Beversdorf, Samuel Thomas 8.aug.1924-15.feb.1981 USA Texas, Yoakum - Indiana, Bloomington
trombonist, 1945 BM with Kent Kennan, Arthur Kreutz and Eric DeLamarter from the University of Texas in Austin, 1946 MM and 1959 DM with Bernard Rogers and Howard Hanson from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester NY, studied with Aaron Copland, Arthur Honneger and Serge Koussevitzky at Tanglewood in Lenox Massachusetts, held a Danforth teacher study grant at Eastman, 1946-1948 first trombonist of the Houston Symphony, 1948-1949 of the Pittsburgh Symphony, 1946-1948 taught at the University of Houston Texas, 1951 professor at Indiana University in Bloomington, 1970-1971 composer-in-residence at Bucknell University in Lewisburg Pennsylvania, 1976 risiding in Bloomington Indiana ; son of mail carrier Samuel Thomas Beversdorf sr (Texas 1888-10.sep.1959 Texas, Lavaca) and Estella Miles Hamblen (Missouri 12.jun.1894-15.jul.1991 Yoakum)