Rebecca Walker Steele

Rebecca Walker Steele (October 18, 1925 - January 12, 2019) was an American musician and educator. She was known for her singing and for her choral direction. Steele directed choirs at Florida A&M University and Bethune-Cookman College.

Biography Steele was born on October 18, 1925, in Lakeland, Florida. She showed early musical talent, performing in her grandfather's church at age 4. Her parents encouraged her in pursuing music and made she had the "best possible training." Steel worked at FAMU between 1947 until 1976, when she went on to become a faculty member (and Dean of Humanities) at Bethune-Cookman College. Steele retired from Bethune-Cookman in 2013. As a choir director, her choral groups performed across the United States and were "constantly in demand."

Steele died on January 12, 2019.