Harvey Shapiro (other)
Harvey Shapiro may refer to: * Harvey Shapiro (cellist) (1911–2007), American cellist * Harvey Shapiro (poet) (1924–2013), American poet and editor of ''The New York Times'' * Harvey Shapiro (baseball) Harvey Shapiro is a college baseball coach, and former manager of the Netherlands national baseball team and the Bourne Braves. He is currently head coach of the Wareham Gatemen of the Cape Cod Baseball League. Biography A native of New Britain, ...

Harvey Shapiro (cellist)
Harvey Shapiro (June 22, 1911 – October 25, 2007) was an American cellist and teacher. His professional debut was in 1935 at New York City's Town Hall. Following this, he was chosen by Arturo Toscanini to play in the cello section of the NBC Symphony Orchestra, whereupon he became its principal in 1943. He was also a founding member of its associated chamber ensembles, the Primrose Quartet and NBC Trio. After leaving the NBC Symphony in 1946, Shapiro performed prolifically as a studio musician and chamber musician. In 1947, he was a founding member of the WQXR Radio Quartet, which played the international and American premieres of works by various composers until its dissolution in 1963. From 1970, Shapiro turned his focus to teaching. He taught at the Juilliard School, and gave summer classes and master classes elsewhere in the United States, Canada, and Europe; continuing until 2006. He died in 2007. Biography Childhood and education Harvey Shapiro was born in New York Ci ...
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Harvey Shapiro (poet)
Harvey Shapiro (January 27, 1924 – January 7, 2013) was an American poet and editor of ''The New York Times''. He wrote a dozen books of poetry from 1953 to 2006, writing in epigrammatic style about things in his everyday life. As an editor, he was always affiliated with ''The New York Times'' in some capacity, mainly in the magazine and book reviews, from 1957 to 2005. Early life and the war Harvey Irwin Shapiro was born in Chicago on January 27, 1924, into a Jewish family from Kiev. He spoke Yiddish. When he was a boy, his family moved to Manhattan and later to Long Island. He studied at Yale University but joined the Army Air Forces when World War II broke out. He flew 35 combat missions over Europe as a B-17 tail gunner and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. He returned to Yale to earn a bachelor's degree in English in 1947 and a master's degree in American literature from Columbia University in 1948. Newspaper career Shapiro spent the first half of the 1950s tea ...
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