Stern, Isaac b. July 21, 1920 d. September 22, 2001 Violinist. Born in Kremenetz, Ukraine he and his family emmigrated to San Francisco, California in 1921. He enrolled in the San Francisco Conservatory of Music in 1928 and also studied with conductor, Pierre Monteux. At the age of eleven he made his concert debut with the San Francisco Symphony. In the late 1950s, after hearing proposals for razing Carnegie Hall, he mobilized his fellow artists saying: "...it's not only a building. It's an idea. It's a necessary mythology..." Stern campaigned...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola) Morningside Cemetery, Gaylordsville, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
Taylor, Telford b. February 24, 1908 d. May 22, 1998 Attorney, Author. Chief prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trials. Born in Schenectady, New York, he graduated from Harvard Law School with his degree in law in 1932. His inital entrance into the public forum began at the end of World War II when, as a young Army Colonel at Nuremberg, he helped write the rules for prosecuting many of the top Nazi leaders. He was promoted to Brigadier General and served as the US Chief Counsel at Nuremberg from 1946 to 1949. After the Nuremberg Trials Taylor...[Read More] (Bio by: Michael Ryley Bradbury) Morningside Cemetery, Gaylordsville, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
b. July 31, 1869 d. February 29, 1960