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During a routine day as U.S. Ambassador to Honduras, onetime Boston admiralty lawyer Whiting Willauer, 50, got a call for some strictly non-routine work. A twelve-year-old boy had drowned while swimming in a river pool near the capital city of Tegucigalpa, but the body could not be found. Would the Ambassador lend his skindiving equipment to help the search? "Whitey" Willauer gladly complied, but the borrowers did not understand how to use the equipment. The ambassador forthwith donned his own oxygen mask and tank, dived into the 40-ft. depths, found the boy's body...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Mar. 18, 1957 | 3/18/1957 | See Source »

...expertly. Edward Munro, tenor dispatched the florid Every valley with accuracy and pleasant sound; although bass Irvin Nordquist lacked truly dark vocal color, his part remained dramatically exciting. Eunice Alberts, a little too restrained at first, improved after intermission, displaying her rich contralto tone and careful diction. Soprano Marguerite Willauer distinguished herself in both the intricate coloratura of Rejoice greatly and the more restrained line of the recitatives...

Author: By B. T. Litfield, | Title: The Messiah | 12/14/1953 | See Source »

Princeton freshmen: Bow, Cromwell; 2, Dunn; 3, Howell; 4, Hicks; 5, Kirkham; 6, Detjens; 7, Kunkel; stroke, Willauer; Cox, Haselkorn...

Author: By David L. Halberstam, | Title: Varsity Heavy Crew Rows Princeton, Tech Today in Season's Last Home Boat Race | 5/2/1953 | See Source »

...individual voices were good, and almost everyone looked believable in the part, with Margnerito Willauer outstanding as the heroine, Oriane. She displayed a voice of gorgeous tone, rich and exciting, and used it with considerable dramatic skill; Adele Milhendler also deserves equally warm praise for her performance. Edward Zambara was as satisfactory looking a villain as one is likely to see, but his clear diction was somewhat spoiled by a thick American accent. It was evident that the pronunciation in general was carefully worked over, but even so the words were difficult to grasp. John Patterson, as the hero Amadis...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Music Box | 3/16/1951 | See Source »

John L. Patterson sings the title role of Amadis opposite Marguerite Willauer of the New England Conservatory. William Flavin, Peter Coyne, Adele Milhender, and Anne English hold other important parts...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lowell House Will Hold U.S. Premiere of Lully's Opera, 'Amadis de Gaulle,' Tonight | 3/15/1951 | See Source »

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