The John Philip Sousa Foundation

Legion Of Honor

(http://www.bandworld.org/html/BWLegionLaureates.htm)

Terry Austin, Co-Chair

tlaustin@vcu.edu

Robert E Foster, Co-Chair

rfoster@ku.edu

Sponsored by BANDWORLD magazine

Max McKee, editor

The Legion of Honor recognizes outstanding band directors with a long history of dedicated service to bands.

Purpose

The Legion of Honor Award was established by the John Philip Sousa Foundation to recognize and honor band directors who have maintained school concert band programs of excellent musical quality for a period of at least 20 years and who have held important positions of leadership in their professional organizations.

Procedure

Nominations may be directed to the program chair(s).  Nominations should state the nominee's qualifications based on the criteria of length of service, leadership experience, and evidence of success.  Band directors nominated for the Legion of Honor will be asked to submit materials on-line for evaluation purposes.  These include:

1.  A current resume

2.  A photograph

3.  written recommendations from a colleague, an administrator, and the person making the nomination

4.  Teaching philosophy

The Legion of Honor Selection Committee is composed of successful public school and university band directors who are experienced educators at high school and university level.

Nominees selected for the Legion of Honor will be sent to the editor of BANDWORLD magazine.  Eight band directors will be inducted into the Legion of Honor each year.  Two will be featured in each issue of BANDWORLD.

Criteria for Selection

1.  The nominee shall have experienced tenure of at least twenty or more years as a school band director, the greater portion of which time has been served in the same school.

2.  The nominee shall have maintained a concert band program of superior musical excellence during his/her tenure.

3.  The nominee shall have been active as a member of his/her local, state, and/or national band organizations and have served as an officer in one or more of them.

4.  The nominee shall have achieved a consistent pattern of superior awards at District, State, Regional, and/or National festivals and/or other adjudicated performances.

The Award

Band Directors inducted into the Legion of Honor will receive a beautiful myrtle wood plaque indicating the date of their induction.  They will also be featured in an issue of BANDWORLD magazine.  Laureates will be inducted into the Legion of Honor at the John Pilip Sousa Foundation Annual Reception held each December during the Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic in Chicago.

 The LEGION OF HONOR  Committee Members

         

1989 Laureates

Georgene Diers Scottsbluff Middle School 2117 Third Avenue Scottsbluff, NE 69361

Malcom Helm Lake Highlands High School 601 Shady Creed Trail Mesquite, TX 75150

Gilbert Lettow Mason City High School 1700 Fourth Street S.E. Mason City, IA 50401

Max Whitlock South Hamilton High School 400 Division Street Jewell, IA 50130

 

 

1991 Laureates

 

1992 Laureates

Joseph M. Brice Smoky Hill High School 16100 E. Smoky Hill Road Aurora, CO 80015	Lowell H. Brunner Lindbergh High School 8564 Big Bend Road Webster Groves, MO 63119	Robert Floyd Berkner High School 1600 E. Spring Valley Richardson, TX 75081	Charles Menghini Olathe North High School 600 East Prairie Street Olathe, KS 66061	James C. Oliver Lee’s Summit High School           400 Blue Parkway Lee's Summit, MO 64063
Peter Stigings McGee Secondary School 1975 W. 49th Ave. Vancouver, B.C. Canada VCP 598	Janis Stockhouse Bloomington High School North 3901 Kinser Pike Bloomington, IN 47404	Phillip D. Wharton Lake Gibson High School 7007 N. Socrum Loop Road Lakeland, FL 33809	Michael Willson McClintock High School 1830 East Del Rio Drive Tempe, AZ 85282	John T. Wilson North Putnam High School R.R. 2 Roachdale, IN 46172

1993 Laureates

Ric Best Lenoir City High School                208 Kiyuga Lane Loudon, TN 37774	George C. Brite Sapula Public Schools 1038 E. Hastain Sapulpa, OK 74066	Ronald Demkee Freedom High School 4701 Ackermans Lane Coopersburg, PA 18036	John M. Easley North Stafford High School 1209 Cardwell Street Fredricksburg, VA 22554	Frank J. Farina North Allegheny Schools 8409 Aachen Place Pittsburgh, PA 15237
William G. Fread Indiana State School Music Association 9 Carlin Drive Carmel, IN 46032	Brian A. Kelly Lahainaluna High School 1263 Ainakea Road Lahaina, HI 96761	Jack Kelly Valparaiso Community Schools 3703 Bloomingdale Valparaiso, IN 46383	Aaron James Robin Comeaux High School 509 Harrell Drive   Lafayette, LA 70503	Lloyd Tarpley Clayton County School P.O. Box 123 Jonesboro, GA 30237

1994 Laureates

 

1995 Laureates

 

