Background
Hightower, Marvin Alvert was born on January 30, 1947 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Marvin William and Virginia Hightower.
Hightower, Marvin Alvert was born on January 30, 1947 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Marvin William and Virginia Hightower.
AB cum laude, Harvard University, 1969.
Public information officer, Boston Redevelopment Authority, 1969-1971;
acting project director, Boston Redevelopment Authority, 1973;
staff reporter, layout editor, Harvard University Gazette, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1973-1979;
staff reporter, Harvard University Gazette, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1979-1986;
senior writer, Harvard University Gazette, Cambridge, Massachusetts, since 1986;
co-editor, The Balloon, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1980-1987;
recording secretary, member of advisory committee, The Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations, Cambridge, Massachusetts, since 1981. Member second Counter-Evans expedition to study African-Americans of Surinam rain forest, 1974. Layout editor The Arts Spectrum, Harvard University, Radclliffe College, 1977-1980.
Judge Edpress Awards Program, Ednl. PressAssn. of America, 1978. Musical assistant Busch-Reisinger Museum, 1979-1991.
Producer professional recording sessions with violinist James Buswell, 1989 (issued 1995).
Board of directors Concerts in Black and White, Boston, 1977-1978, music program annotator, 1977-1980, Harvard Pierian Foundation, 1981-1986, The Boston Musica Viva, Boston, 1986. Member N. Pole Family Reunion Committee Harvard University, 1987, Middle Passage 350th Committee, 1988. Secretary Matthew A. Henson Reinterment Committee Arlington National Cemetery, 1988.