Lambros D. Callimahos

Who was Lambros D. Callimahos?

Lambros Demetrios Callimahos was a US Army cryptologist. Born in Alexandria of Greek parents, the family emigrated to the United States when he was four. His father was a journalist.

His main interests at school were in chemistry, physics and medicine.

He did not show interest in music until the age of fourteen when he entered high school in Asbury Park.

He earned a degree in law from Rutgers in accord with his fathers' wishes, but attended Juilliard at the age of nineteen and graduated with a degree in 1933. While he started at the bottom of the class, he became head of his class in his second year due to encouragement from his teacher, Arthur Lora. After graduation, he continued study in Europe.