Alfred Eugene Megerlin

Alfred Eugene Megerlin was a violinist. He was the concertmaster and first violinist of the New York Philharmonic.

Biography

Megerlin was born in Antwerp, Belgium and trained at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels where he graduated in 1900. He became the concertmaster at the Vlaamse Opera and played with the Orchestre Lamoureux. In 1917 he became the concertmaster and first violinist of the New York Philharmonic under Josef Stránský when he replaced Maximilian Pilzer.

Personal life

Megerlin is the maternal grandfather of actor Johnny Crawford, who played Mark McCain on the television show The Rifleman. Megerlin died in Los Angeles in 1941.