Background
Root, Deane Leslie was born on August 9, 1947 in Wausau, Wisconsin, United States. Daughter of Forrest Kent and Marguerite Carolyn (Fleenor) Root.
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Root, Deane Leslie was born on August 9, 1947 in Wausau, Wisconsin, United States. Daughter of Forrest Kent and Marguerite Carolyn (Fleenor) Root.
Bachelor, New College-Sarasota, Florida, 1968; Master of Music, University of Illinois, 1971; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Illinois, 1977.
Lecturer music, University of Wisconsin -Madison, 1973;
copy editor, Grove Dictionary, London, 1974-1976;
general editor, Reserve American Music History, Urbana, Illinois, 1976-1980;
lecturer, Lake City (Florida) Community College, 1980-1982;
curator, Stephen Foster Memorial, 1982-1996;
adjunct faculty, U. Pittsburgh, 1982-1995;
associate professor, since 1995;
administrator, Heinz Memorial Chapel, 1983-1995;
senior administrator for cultural properties, U. Pittsburgh, 1990-1994;
curator, Center for American Music, since 1996;
curator, Foster Hall Collection, since 1982. Adjudicator South Carolina. Arts Committee, Charleston, 1981-1983.
Consultant U. Florida Libraries, Gainesville, 1980, Pennsylvania State University Special Collections, 1986, Carnegie-Mellon U. Libraries, 1987. Advisor for light music Grove Dictionary of America Music, 1982-1984. Editorial assistant Modern Language Association Notes, 1979-1980.
Adviser (Public Broadcasting Service) Thomas Hampson I Hear America Singing. Adviser, vocalist (ARTE network) Thomas Hampson American Dreams, 1997. Consultant for interpretive plan for Stephen Foster State Park, Florida Department Environmental Regulation.
Chairman Fine Arts Council, Lake City, Florida, 1982. Founder chairman History Preservation Board, 1982. Director music Blue-Grey Army, Lake City, 1982.
Board directors Calliope-Pittsburgh Folk Music Society, since 1992, Friends of Music Library., Pittsburgh, since 1983, president, 1994-1997. President Greater Pittsburgh Museum Council, 1987-1989. Board directors Gateway to Music and Performing Arts, since 1991.
Member Sonneck Society (board directors 1979-1983, president 1989-1993), Music Library. Association (Book of Year 1981), American Library Association (Choice Outstanding Academy Book 1991), American Musical. Society (county 1989-1992), American Association Museum, International Association Study of Popular Music (board directors 1984-1985), American Studies Association, American Council Learned Society (delegate since 1996), Junta Club., Pi Kappa Lambda.
Married Doris Jane Dyen, August 27, 1972. Children: Jessica Edith Dyen, Melanie Elizabeth Dyen.
