Frances Roberts died on Nov. 5, 2000. She was 83. Many of Roberts' students, colleagues and friends have contributed to a memorial fund in her honor. If you would like to join them, simply send your check made payable to the Francis Roberts Memorial Endowment to the UAH Development Office, Alumni House, Huntsville, AL 35899. You can also make a gift online here .
Gifts are tax deductible.
Graves had been chair of the UAH Music Department since 1986. He arrived at UAH in 1982. He was previously director of bands at The University of Richmond, Virginia. He was principal clarinetist for the Huntsville Symphony Orchestra for a decade, served as president of the Alabama Association of College Music Administrators, conducted more than 70 performances of the UAH Wind Ensemble, and was responsible for UAH's accreditation by the National Association of Schools of Music. He was a member of the College Band Directors National Association and the Association for Technology in Music Instruction.