Brooks Bowman (October 21, 1913-October 17, 1937) composed the song "East of the Sun (And West of The Moon)" which has become a jazz standard. He was an undergraduate student at Princeton University in the class of 1936. He contributed some songs for the Princeton Triangle Club musical titled "Stags at Bay" in 1934, including this hit (which almost didn't make it into the play due to a copyright dispute) and other songs including "Love and Dime" and "Will Love Find a Way?" He died on October 17, 1937 when a car in which he was riding in crashed into a stone wall on Cat Rock Road near Garrison, New York. Four days later, on October 21, he would have celebrated his 24th birthday. link: www.tribute-to-brooks.de (in German)
