Doc Rando

American Big band alto-saxophonist and clarinetist. Born Jan. 23, 1910 in New Orleans, Louisiana Died April 27, 2013 (103 years old). He was educated at the Samuel J. Peters Music School for Boys, He began playing clarinet and saxophone at age 16. He left home at 17 to go on the road with Tommy Dorsey's Orchestra. For the next 25 years he performed with some of the era's biggest bands and studio orchestras, including Glenn Miller, Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey and Bob Crosby, Bing’s younger brother. His final performance as a professional musician was with Crosby’s Bob Cats in 1951. When big bands gave way to rock and roll, Doc exchanged his musical instruments for medical instruments, becoming a doctor. He practiced medicine for more than 20 years, beocming the head of the ER at Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital, and a founder of the College of Emergency Room Physicians. Doc Rando Hall, a recital venue at UNLV, is named in his honor.