Dale W. Anderson Porterville Junior College      705 South Crestview Porterville, CA 93257	L. Herbert Cox North Springs High School 720 West Hembree Crossing Roswell, GA 30076	Robert Elkund Central Memorial High School 211 Malibou Road S.W. Calgary, Alberta CANADA T3E 1R9	Robert Gomez Cupertino High School 125 LuRay Drive Los Gatos, CA 93257	Robin Kramer Mountain View High School   196 Bryant Avenue     Mountain View, CA 94040
Jim Mackay Silver Heights College 350 Lodge Avenue Winnipeg, Manitoba CANADA R3J 054	Michael Nakasone Pearl City High School 2100 Hookiekie Street Pearl City, HI 96782	David Pelow Gillett Schools P.O. Box 227 Gillett, WI 54124	Gene Slayter Springfield High School 847 Willacade Court Springfield, OR 97477	Garwood Whaley Bishop Ireton High School                        201 Cambridge Road          Alexandria, VA 22314

1996 Laureates

 

Ron Biffle Lovejoy Middle School 10870 Twelve Oaks Court Hampton, GA 30228	Maria Cotaya Scottlandville Magnet      6954 Garland Avenue Baker, LA 70714	James Duren Pelham High School 3456 North Broken Bow Drive Birmingham, AL 35242	Glen Goering Derby High School 3802 South Oliver Derby, KS 37037	Stephan L. Hand Barbee High School Director 2632 Edgewood Lane Lake Charles, LA 70605
Jeff Klintberg Lincoln Schools Director 9220 Montello Road Lincoln, NE  68520	John H. McAphee Jr. Phillips high School         826 Tuscumbia Drive Birmingham, AL 35214	William J. Pharris Norcross High School 4732 Glen White Drive Duluth, GA 30136	Randy Storie Robert E. Lee High School 3528 Sinclair Midland, TX 79707	Warren Torns Mt. Carmel High School 9289 Samantha Court San Diego, CA 92129

1997 Laureates

Robert Cowles Walton High School 2680 Indian Lake Drive Marietta, GA 30062	William Edward Davis Adamson Middle School 98 Roundtree Court Stockbridge, GA 30281	Dale Duensing Hastings Public Schools 901 Richmond Avenue Hastings, NE 68901	Howard Lehman North High School 1909 Declaraton Drive Eau Claire. WI 54703	Roger Jabour Colonel Gray High 175 Spring Park Road Charlottetown, PEI CANADA V4A 1J5
Ed Nichols, Jr. Austin High School 1017 Jackson Street S.E. Decatur, A: 35601	David Proznick Semiahmoo Secondary School    15975 Adler Place Surrey B.C. CANADA Cla 3Y8	Gerald Waguespack         Acadiana High School 204 Denette Street Duson, LA 70529	Dan Wilson Mundy’s Mill Middle School 286 Rock Creek Stockbridge, GA 30281	Paul Worosello Klein Forest High School 5719 Shatner Houston, TX 77066

1998 Laureates

Gerald L. Ball Pascagoula High School 3722 Warwick Street Pascagoula, MS 39581	Gary D. Barton Baker Jr. High School 9999 Spencer Highway, #101 LaPorte, TX 77571	David E. Bellis Worland High School 1543 Cloud Peak Worland, WY 82401	William Glen Buckalew Gulfport High School 440 Kahler Street Gulfport, MS 39507	Robert B. Carlson Pipestone/Jasper High School 801 5th Ave S.E.                             Pipestone, MN 56164
Bert Cresswell Orange Park High School 3319 Wilderness Circle                Middleburg, FL 32068	Catherine M. Heard Baker High School 6954 Garland Avenue Baker, LA 70714	Webster H. Rowan Starkville High School 500 Shadowood Lane Starkville, MS 39507	William Schmidt St. Mary’s Central High School 1304 17th Street Mandan, ND 58554	Jesse Walker Worth County School 406 West King Street Sylvester, GA 31791

 

1999 Laureates

Brian L. Anderson Fremont High School         919 N. William Ave Fremont, NE 68025	Bruce Beach         Parkview High School 616 Chesterfield Drive Lawrenceville, GA 30044	Cynthia Berry Lake Brantley High School 1341 Dunhill Drive Longwood, FL 32750	Marklen H. Bray Rapid City Central High School 5007 Whispering Pines Drive Rapid City, SD 57702	Russell L. Campbell         Fairfield High School 2059 Robin Drive Fairfield, CA 94533
	Gary Gribble Alan C. Pope High School 413 Virginia Place Marietta, GA 30067	Alison Hayes                   Winder Barrow High School 275 Woodland Drive                                   Winder, GA 30680	Arthur J. Holton III Lincoln High School 9040 Casterbrook Drive Stockton, CA 95209

