John H. Shen-Sampas
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John Heling Shen-Sampas serves as the literary executor for the estate of Jack Kerouac.[1]
Since 2017, Shen-Sampas has been, in partnership with the University of Massachusetts Lowell, preserving and archiving the entirety of Jack Kerouac's works and the history of the literary estate management.[2] His on-going effort to support the preservation of Kerouac's studies includes a donation of the most comprehensive archive on Kerouac to date and financial sponsorship in the archival work of the collection.[3]
Shen-Sampas serves on the board of the Jack and Stella Kerouac Center for the Public Humanities.[4]
Shen-Sampas founded the Kerouac Society.[5] Shen-Sampas published and exhibited a large swath of Kerouac’s paintings in Europe.[6]
Shen-Sampas earned his J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School[7] and M.B.A. from Columbia Business School. He received his B.S. in Applied Mathematics and M.S. in Operations Research from Columbia University.[citation needed]
References[edit]
- ^ Archives, University. "John Shen-Sampas Offers Insider Insight into The Jack Kerouac Estate". University Archives. Retrieved 2022-09-13.
- ^ "Jack Kerouac | Visions of Kerouac: The John Sampas Collection". Retrieved 2022-09-13.
- ^ "Bringing It All Back Home". www.alumni.uml.edu. Retrieved 2022-09-13.
- ^ "The Jack and Stella Kerouac Center for the Public Humanities | UMass Lowell". www.uml.edu. Retrieved 2022-09-13.
- ^ "Kerouac Conference | Research | UMass Lowell". www.uml.edu. Retrieved 2022-09-13.
- ^ "How Jack Kerouac left a legacy of rarely seen 'beat paintings'". The Independent. 2018-09-06. Retrieved 2022-09-13.
- ^ School, University of Michigan Law (2007). Face Book. Law School.