Composer: Jean Slates Hawk
Jean Elizabeth Stutzman Slates Hawk (November 10, 1925 - October 8, 2004) had lived in State College, PA since 1977, having moved from Indianapolis, Indiana. She was born on November 10, 1925 in Tremont, Schuykill County, a daughter of the late Christian and Esther Elizabeth Hoffman Stutzman. She was married on June 4, 1949 to Philip Marion Slates, who died on December 2, 1964. On November 26, 1976 she was married to the Rev. Ernest Maynard Hawk, who survives in State College. Jean was a graduate of the Tremont High School, class of 1943, and attended the Oberlin College Conservatory. She was a graduate of the Eastman School of Music of the University of Rochester, New York, class of 1947, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in Music degree…
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