Work Experience
Britton taught band and English in the public schools of Griffith, Indiana, and also at Eastern Illinois University. He served in the US Army during the Second World War as a military policeman and a band member. Britton had learned German from his German-born grandmother.
Britton served as professor of music at the University of Michigan from 1949, and as dean of the School of Music from 1971 to 1979. He was also a trustee of the National Music Camp at Interlochen.
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