Bestor, Charles Lemon 21.dec.1924- USA NY, New York
studied with Paul Hindemith at Yale University in New Haven, 1948 BA from Swarthmore College Pennsylvania, 1951 BS with Vincent Persichetti and Peter Mennin from the Juilliard School New York City, 1952 MM with Burrill Phillips from the University of Illinois in Urbana Champaign, 1973 DMA from the University of Colorado in Denver, 1951-1959 held faculty and administrative positions at the Juilliard School, 1959-1964 at the University of Colorado, 1964-1971 dean chairman, professor at Willamette University in Salem Oregon, 1971-1974 chairman, professor at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, 1973 chairman and professor at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, 1976 residing at 26 H Northwood Lake, Northport Tuscaloosa Alabama, taught at the University of Colorado in Boulder, 1987-2010 professor (emeritus) of composition and director of the Electronic and Computer Music Studios of the University of Massachusetts in Amherst ; 1.nov.1952 in Amherst he married Ann Newbold Elder (Northampton 7.jun.1930-3.jul.1999 Amherst)