The Hartt Hall of Fame - Inaugural Class Induction

In 2016, the Board of Trustees of The Hartt School created The Hartt Hall of Fame.  As created by the Board:


The Hartt Hall of Fame recognizes and honors the accomplishments and contributions of individuals associated with The Hartt School who have helped in significant ways to further the mission of the School and showcase the best of the School to external audiences.


The Inaugural Class consists of the following people:
Samuel Berkman
Edward Diemente
Alfred C. and Primrose Fuller
Raymond Hanson
Julius Hartt
Irene Kahn
Jackie McLean
Elemer Nagy
Elizabeth Warner Paranov
Moshe Paranov
Imanuel Willheim


The induction ceremony for the Class of 2017 will take place on November 30, 2017 at 12:15 p.m. in Millard Auditorium during Paranov Hour (previously known as Musicianship Class).  The ceremony will be streamed live on the internet.

Hartt's Honorary Degrees Given in the 1950s.

In the 1950s, Hartt awarded honorary degrees to the following people.  Not a bad list.  All links are to wikipedia.

I enjoyed reading about these individuals.  These early years at Hartt must have been very exciting with the people at the school.

1952	Alfred C. Fuller
1952	Howard Hanson
1953	Wanda Lendowska
1954	Warren Lawson
1955	Harrison Keller
1956	William Schumann
1957	David Boyden
1957	Richard Burgin
1958	Marian Anderson
1959	Aaron Copland

The Original Fuller Center Concept circa 1957

Before the 1962 groundbreaking for the Fuller Center, and before Hartt moved from its modest home on Broad Street to the University of Hartford campus in 1963, a great deal of planning was done.  I recently came across this brochure published in 1957, which was the year the three founding members of the University of Hartford came together.

As you can see, the eventual (and current) design of the Fuller Center is actually quite different from the conceptual layout/design even though the main components remained - the large building with the classrooms, the large theater (now, Millard Auditorium), and the small theater (now, Berkman Auditorium).

Enjoy!  If anyone has other photos, posters, etc. from this exciting period in Hartt's history, we would love to see them.  Please feel free to contact me at menapace@hartford.edu if you have anything you wish to share.