Created by Wiley L. Housewright, Chair, FSU Professional Relations Committee

Dr. Wiley L. Housewright, born in Wylie, Texas in 1913, received his B.A. degree from North Texas State College in 1934. He studied at the Juilliard School of Music and at Columbia University, where he received his M.A. degree, and at New York University, where he received the Ed. D. degree in 1943. Before coming to Florida State University (FSU) in 1947, he served as director of music for the Fort Worth public schools and the Batavia, NY public schools, and assistant professor of music literature at the University of Texas. In 1947, he joined the FSU faculty.

While at FSU he was active in advisory roles for foundations, such as the Ford Foundation's Program in the Humanities and the Arts. Well known in professional groups, he served as president of the Southern Music Educators Conference and on the executive committee of the Music Educators National Conference. In 1948, he organized the FSU University Singers, a 71-voice group of men and women students.In 1955, Housewright served a summer professorship at Indiana University. On a Fulbright grant he lectured on choral literature and choral music in Japan during the 1956-1957 school year.

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