Pianist leaving post at university after 38 years
Sunday, May 12, 2002
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. -- At the age of 77, Ruth Slenczynska Kerr, of Glen Carbon, is about to start a new chapter in her life. She's pulling up roots and moving to Taiwan to teach in the music school at Soo Chow University in the capital, Taipei.
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