John Bitter

Background

Bitter, John was born on April 8, 1909 in New York, United States. Son of Karl and Marie Agnes (Schevill) Bitter.

Education

Graduate, Curtis Institute Music, Philadelphia, 1931.

Career

Conductor, Jacksonville (Florida) Symphony Orchestra, 1934-1936; Conductor, Florida State Symphony, 1936-1939; associate conductor, Leopold Stokowski's All American Youth Orchestra, 1940-1941; conductor symphony orchestra, U. Miami, 1940-1959; dean school music, U. Miami, 1951-1963; dean emeritus, U. Miami, since 1980. Assistant to president, lecturer humanities, 1963-1964. Vice president Keyes Investment Group, since 1982.

Conductor summer symphony, 1951-1963. Guest conductor Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Berlin Staatsoper, Hamburg Philharmonic, Radio Italiana, others, 1946-1967. Realtor Keyes Company, since 1978.

Consul for Germany in, Miami, 1969-1978. Adjunct Professor Florida International U., 1989, U. Miami, 1990. Lecturer Urania Forum, Berlin, since 1990.

Achievements

• John Bitter has been listed as a notable university dean, businessman, musician, diplomat by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board trustees Miami Lighthouse for the Blind, 1995. Major Army of the United States, 1942-1946. Member National Association Schools Music (vice president 1959), National Speakers Association, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia (honorary), Phi Kappa Phi.

Connections

Son of Karl and Marie Agnes (Schevill) B. M. Dorothy Michelson, 1934. 1 daughter, Ursula; m.

Barbara Pinion, February 22, 1947. Children: Robin Simonetta, Noel Lesley, Marietta.

Father:

Karl Bitter

Mother:

Marie Agnes (Schevill) Bitter

Spouse:

Barbara Pinion

Spouse:

Dorothy Michelson

child:

Robin Simonetta Bitter

child:

Marietta Bitter

child:

Noel Lesley Bitter