Seymour Rosen, 87, passed away March 16, 2013. His 11-year (1967-1978) tenure as managing director of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (PSO) was a major part of a long career as a highly respected orchestra executive that took him to the helm of Carnegie Hall in New York City. His time at PSO included overseeing the move from the Syria Mosque to Heinz Hall and hiring Andre Previn as its music director. Mr. Rosen attended Queens College for a year before being drafted into the 99th Infantry during WWII. He was wounded and captured in the Battle of  the Bulge in December 1944 and then sent to a German POW camp until he was freed in April 1945. He was awarded a Silver Star, Bronze Star and Purple Heart. Upon his return to the U.S. and marriage to Bernice Malkind, a dancer with the Martha Graham troupe, he enrolled in the Juilliard School of Music, studying bass from 1946 to 1949. After a stint with the Aeolian American Piano Corp. manufacturer in Long Island, he took an American Symphony Orchestra League manager's training course and in 1961 became manager of the Orchestral Society of Westchester, N.Y. In 1962 he took over the Columbus Symphony Orchestra, led the Buffalo Philharmonic from 1963-66 and became American Symphony Orchestra League executive director in 1966. In 1978, at age 52, he took over the top management position in the Philadelphia Orchestra, and in 1982 he was hired by Carnegie Hall as managing and artistic director. In 1986, he left for a position at ASU where he served as Dean of Herberger College of Fine Arts until 1991. While at ASU he founded the Institute for Studies in the Arts. In addition to his wife and son, Mr. Rosen is survived by a daughter and a sister. Services will be private. (Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)