Dean Wilder

Dean Wilder, the Robert H. McKee Emeritus Professor of Music at William Jewell College, passed away September 30, 2002, in Portland, OR. Wilder was perhaps best known as the tenor in the concert duo of Hale & Wilder. For 20 years, Wilder and his partner, bass-baritone Robert Hale, presented more than 4,000 concerts all over the world. For the past 26 years, he taught private voice at William Jewell College. He retired from William Jewell in May 2002, and previously served as Chairman of the Department of Voice at Westminster Choir College, Princeton, NJ, a well as on the faculties of the New England Conservatory of Music and Boston University. Wilder is survived by his wife, Mary Jane of Raytown, MO; daughter, Anne of Owings Mills, MD; and brothers, Erwin Boring and Glen Boring of Portland. A memorial service is tentatively planned on the William Jewell campus for November 2, and a voice scholarship in his name is being created.