Peter B. Lowry ’59

Peter and his family had been living 25 years in Australia. Peter devoted his life to the preservation of African American music. He left behind a collection of field recordings, the commercial releases in which are held in the Blues collection at the Library of Congress and the entire body of work archived at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Peter is survived by his wife Roberta and his son Julian.

Peter B. Lowry also has a wikipedia page, if anyone is interested:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_B._Lowry

Roberta C. Lowry AW’59

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