Gillis, Don
(1912–1978)
Gillis, Don. Cameron, Missouri, 17 June 1912 – Columbia, South Carolina, 10 January 1978 At school Gillis learned to play trumpet and trombone. After graduating from the Texas Christian University, Fort Worth in 1936, he taught there as an instructor and band director. He was also on the faculty of the Southwestern Baptist Seminary School (1935–42). In 1942 he became chief of productions with WBAP radio, Fort Worth, Texas, moving in 1944 to New York as producer for Arturo Toscanini and the NBC…