Word: schermerhorn
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Died. Byron Schermerhorn Harvey, 78, chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Fred Harvey, Inc., mid-and-far-western restaurant and hotel chain; of an intestinal blockage; in Chicago. Born the year his father opened the first Harvey restaurant at the Santa Fe Railroad station in Topeka, Kans., Byron Harvey grew up with the chain, watched it flourish as his father staffed it with the best-looking waitresses he could find. He succeeded to the presidency himself in 1928, in 26 years tripled the volume of business, served 30 million meals a year in Harvey restaurants, hotels...
Last week, though retiring, Boeke declared that he was far from through. With the aid of a new foundation, headed by former Prime Minister Willem Schermerhorn, he and his wife intend to return to Lebanon, hope to set up a community for poor Arab children. Says he of those children he once knew so well: "We would rather like to give ourselves to them...
Army forces in Europe, and told him that with a little attention the Seventh Army's mediocre orchestra could be an excellent one. The result: 26 new men were transferred to fill out the orchestra, and last spring a new conductor, Sergeant Kenneth Schermerhorn, was chosen...
Bird Sanctuary. The average age of the symphony's 65 players is 22. Conductor Schermerhorn himself is a fairly typical member of the orchestra: he is 24, comes from Schenectady, studied at the New England Conservatory of Music and Tanglewood, has played trumpet in Boston and Kansas City orchestras...
...wear the uniform properly," and except for their own tubas, trumpets and trombones they hear few commanding tones from the brass. In return, the experiment has more than paid off in prestige and honor for the U.S. occupation forces. "We're expected to produce good music," says Conductor Schermerhorn confidently...