doi:10.7916/D8VX1ZWQUlysses Kay receiving award from the University of Rochesterphotographsstill imageComposersAfrican American composersUnited StatesKay, Ulysses, 1917-1995University of RochesterUlysses Kay is shown here being given the Alumni Achievement Award in 1972 from the University of Rochester, where he had received his M.A. in music composition from the Eastman School of Music in 1940.