William Franklin Lee III (’49, ’50 M.S.), Miami, Fla. :: He served as dean of the University of Miami’s School of Music from 1964 to 1982, introducing jazz as a major course of study. He was an accomplished jazz pianist, composer, arranger and educator as well as an authority on the work of Stan Kenton. He was inducted into the International Association of Jazz Education’s Jazz Educators Hall of Fame in 1988 and retired from UM the next year as composer in residence and Distinguished Professor of Music Theory and Composition Emeritus. He later taught at Florida International University and the University of Texas.
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William Franklin Lee III (’49, ’50 M.S.), Miami, Fla. :: He served as dean of the University of Miami’s School of Music from 1964 to 1982, introducing jazz as a major course of study. He was an accomplished jazz pianist, composer, arranger and educator as well as an authority on the work of Stan Kenton. He was inducted into the International Association of Jazz Education’s Jazz Educators Hall of Fame in 1988 and retired from UM the next year as composer in residence and Distinguished Professor of Music Theory and Composition Emeritus. He later taught at Florida International University and the University of Texas.
