WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE: WPI's Kent P. Lj Ljungquist of Holden is chosen as Fletcher Professor.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-19 November 1999-WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE: WPI's Kent P. Ljungquist of Holden, Mass., is chosen as Fletcher Professor (C)1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:181199 WORCESTER, Mass. -- Holden, Mass., resident Kent P. Ljungquist has recently been appointed the Paris Fletcher Distinguished Professor of Humanities and Arts at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

The two-year appointment recognizes outstanding accomplishments and includes a stipend to be used for continued professional development, according to Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs John F. Carney III. A specialist in American studies, Ljungquist has written extensively about Edgar Allan Poe and James Fenimore Cooper. In 1998 he earned the WPI Board of Trustees Award...