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 lovable puppet’s appearance “honors the long history ... graduating students will be visited by none other than Kermit the Frog, who will deliver their commencement speech on Wednesday, ...