Word: vleck
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...successor represent various departments. Mrs. Bunting is the committee's chairman; members include: Roger W. Brown, professor of Social Psychology; John L. Clive, professor of History and Literature; Giles Constable, Henry Charles Lea Professor of Medieval History; Jean-Jacques Demorest, professor of Romance Languages and Literatures; John H. Van Vleck, Hollis Professor of Mathematics and natural Philosophy; and Charles A. Whitney, professor of Astronomy...
...soloists were as gratifying as Sorensen. Regulars Marsha Vleck and Jane Struss gave creditable enough performances but had relatively little to do. Struss's solo work in "Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit" (BWV 106) had an uneasy, unsettled quality, probably the result of a case of nerves. Bass Francis Hester revealed a rich and well-trained voice, but his murky German detracted from his performance...
...heart of the cantata is an amorous dialogue between Jesus and a Soul, portrayed in two soprano-bass duets and a bass recitative. On the whole, the long and intricate duets received the meticulous dovetailing of voices that they demand. Unfortunately, Hester often overpowered soprano Marsha Vleck; at times she was almost inaudible. In the recitative Hester provided the most moving moment of the evening, molding the angular phrases into a lyrical declaration of love...
...elimination of these solos was all the more puzzling because the soloists did begin to sing in "Ich bin ein guter Hirt." Marsha Vleck, soprano; Jane Struss, contralto; Karl Dan Sorensen, tenor, and Francis Hester, bass, all sang clearly and sensitively, and, like the chorus, without any heaviness or pretension. Sorensen was especially fine, floating without apparent effort over long lines almost continuously in his highest register. Hester was stronger in "Ihr Menschen" than in "Ich bin ein guter Hirt," in which there were moments when he was almost covered by the orchestra. Penelope Ann Colwell and Cynthia Weinrich...
...University also honored three prominent scientists: John Rock '15, Clinical Professor of Gynecology, Emeritus and a pioneer in birth control (LL.D.); John H. Van Vleck, former dean of the Division of Engineering and Applied Physics and a forerunner in discoveries in quantum theory, who received a Doctor of Science; and chemist Manfred Eigen, division director at Max Planck Institute for Physical Chemistry at Goettingen, Germany, a pioneer in perfecting techniques to measure chemical reactions to a minute fraction of a second, who also received a Doctor of Science...