The founding Chairman of the Department of Music, Dr. Gerald Henrie, a noted British organist and musicologist, was appointed in 1966.
Associate Professor; Chair of the Division of Music 1966-69
Director of Instrumental Ensembles; Music Instructor, Violin
Associate Professor, Education
Music courses were previously offered through the Department of Arts and Humanities since 1964. In 1967 the Division of Music, as part of the Faculty of Fine Arts, was established.
The first 6 candidates for the Bachelor of Music degree, mainly transfers from other institutions, were accepted to work under 4 full-time faculty and several part-time instructors.
Assistant Professor, Musicology, Organ
Conductor of the University Choir
Assistant Professor
While graduate degrees were authorized in 1969, it was a few years before the department accepted graduate students.
