On June 26, the Boyer community lost a beloved professor emeritus, Alan Harler, at the age of 85.
During his time at Temple, Maestro Harler was a Laura H. Carnell Professor who directed the Temple University Concert Choir and led many of Boyer's annual performances with the Temple University Symphony Orchestra at the Academy of Music and Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts. He served on the Boyer faculty from 1980 until his retirement in 2010.
Harler was also the music director for the Mendelssohn Chorus for 27 years. He retired from that role in 2015.