LibGuides: Voices of Lebanon Valley College: Leach, Anthony "Tony"

Dr. Anthony “Tony” Leach

Oral History of Anthony “Tony” Leach

Alumnus, Class of 1973

At LVC, Dr. Leach participated in various dramatic and musical events, eventually going on to a distinguished teaching, performing, and conducting career. He discusses his experience as a person of color at LVC and in Annville. In 2014, he received the June Herr Educator of the Year Award from LVC. Dr. Leach retired as professor of music and music education from Penn State University in 2015.

Date: June 12, 2014

Interviewed by Dr. Art Ford, Professor Emeritus of English and Alumnus, Class of 1959.

Transcribed by Jessica Oliveri, Vernon and Doris Bishop Library Student Worker and Alumna, Class of 2015.

Leach Oral History Transcript
Notice: This is a transcript of an audio recorded interview conducted for the Lebanon Valley
College Archives – Vernon and Doris Bishop Library. A draft of this transcript was edited and
some corrections were made; therefore, the reader should remember that this is essentially a
transcript of the spoken word, rather than the written word.

Restrictions: The oral history transcript may be read, quoted from, cited and reproduced for
purposes of research. It may not be published in full except by permission of Lebanon Valley
College.