Phi Mu Alpha Fraternity

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Phi Mu Alpha Fraternity

FRATERNAL ORGANIZATION

Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity of America, Inc.

Musical fraternity, founded 1898 by Ossian Everett Mills and students at the New England Conservatory of Music, Boston.

Official Website:
http://www.sinfonia.org/

Founding Date:
6-Oct-1898

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Warren Barker Composer 16-Apr-1923 3-Aug-2006 Composer for 77 Sunset Strip

Count Basie Pianist 21-Aug-1904 26-Apr-1984 Big band pianist

John Cage Composer 5-Sep-1912 12-Aug-1992 Experimental composer

Van Cliburn Pianist 12-Jul-1934 27-Feb-2013 Piano prodigy

Bo Diddley Guitarist 30-Dec-1928 2-Jun-2008 Blues diddler and rectangular guitarist

George Eastman Inventor 12-Jul-1854 14-Mar-1932 Inventor of the Kodak camera

John Howard Griffin Author 16-Jul-1920 9-Sep-1980 Black Like Me

Andy Griffith Actor 1-Jun-1926 3-Jul-2012 Laconic sheriff on The Andy Griffith Show

Burl Ives Singer 14-Jun-1909 14-Apr-1995 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

John M. Lilley Educator 24-Mar-1939 President, Baylor University

John V. Lombardi Educator 1942 President, Louisiana State University

Chuck Mangione Musician 29-Nov-1940 Flugelhorn player on King of the Hill

Branford Marsalis Jazz Musician 26-Aug-1960 Saxophonist

Luciano Pavarotti Singer 12-Oct-1935 6-Sep-2007 Operatic tenor

Alfred Reed Composer 25-Jan-1921 17-Sep-2005 Russian Christmas Music

Fred Rogers TV Personality 20-Mar-1928 27-Feb-2003 Mister Rogers

Doc Severinsen Conductor 7-Jul-1927 Johnny Carson's musical sidekick

John Philip Sousa Composer 6-Nov-1854 6-Mar-1932 Stars and Stripes Forever

Graham B. Spanier Educator 18-Jul-1948 President, Penn State University, 1995-2011

William Steinberg Conductor 1-Aug-1899 16-May-1978 Music Director, Pittsburgh Symphony, 1952-76

Leopold Stokowski Conductor 18-Apr-1882 13-Sep-1977 American Symphony Orchestra

Efrem Zimbalist Violinist 9-Apr-1889 22-Feb-1985 Russian-American violinist

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