Adrian Jan Pieters La Rue

Background

Rue, Adrian Jan Pieters La was born on July 31, 1918 in Kisaran, Sumatra, Indonesia. Son of Carl Downey and Evelina Brown (Forman) LaRue.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Harvard, 1940; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard, 1952; Master of Fine Arts, Princeton, 1942.

Career

Instructor music, Wellesley College, 1942-1943, 46-48; assistant professor, Wellesley College, 1948-1950; associate professor, Wellesley College, 1950-1957; department chairman music, Wellesley College, 1950-1957; professor, New York University, 1957-1988; professor emeritus, New York University, since 1988; executive dean arts and science, New York University, 1962-1963; department chairman music, New York University, 1970-1973; director graduate studies in music, New York University, 1973-1980. Visiting professor University of California at Los Angeles, 1947, University of Michigan, 1962, Bar Ilan U., Israel, 1980, Queens U., Ontario, 1996. First musicologist-in-residence Mozart Festival, The Kennedy Center, Washington, 1975.

Achievements

• Adrian January Pieters Louisiana Rue has been listed as a notable Musicologist, educator, author by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member county Smithsonian Institution, 1967-1973. Member Zentralinstitut für Mozartforschung, Salzburg (Austria) Mozarteum, since 1969. lst Lieutenant Transp.Corps, Army of the United States, 1943-1946. Member Music library association, Society Ethnomusicology, American Musicological Society (president 1966-1968), American Society Eighteenth-Century Studies (Executive Board 1978-1980), Mozart Society American, Phi Beta Kappa.

Connections

Married Helen Claire Robison, August 21, 1940. Children: Charlotte (Mistress Jonathan L. Isaacs), Christine (Mistress Dan Honig).

Father:

Carl Downey LaRue

Mother:

Evelina Brown (Forman) LaRue

Spouse:

Helen Claire Robison

child:

Charlotte Rue (Mistress Jonathan L. Isaacs)

child:

Christine Rue (Mistress Dan Honig)