Bedell, Robert Leech 13.feb.1909-22.may.1974 USA New Jersey, Jersey City Heights - NY Long Island, Syosset
organist, choirmaster, editor, 1924-1931 studied organ, choral conducting and composition with Carl G Schmidt, 1932-1938 organ with George William Westerfield, 1938 PhD from Temple Bar College, 1947 DM from Southwestern College, 1950 LittD from Findlay College, 1924-1926 organist/choirmaster of Grace Presbyterian Church Brooklyn, 1927-1930 of Central Presbyterian Church Brooklyn, 1927-1945 and 1950 of St Anne's Episcopal Church New York, 1945-1947 of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church Brooklyn, organist for the Brooklyn Museum of Art, for WNYC radio New York, editor for Mills Music Inc., Marks Music Co. and Edition Musicus Inc., composer-in-residence at Passeonest Monastery ; son of Robert Towt Bedell (NY 1869-) and Louise S Leech Bedell Westerfield (NY 1880-) ; 1929 stepson of George William Westerfield (New York City 13.mar.1873-) organist of St Luke's Church New York