Born: November 28, 1941
Died: May 4, 2013
Served:
- Chair of the Music Department 1984-2004
Education:
- Jeannette High School, Jeannette, PA (1959)
- B. Music West Virginia University
- Master of Music Theory: West Virginia University (1964)
- Doctor of Instrumental Conducting: Catholic University (1982)
Taught:
- Assistant Professor of Music 1966-1972
- Associate Professor of Music 1972-1982
- Professor of Music 1982-2004
- Professor of Music Emeritus 2004-2013
Notes:
- 1979 and 1984 Wesleyan Jazz Ensemble invited to play at the Kennedy Center
- 2004 Wesleyan Jazz Ensemble invited to play at United Methodist Church General Conference in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Numerous Goodwill Ambassador trips to Europe playing in: Poland, Romania, Estonia, Bulgaria, Hungary, Austria, Latvia, Finland, and the Soviet Union/Russia
- Known by earlier students as “Slide” and by later students as “Doc”
Sources:
- Catalogs and Murmurmontis
- Obituary, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, May 9, 2013
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