1916-1999. British violinist, conductor and humanitarian. In 1923 he became a student of Louis Persinger, the concertmaster of the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra. On Nov. 25, 1927, Menuhin was soloist in the Beethoven Violin Concerto with Fritz Busch and the N.Y. Symphony Orchestra. In 1935 he completed his first world tour, and then toured regularly around the globe. During World War II, he gave some 500 concerts for the Allies and the International Red Cross. He founded the Yehudi Menuhin School of Music in Stoke d'Abernon, Surrey, for musically gifted children in 1963. Menuhin was the recipient of innumerable honors. After making his home in England, he received an honorary knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II in 1965.