Nunc Dimittis

Lawrence DeWitt, former chair of Miami University's music department, died on February 14 at Good Samaritan Hospital, Cincinnati, OH. Born in Muskegon, MI, on June 17, 1934, Mr. DeWitt earned a bachelor's degree from Hope College. After serving in the Army for three years, he earned a master's degree from the University of Michigan and a doctorate from Indiana University. He had taught at Hiram College, Hiram, OH, and at Morningside College in Sioux City, IA, before being appointed to Miami University, Oxford, OH, in 1978.

Corliss R. Arnold, Natalie Ferguson, Dirk Andries Flentrop

Larry Abbott, 75,
died quietly in his home in Santa Monica, California, on June 29. He was a
founding partner of Abbott and Sieker Organbuilders, the Los Angeles firm that
led the revival of tracker organbuilding on the West Coast in the early 1960s.
At the time of his retirement as firm president in 1991, Abbott and Sieker had
built or rebuilt over 100 organs. Several established West Coast organbuilders
worked at Abbott and Sieker before launching their individual firms. A native
Californian, Abbott served in the U.S.

Raymond J. Barnes, Charles M. Eve, Rolande Falcinelli, John Anthony Steppe, Henry VanSeters