Mercer Crook         East Hall High School 4615 Magnum Mill Road   Gainesville, GA 30507	Bruce Dinkins Irmo High School 2411 Duncan St.    Columbia, SC 29205	Richard Elliot Newberg High School 2129 Thorne                    Newberg, OR 97132	Eldon Moates Fanin County High School P.O. Box 1396 Blue Ridge, GA 30513	Michael Robinson Asheville High School 314 Browntown Rd. Leicester, NC 28748
Patrick Vandehey Westview High School 16631 NW Norwalk Dr. Beaverton, OR 97006	Tom SoRelle Frenship I.S.D. 5806 76th St. Lubbock, TX 79424	Martha Ann Stark (deceased) Gainesville High School 1900 NW 13th Street Gainesville, FL 32605	Myron Turner West Monroe High School 111 North Ironwood Drive West Monroe, LA 71291	Barry Valleau                 Deer Meadow School Box 1117                         Didsbury, Alberta CANADA T0M 0W0

John Bell Park Hill South High School 4500 NW River Park Drive Riverside, Missouri  64150	Byron Braasch Bellevue West Public School 1501 Thurston Avenue Bellevue, Nebraska  68123	Gene Inglis Rome City Schools 1000 Veterans Memorial Hwy. Rome, Georgia  30161	Mary Land Pickens County Middle School 1802 Refuge Road Jasper, Georgia  30143	Lee Nelson Harlan Community High School 2102 Durant Street Harlan, IA  51537
Alfred Watkins Lassiter High School 2600 Shallowford Road Marietta, Georgia  30066	Michael Puckett Mount Zion High School 2535 Mount Zion Parkway Jonesboro, Georgia  30236	Dwight Roadman Martin County High School 2801 South Kanner Highway Stuart, Florida  34994	Paula Thornton Buchholz High School 5510 Northwest 27th Avenue Gainsville, Florida  32606	Paul Warnex Liberty Public Schools 200 Blue Jay Drive Liberty, Missouri  64068

 2003 Laureates

Mr. Ed Colson Oregon Trail Jr. High 1800 West Dennis Olathe, Kansas 66061	Thomas Heninger Watertown High 825 Endeavour Drive Watertown, Wisconsin  53098	Mr. Stan Mauldin Holliday I.S.D. 3403 Waterwind Ct. Friendswood, Texas 77546	Ms. Margene Pappas Owego High School 4250 Rt. 71 Oswego, Illinois 60543	Mr. Michael Ruether Lebanon Schools 777 Brice Street Lebanon, Missouri 65536
Ms. Frances Shelton Hendersonville High School 311 8th Avenue West Hendersonville, North Carolina 28791	Mr. Randy Sonntag Independence Middle School 4001 Greenway Drive Jupiter, Florida 33458	Mr. Jeff Tower Hemet High School 41701 East Stetson Avenue Hemet, California 92544	Mr. Roy Vandelicht, Jr. Fayette R-III Schools 510 North Cleveland Fayette, Missouri 65248	Ms. Marion West Lake Highlands High School 2117 Homestead Place Garland, Texas 75044

2004 Laureates

Ann Goodwin Kansas City, MO

Paul Brizzi Ankeny, IA

Randall Coleman Woodstock, GA

Michael Corrigan Clovis, CA

Joe Tornello Chartlottesville, VA

Travis Beard Russellville, AR

Vincent Rosse LaGrange, GA

Neil Jenkins Coral Springs, FL

 2005 Laureates

Vincent Tornello Charlottesville, VA

Don Jaramillo Rancho Cucamonga, CA

Russell Wilson McDonough, GA

John Bridges Honolulu, HI

Michael Genevay Metairie, LA

Scott Coulson Mesquite, TX

Jeff Laird Aldine, TX

Sheily Bell Geismar, LA

 

2006 Laureates

Jim Doepke Waukesha, Wisconsin

Jon Robichaud Blue Springs, Missouri

Terry Rush Lincoln, Nebraska

Virgil Syverson Williston, North Dakota

Dana Hamant Wichita, Kansas

Evelio Villarreal Plano, Texas

Russell Bertles Hampton, Georgia

William Ingram Tulare, California

2007 Laureates

June Holder Fairfax, Virginia

Diana Love  Blacksburg, Virginia

Terry Pattishall Lake Mary, Florida

Donald Downs Rapid City, South Dakota

Walt Lovell Elko, Nevada

2008 Laureates

John Combs Missoula, Montana

Keith Jordan Albuquerque, New Mexico

Norman Dea Walnut Creek, California

Glen Traquair Alberta, Canada

Robert Carroll Chesapeake, Virginia

Phil Hartman Boise, Idaho

Updated February 2009