Background
Thayer, Robert Wilcox was born on October 26, 1927 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Willard Charles and Eva Stuart (Missildine) Thayer.
Thayer, Robert Wilcox was born on October 26, 1927 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Willard Charles and Eva Stuart (Missildine) Thayer.
Bachelor of Music, University Rochester, 1949. Master in Museum Education, Wichita State University, 1955. Doctor of Philosophy, University Iowa, 1971.
Elementary & secondary music teacher public & private schools Waterford Pennsylvania, Wichita, Kansas, Clearwater, 1949—1953. Musician French horn & tuben Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, New York, 1949. Musician French horn Erie Philharmonic Orchestra, Pennsylvania, 1949—1950.
Solo French horn Wichita Symphony Orchestra, 1950—1958. Assistant professor music Friends University, Wichita, 1953—1958. Adjunct instructor horn Wichita State University, 1955—1958.
Solo French horn Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra, Iowa, 1958—1970. Associate professor music Cornell College, Mount Vernon, 1958—1972, State University of New York, Potsdam, 1972—1973, associate dean music, 1973—1976, dean music, 1976—1982, College Musical Arts Bowling Green State University, Ohio, 1983—1993, development officer, 1993—1996, dean emeritus, trustee professor, 1993. Intern dean DePauw University, 2001—2002.
Interim head department music University Connecticut, 2003—2005. Dean Lawrence University Conservatory Music, 2005—2008. Accreditation evaluato National Association Schools Music, Reston, Virginia, 1975—1993, consultant, since 1978, graduate commission, 1979—1985.
Member task force State Certification, 1981—1982, chairman commission non-degree granting institutions, 1988—1993, consultant, since 1996, honorary member, 1995. Planner, administrator Olympic ceremonial music Crane School Music, 1980, Winter Olympic Games, Lake Placid, New York, 1980. Consultant music education China, 1981, 1988, 1991—1992.
Member, 1995; Member Music Educators National Conference, College Music Society, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia (secretary Wichita alumni chapter 1955-1958). Club: Torch (Toledo).
Married Norma Jean Boyd Thayer, December 19, 1954. Children: Douglas Boyd, Stephen Bruce.