Deaths

Raymond "Andy" Anderson

Raymond Eugene "Andy" Anderson, a licensed Federal Aviation Administration
engine and aircraft mechanic, died Jan. 20 at his home in Urbana. He was
74.

Anderson worked at the UI Willard Airport for 40 years. He retired in 1976.
He graduated from Bemidji State College, Bemidji, Minn., and was a veteran
of World War II.

He owned and operated A-1 Hot-Air Balloon Repair Station in Urbana for 10
years and Anderson's Upholstery Service in Urbana for 12 years.

Survivors include his wife, June; a daughter; a son; two sisters; two
brothers; two grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Webber Street Church of Christ,
the Little Galilee Christian Assembly or the Covenant Hospice Care Program.


Lajaren A. Hiller

Lajaren A. Hiller, former professor of chemistry and music, died Jan. 26
at Niagara Lutheran Nursing Home, Buffalo, N.Y. He was 69.

Hiller received bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees in chemistry
from Princeton University and studied music theory and composition with
composers Roger Sessions and Milton Babbitt. He played clarinet and
saxophone and took part in concerts and managed a college dance band.

He worked as a research chemist for DuPont in Waynesboro, Va., from 1947 to
1952. His work in cellulose chemistry led to the discovery of a method of
dying acrylic fibers, such as Orlon.

After an extended trip to Europe, Hiller joined the UI chemistry
department, first as a researcher in computer applications and then as
an assistant professor.

While at the UI, he received a master's degree in music and performed his
first experiments in composing music with computers. In collaboration with
Leonard Isaacson, he wrote "Illiac Suite for String Quartet" on the UI's
Illiac I computer. The piece is considered the first significant work of
computer music.

He joined the School of Music faculty in 1958. During the next 10 years, he
built an experimental music studio and developed a cooperative research
program with the electrical engineering department in electronics,
computers, music and acoustics.

His last electronic composition while at the UI was "HPSCHD" for one to
seven harpsichords and one to 51 tapes, a multimedia production composed in
collaboration with John Cage. The New York Times called its 1969 premiere
"the multimedia event of the decade."

Hiller joined the University of Buffalo faculty in 1968 as a professor of
composition and co-director with Lukas Foss of the Center for the Creative
and Performing Arts. Hiller, Foss and Allen Sapp were instrumental in
making Buffalo a center for serious avant-garde music in the late 1960s.

In 1974, he became the director of the Experimental Studio at Buffalo, at
that time one of the few centers for digital-to-analog sound synthesis. In
1980, he became the Birge-Cary Professor of Music at the University of
Buffalo. He retired in 1990.

Survivors include his wife, Elizabeth; a son; and a daughter.


Doris B. Hirschler

Doris B Hirschler, 72, retired UI staff member, died Jan. 21 at Americana
Healthcare Center, Urbana. She was 72.

Hirschler had worked for the purchasing division.

Survivors include a son, a daughter and two grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to Carle Hospice Care Program.