John H. Shen-Sampas

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.

References
  1. Archives, University. "John Shen-Sampas Offers Insider Insight into The Jack Kerouac Estate". University Archives. Retrieved 2022-09-13.
  2. "Jack Kerouac | Visions of Kerouac: The John Sampas Collection". Retrieved 2022-09-13.
  3. "Bringing It All Back Home". www.alumni.uml.edu. Retrieved 2022-09-13.
  4. "The Jack and Stella Kerouac Center for the Public Humanities | UMass Lowell". www.uml.edu. Retrieved 2022-09-13.
  5. "Kerouac Conference | Research | UMass Lowell". www.uml.edu. Retrieved 2022-09-13.
  6. "How Jack Kerouac left a legacy of rarely seen 'beat paintings'". The Independent. 2018-09-06. Retrieved 2022-09-13.
  7. School, University of Michigan Law (2007). Face Book. Law School.
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