Imbrie, Andrew, 1921-2007

American composer and educator. Studied with Roger Sessions at Princeton (BA 1942), and Berkeley (MA 1947). He was a fellow at the American Academy of Rome (1947-9). He taught at UC Berkeley from 1949 until his retirement in 1991. He won many awards, including Guggenheim Fellowship (1953-54, and 1960-61), Alice M. Ditson Fellowship (1946-7), and Naumburg Recording Award (1960). He was elected to the National Institute of Arts and Letters, and in 1980 to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He received numerous commissions. In 1991, before his retirement, he was named the prestigious Faculty Research lecturer.

From the description of Andrew Imbrie Papers, 1935-1988. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122453413

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