Title: Associate Professor of Music (Retired)
Company: Millikin University
Location: Decatur, Illinois, United States
Affiliations/Associations/Societies:
- Baldwin Wallace University
- College Music Society
- Decatur Area Music Teachers Association (1978-present) (president, 1979-1982, 1989-1990, 2004-2008)
- Illinois State Music Teachers Association (1978-present) (president, 1982-1986)
- Lutheran Church Missouri State Congregation, State District Convention (delegate)
- Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, Central Illinois District (board of directors, 1991-1997, 2000-2003)
- Music Teachers National Association Foundation (fellow, 2003)
- Music Teachers National Association (1974-present) (board of directors, 1996-1998) (Governance Study Committee, 1993-1994) (National Executive Board, 1989-1993)
- Music Teachers National Association, East Central Division (president, 1994-1996)
- Music Teachers National Association, Local, State, and National Levels (47 years)
- Oregon Music Teachers Association (1974-1977)
- Oregon Music Teachers Association, Blue Mountain District (president, 1975-1976)
- United Lutheran Mission Association, Commission of Governing (2005-present)
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Walther Theological Seminary, Decatur, IL (chairman, board of trustees, 2010-present)
Achievements:
- Honoree, Distinguished Worldwide Humanitarian Award (2022, 2021)
- Inductee, Top Professionals of the Year, Marquis Who’s Who (2022, 2021)
- Featured Member, Marquis Millennium Magazine, Marquis Who’s Who (2021)
- Fellow, Music Teachers National Association Foundation (2003)
- Listee, Outstanding Young Men in America (1981-1982)
- Listee, Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges (1967-1968)
