Ellen Jane Lorenz Porter died last December 31, 1996, in Dayton, OH, after a short illness. She was 89. Composer, teacher, editor and partner in Lorenz Publishing Company, she was a graduate of Wellesley College and studied in Paris with Nadia Boulanger. When she returned to Dayton, she worked at Lorenz until her retirement in 1967, becoming an authority on handbell music and hymnology. After retiring she earned her master's degree at Wittenberg University and, at age 71, was awarded her Ph.D. in Sacred Music from United Graduate School.
Brother Donald Newman-Endicott, OSB, died on March 24 in Chicago, IL, at the age of 63. Born in Villa Ridge, IL, he attended St. Joseph's Academy, Cairo, IL; St. Maur's Priory-Seminary, South Union, KY; and received the BA in Liturgical Music from St. Ambrose College, Davenport, IA. He also studied piano at the University of Wisconsin-Madison; Miami University, Oxford, OH; received the MMus at Chicago Musical College (Roosevelt University); organ study with Padre Jose Mancha in Segovia, Spain; at McGill University, Montréal, Québec; and at the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago. He held a number of organist/music director positions, including those at St. Alphonsus Church, Immaculate Conception Church, St. Peter & St. Paul Church, St. Mel-Holy Ghost, and St. Philip Benizi Church, in Chicago; St. Stephen's Cathedral, Owensboro, KY; Our Lady of Grace, St. Petersburg, FL; St. Ann Parish, Naples, FL; and St. Vito Parish, Mamaroneck, NY. Brother Donald retired in 1980 due to poor health, but continued to work part time in music ministry, and served as a piano and organ consultant representing the Levsen Organ Company in the Chicago area. Near the end of his ministry he lived at St. Andrew's House in Chicago. A solemn requiem mass was celebrated on May 6 at St. Paul's-by-the-Lake, Chicago.
