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| Name |
Alfred Merrill Boyington |
| Birth |
17 Oct 1907 |
Osawatomie, Miami, Kansas, United States  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
4 Mar 1999 |
Palm Desert, Riverside, California, United States |
| Initiatory (LDS) |
22 Mar 2024 |
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| FamilySearch ID |
LRD2-59C |
| Headstones |
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| Person ID |
I152810 |
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| Last Modified |
24 Mar 2024 |
| Father |
Schuyler Stephen Boyington, b. 2 Nov 1869, Brookville, Jefferson, Pennsylvania, United States d. 12 May 1952, Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States (Age 82 years) |
| Mother |
Gertrude Lela Rohrer, b. 15 Jan 1878, Paola, Miami, Kansas, United States d. 15 Mar 1941, Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States (Age 63 years) |
| Marriage |
10 Nov 1900 |
| Family ID |
F39135 |
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| Notes |
- Obituary: Alfred Boyington, 91, retired WSU professor Lewiston Morning T r ibune (ID) | 6 March 1999
PALM DESERT, Calif. -- Alfred M. Boyington, a retired professor of mus i c and director of orchestra at Washington State University, died Thursd a y in a Palm Desert convalescence center. He was 91.
Boyington came to Pullman in 1933 as an instructor of violin and direct o r of orchestra at what was then Washington State College. He was promot e d to assistant professor in 1941. In 1942, he was granted a military le av e during World War II. He resumed his teaching at WSU in 1946 and wa s pro moted to associate professor the same year.
During the 1946-47 academic year, he was elevated to the rank of profess o r. He retired in 1973 as professor emeritus of music.
Throughout his professional career at WSU, he taught violin and direct e d orchestra.
He was born Oct. 17, 1907, to Gertrude Rohrer and Schuyler S. Boyingto n i n Osawatomie, Kan. His father was employed by the Missouri Pacific Ra ilro ad.
After graduating from Northeast High School in Kansas City, Mo., in 192 5 , Boyington spent two years studying at the Curtis Institute of Musi c i n Philadelphia. Then he was engaged in the private study of music i n Fran ce and Germany for two years. He earned a music degree at the Jull iard Sc hool in New York City in 1933. He Completed a master's of music d egree a t the University of Michigan in 1953.
Survivors include his wife, Elizabeth Earle Boyington of Palm Desert; a n d two sons, Paul S. Boyington of Culver City, Calif., and David M. Boyi ng ton of Vancouver.
Copyright, 1999, Lewiston Morning Tribune
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