Leslie Katz

Leslie Katz was a student of music from 1936 to 1939. His focus was the trombone. He was active in drama productions, as a musician and actor. He's listed in Winterset, danse macabre, and Bury the Dead. After leaving the college, he was very active in alumni and former student committees and visited the college often.

Relationships

Wife: Fellow BMC student, Jane Mayhall Katz

Asheville Art Museum Collection

Writings about Leslie can be seen in digitized college bulletins on Asheville Art Museum's collection website: collection.ashevilleart.org. They can be found by searching these accession numbers:

2017.40.284 danse macabre program May 1938,

"Music by John Evarts, played by Betty Sly (violin and viola), Peggy Barton (flute), Leslie Katz (trombone), Jane Mayhall (soprano), John Evarts (piano), and Allan Sly (percussion)."

2017.40.261 October 1941 bulletin,

"Leslie Katz, now working in an advertising office in New York City, spent his two weeks’ vacation as a member of the Work Camp."

2017.40.076 Summer 1942 report,

"Leslie Katz, who is acting as Alumni Secretary on invitation of the Board of Fellows, has received an encouraging response from a letter sent to former BMC students in June. The letter suggested a closer and more effective organization of Former Students, and pointed out some of the advantages to former students in keeping in touch with the College."

2017.40.024 September 1943 bulletin,

"Leslie Katz, a private in the Heavy Weapons Division of the Infantry, is stationed at Fort McClelland, near Anniston, Alabama."

2017.40.161 July 1944 bulletin,

"Leslie Katz is spending the summer in Woodstock, New York, where he is writing."