Harvey Jason Hess, III

Background

III, Harvey Jason Hess, was born on February 14, 1939 in Waterloo, Iowa, United States. Son of Harvey Jason and Esther Lois (Miller) H.

Education

Bachelor, McPherson College, 1961. Master of Arts, University Northern Iowa, 1994.

Career

Pastor Monroe County (Iowa) Church Brethren, Avery, 1963-1964. Music critic Hawaiian Museum Foundation, Honolulu, 1976-1981, Spokane (Washington) Spokesman Review and Chronicle, 1984-1987. Music and arts critic Waterloo Courier, since 1987.

Instructor Hawkeye Community College, since 1992, University Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, since 1989. Symphony critic Dubuque (Iowa) Telegraph-Herald, 1994-1998. Evaluator Hawaii's Council for Humanities, 1983, Iowa's Council for Humanities, 1994.

Literature advisory Hearst Center for Arts, Cedar Falls, 1990-1994. Instructor haiku Waterloo Center Recreation and Arts, 1991. Founding president opera guild University Northern Iowa, 1997.

Achievements

• Harvey Jason Hess, III has been listed as a noteworthy librettist, music critic by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Grantee National Endowment of the Humanities, 1992. Recipient award British Council, 1995-1996, 48th Chicago Book Show, 1995, Richard R. Imig award for outstanding haibun, 1998. Member Music Critic Association North America, Haiku Society of America (coordinator Midwest since 1994), Iowa Composers Forum.

Connections

Father:

Harvey Jason H.

Mother:

Esther Lois (Miller) H.