John H. Shen-Sampas Explained

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