Aron Pressman

[ROBERT A ROTHSTEIN]

It is with great sadness that I report the death of Aron Solomonovich
Pressman at the age of 97.  A graduate of the conservatory in pre-
revolutionary Tiflis, he came to the United States in 1921 with the
Russian Grand Opera Company as an accompanist and coach.  Later he
developed a second career as a teacher of Russian, serving on the
faculty of the Middlebury Summer Russian School, New York University
and, until 1971, the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.  After
his retirement from UMass he continued active participation in the
musical life of Amherst as a piano teacher, chamber-music performer
and concert-goer.  He will be missed by his many friends, students
and colleagues.
                        Bob Rothstein