Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME, November 14th, 2006
ORONO - Frances Hartgen was known around town as the wife of Vincent Hartgen, the larger-than-life impresario who founded the University of Maine's art department. She didn't mind. He was the love of her life, and friends say the couple were like newlyweds, even in their 80s. But to those who knew Frances well, she was a legend in her own right. She was a role model to women - an educated educator with a mind as sharp as a shard of glass. To many in town, she was known as a teacher. To students at UMaine, she was their librarian. In April, when she published her memoir, she gained acclaim as ...
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