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Jeanette van Dorsten Stahl and R. Crawford Stahl

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Jeanette van Dorsten as

• Valedictorian of the class at Evander Childs High School in New York

• Editor of the school yearbook

• Member of Arista, the Honor society

• "Most Likely to Succeed"

• "Most Charming"

• Piano Soloist at Carnegie Hall, Steinway Hall and Aeolian Hall

Jeanette van Dorsten

after playing a solo concert at Carnegie Hall.

R. Crawford Stahl

at his graduation from Union-Endicott High School in 1936

• President of his class (each year from 8th – 12th Grades)

• Head of his class

• Awarded The Math Prize (with a 100 average)

• National Trumpet Champion (in both 1935 and 1936)

• NY State Bass Drum Champion (he could call up a perfect 110 beats / minute)

• Awarded the first-ever Rochester Prize Scholarship to The Eastman School of Music

• Delivered his valedictory address on “The Power of Music”

R. Crawford Stahl

• Graduation with top Honors from The Eastman School of Music (University of Rochester) – B.M. 1940, M.A. 1956

• First-ever Rochester Prize Scholar at The Eastman School of Music

• First Trumpet with The Eastman Wind Ensemble (under Frederick Fennel)

• First Trumpet with The Eastman Philharmonic (under Howard Hansen)

• Solo Trumpet with The Rochester Philharmonic

• President of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity

• Top Music Theory Student at Eastman

• National Trumpet Champion – 1935 and 1936

Crawford Stahl

and Jeanette van Dorsten

making beautiful music together (The Haydn Trumpet Concerto)

Jeanette van Dorsten Stahl

as a bride

Jeanette van Dorsten and Crawford Stahl

on their wedding day

 1st Lt. R. Crawford Stahl 

• Pilot of a B-26 Bomber in World War II

• Flew 65 combat missions over Europe (the first two on D-Day)

• Awarded THE DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS (for valor in the Battle of the Bulge)

• Awarded THE AIR MEDAL (thirteen times)

• Awarded THE EUROPEAN THEATER MEDAL (with five battle stars)

• Awarded THE PRESIDENTIAL CITATION (for greatest accuracy in completed missions)

• Awarded THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL

• Awarded THE WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL

• Graduated at the top of his Cadet Training Class

• Saved the lives of his crew by having them bail out before he crash-landed his badly burned and shot-up plane alone

Jeanette and Crawford

reunited after WWII

Jeanette van Dorsten Stahl, R. Crawford Stahl

and Alida Margaret Stahl

R. CRAWFORD STAHL
June 2, 1918 - November 1, 2008

Micah 6:8

Philippians 4:8

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