Background
Cast, Anita Hursh was born on July 11, 1939 in Columbus, Ohio, United States. Daughter of Charles Walter and Hulda Marie (Ramsey) Hursh.
Cast, Anita Hursh was born on July 11, 1939 in Columbus, Ohio, United States. Daughter of Charles Walter and Hulda Marie (Ramsey) Hursh.
Bachelor, DePauw University, 1961.
Partner Cast Hursh and Associates, Fort Wayne, Indiana, since 1982. Pianist Words and Music, since 1983. Owner Anita Cast's Wearable Art, since 1986.
Board directors Fort Wayne Philharmonic, chairman search committee new music director, Indianapolis International Violin Competition. Past president Indiana University Friends of Music, Indiana Endowment for the Arts. Member advisory board Leadership Fort Wayne.
Member dean's national advisory board Jacobs School Music Indiana University.
Advisory board, president American Symphony Orchestra League, volunteer, vice president, 1985—1986. Commissioner Indiana Governor's Mansion Commission, 1987, Indiana Arts Commission, 1979—1987. Board directors Fort Wayne Philharmonic, president, 1977—1979.
Member Mayor's Bicentennial Executive Board, 1989—1994, Indiana Cultural Congress Honorary Committee. Active Fort Wayne's Celebrate 2000 Committee. President board of Friends of Music Jacobs School Music, WBNI National Public Radio, Fort Wayne.
Chairman board directors Fine Arts Foundation, 1988. President board directors Indiana Endowment Arts. Chairman board directors Arts United Greater Fort Wayne, 1988—1990.
Board directors Arts United. Member national advisory council Indiana Jacobs School Music. President, board directors Indiana University Friends Music, 1995—1997, past president executive committee, president, since 2007.
Vice president advisory board Leadership Fort Wayne. President Metropolitan Young Men’s Christian Association, since 1986. Board member International Violin Competition.
Chairman search committee Fort Wayne Philharmonic, since 2002. Member of Quest Club, Duodecimo Club (honorary).
Married William R. Cast, April 1, 1961. Children: Jennifer, Carter, Meghan.