Biography of Himie Voxman (1912-2011)

Born in Centerville, Iowa, son of russian-jewish immigrants.

The death of his father makes the remaining six persons of the family loose the provider

Clarinet lessons from William Gower and in the same year member of both high school band and orchestra

Member of Centerville band and not much later their librarian

Playing in silent movie orchestra of the town

Studies chemical engineering and plays in the college's band

University Symphony orchestra

Tri-City Symphony of Davenport

Research assistent at psychology department

Marris violinist Lois Wilcox

Fulltime instructor at music department

Birth of the son William

Son John is born

Assistant professor

Full Professorship

Head of music department

Start of a series of journeys to search for music scripts in european libraries

Sabbatical for his music research in Europe

Retirement

Dies in Iowa City