A Trio of Notable Faculty Appointments

Donna M. Di Grazia, professor of music and choral director at Pomona College in California, was named the David J. Baldwin Professor at the college. She has been on the Pomona College faculty since 1998. The endowed professorship at Pomona College was established in 1951.

Dr. Di Grazia holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of California, Davis. She earned a Ph.D. in musicology from Washington University in St. Louis.

Claire M. Germain was named Clarence J. TeSelle Professor of Law and associate dean for legal information at the Levin College of Law of the University of Florida. She was professor of law and the Edward Cornell Law Librarian at Cornell University.

Professor Germain holds a master’s degree in law librarianship from the University of Denver. She holds law degrees from the University of Paris and Louisiana State University.

Heidi Grant Murphy was named adjunct professor of practice at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. She has been a leading soprano with the Metropolitan Opera in New York City for the past 20 seasons.

Her husband, pianist Kevin Murphy, will also join the faculty at the Jacobs School of Music.

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