Adele Stamp Student Union Building -Jim Henson and Kermit

The University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland, is Jim Henson's alma mater. He started his TV career shortly before entering his Freshman year, and he met his future wife, Jane Nebel while he was a student there. Henson began at the university in 1954 and graduated on June 4, 1960 with the degree of Bachelor of Science in Home Economics.[1]

A statue of Henson and Kermit the Frog is on the College Park campus, outside the Adele H. Stamp Student Union.[2]The statue was dedicated on September 24, 2003.