| Last
year Prof. Bathia Churgin officially retired
from the Music department's faculty. Prof.
Churgin looks back on over twenty-five years of
achievement in the department that she
established as a personal tribute to her late
father, Prof. Pinkhos Churgin, Bar-Ilan
University's founder and first president. "My
father always appreciated fine music. He
respected the discipline and hard work required
by the music field. He wanted Bar-Ilan to be a
center of learning -- not only of Torah and the
sciences, but also the arts and humanities."
Prof. Churgin was brought up in a musical
home in New York. Her musical education
encompassed the High School of Music and Art,
Hunter College, Radcliffe College and Harvard
University. Head of the Music department from
1970 to 1984, she played a key role in designing
the department's degree programs, building its
respected library and creating its popular
concert series.
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