She serves as the responsible curator for the Museum's astronaut cameras, chronographs, Space Shuttle, International Space Station, and contemporary human spaceflight programs. Her book, based on that dissertation, Through Astronaut Eyes: Photographing Early Human Spaceflight, was published by Purdue University Press in 2020. Her dissertation, Pictures By Proxy: Images of Exploration and the First Decade of Astronaut Photography at NASA, looks at the cultural significance of astronaut photography. In lieu of flowers, please send donations to Shriners Hospital, care of Anah Shriners, 586 Main St., Bangor, ME 04401.Jennifer Levasseur received her BA in history from the University of Michigan in 1999, an MA in American studies from The George Washington University in 2002, and PhD in history at George Mason University in 2014. Sunday, at Mount Hope Cemetery and all are welcome. Saturday, July 13, at Greenlawn Memorial Funeral Home, State Street, Bangor. The family would like to thank the wonderful people at Maine Veterans' Home, Eastern Maine Hospice and Premier Home Care for their guidance and support. Dick had numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews. Louis and husband, Brent and sisters, Dorothee Levasseur and partner, Larry Crane, and Sandy Bard and husband, Carl. He is survived by his daughters, Melissa Bennett and husband, Chad, and Michelle St. Dick was predeceased by his loving wife, Joy Levasseur and his parents, Joseph and Annette Levasseur. He was a well known member of the community and will be deeply missed by many.ĭr. He spent time with his family and friends, golfing, trips to Cancun, and was an avid University of Maine hockey fan. In his free time he became a third degree Mason, and loved being a Keystone Kop for the Shrine.

He became a professor of psychology at Husson College, owner of Central Maine Evaluations, and he worked as a psychological evaluator from 1988, until his illness in 2012. His interest in psychology peaked, and he earned his doctorate in education psychology from American International College in 1997. In 1983 he packed up the family and moved to Maine.

1980 brought a degree from Oakland University. He then furthered his education with a bachelor's degree from Michigan State University in 1979. While skating semi-pro with the roller derby he met a sweet woman named Joy and they were married Dec. Shortly after, he enrolled in the American Academy McAllister Institute of Funeral Services, graduating in 1969. Graduating from Southington High School, Connecticut, in 1964 he soon signed up for the U.S. Born June 8, 1946, in Lewiston, to Joseph and Annette Levasseur, Dr. Dick,' passed away peacefully in his sleep, at home, July 7, 2013.

First Contact by Brent LeVasseur