[T1S1] parents from Poland; father's immigration to United States in 1906; mother's immigration at age eleven to join her parents in Belleville, IL; parents settle there after marriage; family names and genealogy; father's dry goods store, junkyard business during the depression; list of siblings; flute lessons in sixth grade; recollections of Belleville, IL; recollections of public school; enters Julliard School of Music in New York to study flute; remains in New York from 1940-43; takes positions as second flute with Cleveland Symphony; promotion to first flute in two years; returns to New York to study and freelance as a musician; takes a position with Pittsburgh Symphony in the 1940s and remains in Pittsburgh.
