Background
Suess, John Gunther was born on August 4, 1929 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of John Baptist and Helen (Eichinger) Suess.
Suess, John Gunther was born on August 4, 1929 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of John Baptist and Helen (Eichinger) Suess.
Bachelor of Science, Northwestern University, 1951; postgraduate, University of Chicago, 1951-1952; Master of Music, Northwestern University, 1956; Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1963.
Assistant professor music Ohio University, Athens, 1960-1966. Associate professor music University Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 1966-1968. Professor music Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, since 1968.
Director Great Lakes Assembly on Future of Performing Arts, Cleveland, 1980.
Board of directors Cleveland Music School Settlement, since 1969. Member American Musicological Society (national program committee 1969-1972, Noah Greenberg committee 1980-1984), College Music Society, International Musicological Society, Society.for Ethnomusicology, Society for Music Theory, Society for Aesthetics and Art Criticism.
Married Bettie Davenport. Children: Leslie, Jessica, Frederica, Andrea, Lyle.