Robert L. Farnsworth ’76

Robert L. Farnsworth ’76, of Greene, Me.; Nov. 11, of cancer and Alzheimer’s. He joined the faculty at Colby College in 1983 as a creative writing teacher. He taught at numerous institutions, spending the last 26 years of his career at Bates College, from which he retired in 2018. While at Bates, he received the Kroepsch excellence in teaching award on two separate occasions. He published three volumes of poetry, served as seven-year poetry editor of The American Scholar, was 2006 resident poet at the Frost Place in Franconia (N.H.) , and brought poetry to libraries, schools, jails, and hospitals. He enjoyed sailing, playing tennis, jazz, rock, folk, and classical music and sang in the Maine Music Society. He is survived by his wife, Georgia Nigro ’76; two sons; an aunt; and cousins.