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  • Massachusetts in Amherst, where he did his studies in composition under Robert Sutton, Frederick Tillis, Jeff Holmes, and Robert Stern. Returning to Michigan, he completed his doctorate of musical arts in composition in 1994 at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. There he studied with William Albright, Michael Daugherty, George Wilson, Fred Lerdahl, and Pulitzer Prize winners William Bolcom and Leslie Bassett. SPU Director BioIn addition to directing the Center for Worship, Newby serves as director of

  • taking a shot. +Enlarge Photo 1960s & 1970s: Expanding and Modernizing In 1973, expansion and financing of PLU women’s athletics were given an enormous boost by an anonymous gift of $420,000 in the form of two trusts. Soon, PLU would house 22 men’s and women’s varsity sports—more than any other NAIA school in the Northwest (at the time). In 1974, PLU welcomed its first four African-American basketball players to campus. Two of them, Jeff Byrd and Tony Hicks, led the team in scoring both years they