Louis Sudler (1903–1992) was never a student, faculty member, or member of the MIT staff. He nevertheless established a Louis Sudler Prize in the Arts at MIT, as well as at Yale, Harvard, Princeton, Dartmouth, Columbia, Johns Hopkins, the University of Chicago, Michigan State, Oberlin, Purdue, Duke, Emory, Rice, and Stanford. Sudler’s personal commitment to music and the encouragement of young musicians was lifelong. He performed nationwide as a soloist, and was a leading baritone with the Chicago Civic Opera. From 1960 until 1974, he was the producer and host of the Peabody Award-winning television show “Artists’ Showcase,” which presented over 500 young musical artists with orchestral accompaniment. In 1966, Mr. Sudler became the president of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and, in 1971, its chairman.