Frank O'Reilly

A World War II veteran , he held a Ph.D. in International Relations. O’Reilly wrote as a music
critic for The Washington Times, contributed to Musical America magazine and American Record
Guide, and was a founder of the Charles Ives Centennial Festival and the American Chopin
Foundation, the sponsor of an annual Chopin piano competition. He once said, “During my
eventful lifetime the only honest and truthful ending of the Pledge of Allegiance was ‘with
Liberty and Justice for SOME.’”