Maryland. They began working as collaborators shortly after taking the class, putting their teamwork to ...

It's titled "Jim Henson: Idea Man." Henson was born in Greenville, Mississippi in 1936. "Television would transport him beyond Mississippi, beyond, you know, America," Ron Howard told NPR.

In 1955, Henson earned a bi-weekly spot on a local NBC affiliate, "Sam and Friends," while he was a freshman at the University of Maryland.