Conductor James DePreist Undergoes Kidney Transplant
   Associated Press
   - 5 December 2001

   PORTLAND, Oregon (AP) - After waiting six months for a transplant,
   Oregon Symphony conductor James DePreist has undergone surgery to
   receive a kidney from an anonymous donor.

   DePreist, 65, went into surgery just before noon Monday at Legacy
   Good Samaritan Hospital & Medical Center, said Maggie Huffman, a
   spokeswoman for Legacy Health Systems.  The donor, who declined to
   be named, came forward in October, Huffman said.

   DePreist, who joined the Symphony in 1980 and frequently conducts
   other orchestras in the United States and around the world, was added
   to the transplant list in May.  He suffers from kidney disease, which
   is incurable, but DePreist has said a new kidney "lasts indefinitely."

   DePreist has been on kidney dialysis for almost two years.  He had
   said he was doing well with treatment, but decided to get a transplant
   on the recommendation of his doctor.  He expects his recovery to take
   six weeks or longer.

Scott Morrison