Artist completes Hencken portrait
The south wall of the 1895 room in the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union is decorated with portraits of past Eastern presidents. Soon, Lou Hencken will join them. Seth Miller/The Daily Eastern News
Artist completes Hencken portrait
If you have ever walked through the front door of Old Main, you may have noticed the portraits of Eastern president’s lining the walls without giving them much thought. But if you look closer you will see more than decorative oil paintings: you will get a glimpse of the faces and personalities of Eastern’s past; a brief and telling history lesson of the individuals that helped shape the institution into what it is today.
