Westminster Choir College - Quadrangle Yearbook (Princeton, NJ)

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Nicholas Harsanyi

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Contents Page Administration and Faculty. 13 Senior Class . 27 May Day — 1960 . 47 Graduate Division . 51 Underclassmen . 59 Organizations . gl Advertising . 05

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Dedication We, the Senior Class, in an earnest desire to in some small way acknowledge the significant influence and personal inspiration given so freely to us throughout the past four years, do gratefully dedicate the 1961 Quadrangle to Nicholas Harsanyi. As a class, we have been unusually fortunate in having Mr. Harsanyi as our sponsor as well as instructor in a variety of subjects ranging from Literature of the Symphony to Senior Conducting. In him we have found the .rare combination of a demanding teacher and personal friend, and in consequence our deep respect for him is exceeded only by our strong sense of devotion to him. Mr. Harsanyi is a native of Budapest, Hungary. He came to the United States in 1938 with a teaching fellowship to Westminster Choir College and was appointed to the faculty here in 1939. He was away from the campus for a five year period beginning in 1942. The first three of those years he spent in the army and the latter two he was engaged in a world concert tour with the Lener String Quartet. He returned to West ' minster in 1948, and since that time has enjoyed a steady rise to a place of prominence as one of the outstanding orchestral conductors in this area. In 1949 he was appointed conductor of the Westminster Choir College Orchestra; in 1950, he assumed the directorship of the Princeton Symphony, and in 1953 he was appointed to the Princeton University faculty. From 1956T960 he conducted the Philadelphia Chamber Orchestra, and in 1957 and 1959 respectively he assumed the responsibilities of the Colonial Symphony in Madison, New Jersey and the Trenton Symphony. The school is certainly most fortunate in having a man of such renown as Professor of Conducting, and we as a class feel a special debt of gratitude for his time, patience and unfailing concern for our personal and intellectual growth. So it is with sincere thanks and many warm remembrances that we dedicate this yearbook to Mr. Nicholas Harsanyi. 5