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University of Nebraska–Lincoln

College Administration

GIACOMO OLIVA, DEAN
Giacomo M. Oliva, Professor of Music and Dean of the Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, has also served as Director of the School of Music at the University of Florida, as Head of the Department of Music at Mississippi State University, as Director of Music for the Leonia, New Jersey Public Schools, and as an instrumental and vocal music teacher at all levels in several New Jersey school districts.
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ROBERT FOUGHT, ASSOCIATE DEAN
Dr. Fought received his undergraduate and doctorate degrees from the Pennsylvania State University and a Master of Music degree from Northwestern University. He studied band performance techniques with John Paynter and James Dunlop, and he is a former saxophone student of Frederick Hemke. Previous positions include Director of Bands and Chairman of the Wind and Percussion Department at Syracuse University, with earlier teaching experience at Evanston (Illinois) Township High School and Adams State College in Colorado.
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