Charles W. Gasque (January 11, 1913 – December 3, 1974)[1] was president of the Virginia Glee Club during the Glee Club 1932-1933 season,[2] and was also a member in 1930-1931, 1931-1932, 1933-1934, 1934-1935, 1935-1936, and 1936-1937. He led a series of big bands, including Charlie Gasque and his Royal Virginians (1933) and Charlie Gasque and the Columbians (1954). A law degree candidate in 1937, he was also a member of Kappa Alpha, and was president of Madison Hall in 1934.[3]
Gasque was also in the US Army from 1943 to 1946.[1]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Charles W. Gasque". US Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=0&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=charles+w.+&gsln=gasque&msbdy=1912&uidh=qoc&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=3396809&recoff=5+6&db=VADeaths&indiv=1&ml_rpos=4. Retrieved 2013-10-21.
- ↑ "Heads Chosen for Next Year by Glee Club". College Topics: p. 1. 1932-05-19. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=EQ0tAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-WgEAAAAIBAJ&dq=glee-club&pg=4012%2C1333997.
- ↑ Corks and Curls. 1937. p. 102.