HONORARY MEMBERS
2016
Rodney D. Bennett, Director of Bands, Olney, Texas
Steven Sherman, Red Deer College
2000
Don Wilcox, Director of Bands, West Virginia University
1999
Frank B. Wickes, Director of Bands, Louisiana State University,
1998
Julie Giroux, composer, Jackson, Mississippi
1995
Dr. John M. Long, Director of Bands, Troy State Univerisity
Dr. W.J. Julian, Director of Bands, University of Tennessee
1994
Dr. William Clark, New Mexico State University
1993
David Holsinger, composer, Texas
1992
Dr. Al G. Wright, CEO, John Philip Sousa Foundation
Keith Mann, Red Deer College
1991
Dr. Tim Lautzenheiser, Indiana
1990
Mr. James Saied, Mr. Sousa, Oklahoma
1987
Frederick Fennell, conductor, Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra
1986
Lt. Col. Gilbert Mitchell, ret., United States Army Bands
Col. Eugene W. Allen, ret., United States Army Bands
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
1984
Bill Cormack, Texas Music Educators Association
1983
Col. John Bourgeois, United States Marine Band
1981
Robert Jager, composer, Tennessee Tech University
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
1978
Paul Yoder, composer, conductor and arranger, Chicago, Illinois
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
1976
Alexander R. Harley, founder of Tri-M, Park Ridge, Illinois
1975
Marie von Trapp, mother of Trapp Family Singers
Forrest Buchtel, composer, Vandercook College in Chicago, Illinois
1974
Clare Grundman, composer, South Salem, New York
1973
Paul Lavalle, conductor and composer, New York City
1972
Mignon Doran, Morehead State University
1971
Adron Doran, President, Morehead State University
Col. Arnald Gabriel, ret., United States Air Force Band
1970
John Wummer, flutist, New York Walter Volkwein Music, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1969
Glenn Cliffe Bainum, Director of Bands Emeritus, Northwestern University
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