Etler, Alvin Derald 19.feb.1913-13.jun.1973 USA Iowa, Battle Creek - Massachusetts, Northampton (while residing in Northampton Florence)
oboist, 1931-1936 studied with Arthur Shepherd at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, 1938-1940 oboist of the Indianapolis Symphony, 1940 and 1941 Guggenheim fellow, 1944 BM under Paul Hindemith from Yale University, 1942-1946 teacher winds at Yale University, 1946-1947 teacher at Cornell University, 1947-1949 at the University of Illinois, 1949-1973 professor at Smith College, 1952-1953 and 1959-1960 visiting professor Mount Holyoke College, 1953 recipient 4th award Concours Musique Internationale Reine Elisabeth de Belgique, 1965 first recipient Yale Distinguished Alumnus Award, 1960 and 1972 artist-in-residence University of Wisconsin, buried at Wildwood Cemetery Amherst Massachusetts