Background
Babbitt, Milton Byron was born on May 10, 1916 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Albert E. and Sara (Potamkin) Babbitt.
Babbitt, Milton Byron was born on May 10, 1916 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Albert E. and Sara (Potamkin) Babbitt.
AB, New York University, 1935. Master of Fine Arts, Princeton University, 1942. Doctor of Music, Middlebury College, 1968.
Doctor of Music, New York University, 1968. Doctor of Music, Swarthmore College, 1969. Doctor of Music, New England Conservatory, 1972.
Doctor of Music, University Glasgow, 1980. Doctor of Fine Arts (honorary), Northwestern University, 1988. Doctor of Humane Letters, Brandeis University, 1991.
Doctor of Music, Princeton University, 1991. Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton University, 1992. Doctor of Music (honorary), University Rochester, 1997.
Doctor of Arts, Millsape College, 2005. Doctor of Humane Letters, William Patterson University, 2006. Doctor of Music, Juillard School, 2006.
Music faculty, Princeton University, 1938-1984;
mathematics faculty, Princeton University, 1943-1945;
bicentennial preceptor, Princeton University, 1953-1956;
William Shubael Conant professor music, Princeton University, 1966-1984;
professor emeritus, Princeton University, since 1984. Faculty Salzburg Seminar in American Studies, 1952, Princeton Seminar in Advanced Musical Studies. Director Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center.
Composition faculty Juilliard School. Faculty Internationale Ferienkurse, Darmstadt, 1964. Fromm Foundation visiting professor Harvard University, 1988.
Academy Arts and Letters, 1965. Member International Society Contemporary Music (president 1951-1952, delegate 1952 Festival), League of Composers, American Academy of Arts and Letters (Gold medal), American Academy Arts and Sciences, American Institute Physics, Arnold Schoenberg Institute (honorary), Phi Beta Kappa.
Philosophy.
Married Sylvia Miller, December 27, 1939 (deceased 2005). 1 daughter, Betty Annual.