RALPH VERRASTRO graduated from Mansfield in 1958, received his Master's degree at Ithaca College in 1962 and was awarded the Doctor of Education degree in Music at Penn State University in 1970. Following 6 years public school experience in Pennsylvania he taught at East Carolina University for 8 years, was coordinator of Graduate Studies at the University of Oklahoma from 1972-77, Director of the School of Music at Kent State University from 1977-79, and since then has been Professor and Director of the School of Music at the University of Georgia. He has had numerous publications in the professional literature and the list of administrative accomplishments on his record are too numerous to list here.