Background
Trotter, Herman Eager was born on September 25, 1925 in Providence. Son of Herman Eager, Senior and Shelley Fern (Jones) Trotter.
Trotter, Herman Eager was born on September 25, 1925 in Providence. Son of Herman Eager, Senior and Shelley Fern (Jones) Trotter.
Bachelor, Yale University, 1946.
Public utility secretary analyst, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, Springfield, 1947-1951; sales engineer, B-I-F Industries, Providence, 1951-1956; assistant secretary, Buffalo Batt and Felt Co, Depew, New York, 1956-1968; account executive, Harold Warner Advertising, Buffalo, New York, 1968-1977; freelance music critic, Buffalo News, 1968-1977; staff music critic, Buffalo News, since 1977.
Program annotator Buffalo Philharmonic, 1964-1970. Lieutenant (junior grade) United States Navy, 1943-1946, PTO. Member Music Critics Association (Vice-President 1988-1993).
Married Johanne Marguerite Haberstro, September 22, 1956 (divorced April 1996). Children: Kim Avery. Holly Anne. Joy Caroline; married Rosa Spillane Whetzle, July 22, 1996.