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RECOGNITION

OMEA Past Presidents

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Ohio School Band Association

1924-25
John (Jack) Wainright
Fostoria
1925-26
J. Merton Holcomb
Mansfield
1926-27
Harry Clarke
Cleveland
1927-28
Peter McCormick
Cleveland
1928-29
Verner Kelley
Akron
1929-30
J. Merton Holcomb
Mansfield

Ohio School Band and Orchestra Association

1930-31
Wilbur Lehman
Columbus
1931-32
Arthur Williams
Oberlin

Ohio Music Education Association

1932-33
Samuel Burns
Medina
1933-34
Louis Pete
Ashland
1934-35
Merrill McEwen
Bowling
1935-36
Russell Smith
Crestline
1936-37
Gertrude DeBats
Bedford
1937-39
Eugene J. Weigel
Columbus
1939-41
Ralph Rush
Cleveland
1941-43
Oscar Jones
Defiance
1943-44
Gerald Frank
Elyria
1944-46
William McBride
Columbus
1946-48
A.D. Lekvold
Oxford
1948-50
Clark Haines
Kettering
1950-52
Mary R. Tolbert
Columbus
1952-54
Ernest Manring
Cleveland
1954-56
Richard Stocker
Springfield
1956-58
Richard Schilling
Oxford
1958-60
Charles Benner
Columbus
1960-62
Richard Shoup
Urbana
1962-64
Byron Griest
Massillon
1964-66
George H. Wilson
Columbus
1966-68
Calvin Rogers
Ashland
1968-70
Richard Davis
Parma
1970-72
Katharine McGill
Columbus
1972-74
B. Neil Davis
Lakewood
1974-78
James Thomas
Ashland
1978-80
Daniel Baker
Columbus
1980-82
Stuart Ling
Wooster
1982-84
Lee. R. Suman
Cincinnati
1984-86
Paul E. Thoms
Fairfield
1986-88
David L. Meeker
Columbus
1988-90
Warren E. George
Cincinnati
1990-92
Gayle M. Stalheim
Mentor
1992-94
Rosemary J. Koepfle
Cincinnati
1994-96
William K. Guegold
Akron
1996-98
Nancy Ditmer
Wooster
1998-2000
Marcus Neiman
Medina
2000-02
Sharon H. Nelson
Farmersville
2002-04
Steven Stroup
Dover
2004-06
William Anderson
Aurora
2006-08
Mark Hensler
Hamilton
2008-10
James Dowdy
Gahanna
2010-12
James Dowdy
Gahanna
2012-14
Patricia Meeks
Lima
2014-16
Terry Herschman
Mentor
2016-18
Michael Crist
Youngstown
2018-20
Kathleen McGrady
Perrysburg
2020-22
Ann Usher
Akron
2022-24
Daniel Ruckman
Coldwater