2016

Rodney D. Bennett, Director of Bands, Olney, Texas

Steven Sherman, Red Deer College

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2000

Don Wilcox, Director of Bands, West Virginia University

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1999

Frank B. Wickes, Director of Bands, Louisiana State University,

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1998

Julie Giroux, composer, Jackson, Mississippi

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1995

Dr. John M. Long, Director of Bands, Troy State Univerisity

Dr. W.J. Julian, Director of Bands, University of Tennessee

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1994

Dr. William Clark, New Mexico State University

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1993

David Holsinger, composer, Texas

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1992

Dr. Al G. Wright, CEO, John Philip Sousa Foundation

Keith Mann, Red Deer College

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1991

Dr. Tim Lautzenheiser, Indiana

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1990

Mr. James Saied, Mr. Sousa, Oklahoma

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1987

Frederick Fennell, conductor, Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra

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1986

Lt. Col. Gilbert Mitchell, ret., United States Army Bands

Col. Eugene W. Allen, ret., United States Army Bands

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1985

Dr. Francis McBeth, composer, Quachita Baptist University

Dr. Hardy Clemmons, Lubbock, Texas

C. Doyle Gammill, Supervisor of Music, Lubbock ISD

Dr. Gary Garner, Director of Bands, West Texas State University

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1984

Bill Cormack, Texas Music Educators Association

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1983

Col. John Bourgeois, United States Marine Band

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1981

Robert Jager, composer, Tennessee Tech University

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1980

Robert Hawkins, Director of Bands, Morehead State University

Mary Jeanne van Appledorn, composer, Texas Tech University

Richard Crain, Director of Bands, Spring High School, Texas

Eva Tisdale, Metairie, Louisiana

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1978

Paul Yoder, composer, conductor and arranger, Chicago, Illinois

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1977

Jeanne Moore, music curriculum, West Virginia Department of Education

Knud Noller, music director, Green Brier Hotel, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia Forest McAllister, consulting editor, School Musician, Chicago, Illinois

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1976

Alexander R. Harley, founder of Tri-M, Park Ridge, Illinois

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1975

Marie von Trapp, mother of Trapp Family Singers

Forrest Buchtel, composer, Vandercook College in Chicago, Illinois

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1974

Clare Grundman, composer, South Salem, New York

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1973

Paul Lavalle, conductor and composer, New York City

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1972

Mignon Doran, Morehead State University

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1971

Adron Doran, President, Morehead State University

Col. Arnald Gabriel, ret., United States Air Force Band

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1970

John Wummer, flutist, New York Walter Volkwein Music, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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1969

Glenn Cliffe Bainum, Director of Bands Emeritus, Northwestern University