In memoriam 2019
The College of Music community remembers these dear faculty, alumni, colleagues and friends who passed away this year.
Parley Leland Belnap (DMA ’75)
Veteran and university music teacher
Dwight Earl Beman (MM ’73)
Veteran and opera singer
Hubert Bird
Music professor and composer
Donna J. Bogard (BM ’53, MA ’71, PhD ’83)
Music teacher and church choir director
Diane Dunn
Longtime member of the Artist Series Advisory Board
Eve Anne Eichorn (DMA ’82)
University voice teacher
Ruth June Hale (BM ’55, MM ’81)
Chamber musician and private music teacher
Theodore C. Hansen (BM ’64)
Daniel Hoggatt (DMA ’87)
Professor of church music, organist and choir conductor
Robert Eldon Hunter (MM ’56)
Minister
Lloyd W. Jones, Jr. (BME ’50)
Veteran, high school teacher and church choir director
Ann Levy
Longtime music supporter
Frank M. Light (BME ’50)
Music store owner and church choir director
John Mantey
Longtime music supporter and benefactor of the Mantey Faculty Fellowship
Robert Melnikoff
Longtime music supporter
Frank Parce (MME ’65)
School music teacher and benefactor of the Parce Office
Leonard Perlmutter
Longtime music supporter
Ray C. Phillips (BME ’57, MME ’65)
Mary Ramsour (BM ’94, MM ’97)
Church music director
Georgia Lonnberg Raun (BME ’55)
Church choir director
Robert Warren Schmidt
Multi-instrumentalist and realtor
Keith A. Simpson(BME ’58, MME ’69)
School band director and church choir director
Maureen Spaid
Longtime jazz supporter
Martin Trotsky
Longtime music supporter and benefactor of the Gloria and Martin Trotsky Music Scholarship
Jeanne Lindstrom Varney (MME ’67)
Elementary school music teacher
Marilyn Louise (Curt) Vincent (MME ’59)
School music teacher and university administrator