Professor Emeritus U. of Wi-Whitewater. Undergraduate degree at Julliard School of Music-Trombone major. Composition classes with Henry Brant and Vincent Persichetti. Graduate degrees-Masters & Ed.D. in Music & Music Education from Teachers College, Columbia University. Professional musician for over fifty years as trombonist, arranger and composer. 1953-54 played with Sauter-Finegan Orchestra and Les & Larry Elgart Orchestra.