Lionel Henry Nowak

Background

Nowak, Lionel Henry was born on September 25, 1911 in Cleveland. Son of Henry Frederic Nowak and Mascha Sofia (Argelander) Brooks.

Education

Bachelor of Music, Cleveland Institute Music, 1933. Master of Music, Cleveland Institute Music, 1936. Doctor of Music, Cleveland Institute Music, 1988.

Career

Music director Fenn College, Cleveland, 1932-1938. Pianist and composer Humphrey-Weidman Dance Company, New York City, 1938-1942. Associate professor Converse College, Spartanburg, South Carolina, 1942-1946.

Professor music Syracuse (New York ) University, 1946-1948. Music professor Bennington (Vermont) University, 1948-1993. Conductor Spartanburg Symphony Orchestra, 1942-1945.

Director summer school for High School Music Teachers, Bennington, 1961-1963. Consultant Manhattanville Curriculum Project, United States Office of Education, 1965-1972, Vermont Council on the Arts, Montpelier, 1972-1974. Piano recitalist Association of America Colleges, New York City, 1945-1963.

Visiting music professor Union College, Schenectady, New York 1969-1970.

Achievements

• Lionel Henry Nowak has been listed as a noteworthy music educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow Vermont Academy Arts and Sciences (president 1974-1976). Member American Composers Alliance, Federal Musician's Union.

Interests

• Avocations: poker, horseshoes.

Connections

Married Isabelle Wood, (divorced 1945). Children: Lionel Augustus, Karen Marie. Married Laura Walton Taylor, May 21, 1945.

Children: Laura A., Alison Ann, Robert Henry.

Father:

Henry Frederic Nowak Brooks

Mother:

Mascha Sofia (Argelander) Brooks

Spouse:

Laura Walton Taylor

Spouse:

Isabelle Wood

child:

Robert Henry Nowak

child:

Alison Ann Nowak

child:

Karen Marie Nowak

child:

Laura A. Nowak

child:

Lionel Augustus Nowak