Walter Hendl

He recorded best-selling albums with RCA Victor, featuring prominent soloists like Jascha Heifetz and Van Cliburn.

Hendl was born in West New York, New Jersey, and later went on to study with Fritz Reiner at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia.

In 1958, Reiner appointed Hendl associate conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and he served in this post until 1964.

2 with Aldo Parisot and the New York Philharmonic Orchestra in 1954, and the American premiere of Kabalevsky's Requiem with students of the Eastman School in 1965.

He was inducted as a National Patron of Delta Omicron, an international professional music fraternity on December 1, 1960.

Hendl died in Harborcreek Township, Pennsylvania, after suffering from heart and lung disease.