10 years ago in the June 2000 issue of The Diapason
Cover: Hellmuth Wolff et Associés, Ltée, Opus 43, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa
James Russell Brown appointed vice president of administration, Music Institute of Chicago
Neil Richerby appointed managing director, J.W. Walker & Sons, Ltd.
Cj Sambach appointed director of music, Holmdel Community United Church of Christ, Holmdel, New Jersey
Christopher Putnam joins Artist Recitals Concert Promotional Service
Stephen Tharp to make 13th overseas tour in June, performing in England and Germany
“Repair of reed resonators,” by Herbert L. Huestis
“Summer Institute for French Organ Studies, July 12–23, 1999,” by Ray Cornils
“August Gern and the Origins of the Pitman Action,” by R. E. Coleberd
New Organs: Reynolds Associates
25 years ago, June 1985
Cover: Gabriel Kney & Co., Ltd., St. John the Evangelist Church, London, Ontario, Canada
Christopher P. Corbett named booking director, Phillip Truckenbrod Concert Artists
Jillon Stoppels Dupree appointed teacher of harpsichord, Oberlin College Conservatory of Music
Henry Lowe appointed organist/director of music, Church of the Redeemer, Baltimore, Maryland
Charles Benbow makes New York debut at Alice Tully Hall
The Wurlitzer Co., DeKalb, Illinois, donates its corporate records to Northern Illinois University
“The Dual Registration System,” by Otto Heuss
“Vincent Persichetti: A Love for the Harpsichord. Some words to mark his 70th birthday,” by Larry Palmer
“An Index to the Organ Works of J. S. Bach,” by William Bates
Mormon Tabernacle Organ to be renovated by Schoenstein & Co.
50 years ago, June 1960
Marie-Claire Alain wins 5th Grand Prix du Disque
Fernando Germani announces two-month tour in USA beginning in October
Joyce Jones plays her first Chicago recital, sponsored by the Chicago Club of Women Organists
Trudy Kievit awarded Fulbright grant to study in Amsterdam
Rudi Kremer appointed university organist, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
John S. Mueller awarded Fulbright grant for study at Hochschule für Musik, Frankfurt, Germany
Arthur Poister awarded honorary doctorate, Southwestern College, Winfield, Kansas
Howard Slenk, Calvin College, awarded national defense graduate fellowship
D. Robert Smith, Bates College, Lewiston, Maine, to spend sabbatical year in Europe; Leonard Raver to take his place for one year
Nunc Dimittis: Miguel Guzman, Frederick Kinsley, Hugh C. Price
“English Church Music: Can Golden Age Return?” by Alec Wyton
Air Force Academy orders two Möller organs, both 3-manual
New Organs: Aeolian-Skinner, Austin, Casavant, Gress-Miles, Hillgreen, Lane and Co., McManis, Möller, Reuter, Schantz, Schlicker, Tellers, Wicks
75 years ago, June 1935
Clarence Dickinson honored by 46 choirs in concert at Riverside Church
Charles Henry Doersam elected warden of the American Guild of Organists
T. Tertius Noble honored on 68th birthday at St. Thomas’, New York
People: Arthur R. Croley, Vernon de Tar, William Doty, Harold Heeremans, Herbert E. Hyde, George T. Michel, Willard Irving Nevins, Franklyn S. Palmer, Lily Wadhams Moline Hallam
Series of 14 recitals at Orchestra hall, Chicago comes to an end
Reports for 1934 show increase of 17 percent for organbuilding industry
Four-manual Pilcher organ of 90 stops in Louisville Municipal Auditorium heard in weekly radio programs
Organs: Aeolian-Skinner, Casavant, Estey, Frazee, Kilgen, Kimball, Möller, Pilcher, Wicks
