Henson, a home economics major, invented Kermit by building the original frog puppet out of one of his mother's coats and a ping-pong ball cut in half, UMD said. Henson, who went on to create the ...

the unmistakable puppet said in a statement from the school. Despite how amusing it might sound for Kermit the Frog being crowned as the keynote speaker, the meaning behind it all sounds like ...