Ohio Band Directors Conference Hall of Fame nominations
Anyone wishing to nominate a candidate to the Ohio Band Directors Conference Hall of Fame may do so by sending a nomination letter and a complete resume of the candidate's service and achievement to:
University Bands
The University of Akron
Akron, OH 44325-1002
Eligibility requirements are:
- Candidate must be a retired Ohio school band director with the majority of their teaching years at the elementary, junior high, or high school level--not at the collegiate/university level.
- The majority of service must have been in Ohio Schools.
ODBC Hall of Fame inductees
2011 | William Rasey | Austintown Schools |
2010 | Roger Hall | Perry High School |
2009 | Vince Polce | Defiance High School |
2008 | Jack Gray | Shelby High School |
2007 | Alexander (Sandy) Stuart | Austintown City Schools |
2006 | Gene Milford | Edgewood Senior High School |
2005 | Anthony Cebriak | Canfield High School |
2004 | John E. Crumley | Hilliard High School |
2003 | Harry Pfingston | Avon Lake High School |
2002 | Ted Wenger | Perry High School |
2001 | Les Susi | Columbus Whetstone High School Columbus North High School |
2000 | Mary Jane McKinley | Nelsonville City Schools |
1999 | David McMaken | Caldwell High School |
1998 | Ernest Burnett | Paulding High School |
1997 | Max W. Treier | Cambridge High School |
1996 | Robert Lyon | Strasburg - Franklin School District Dover City Schools |
1995 | Percy Hall | Mansfield High School |
1994 | James Kirk | Nordonia Middle School |
1993 | Elaine Ostrander | Danville High School |
1992 | Dick Cool | Northmont City Schools |
1991 | Glenn E. Walker | Ayersville High School |
1990 | Anthony Buonpane | Crestwood High School |
1989 | Ward Zerkle | Trotwood - Madison High School |
1988 | Cliff Hite | Findlay High School |
1987 | Dwight Somerville | Shelby High School |
1986 | George M. Toot | Stark County |
1985 | Walter M. Sells | Fremont Ross High School |
1984 | Frederick R. Walker | Oakwood - Dayton Schools |
1980 | Royal O. Reynolds | Cuyahoga Falls High School |
1979 | Frank Menichetti | Fremont Ross High Schools |
1978 | Howard Pardee | Salem City Schools |
1977 | Ralph Herron | Coventry High School |
1976 | A. Jerd Bayless | Canton Lincoln High School |
1975 | John Farinacci | Cleveland Heights High School |
1974 | Emil Puffenburger | Northwest High School |
OBDC Pioneer Band Directors
2008 | Casimer B. Kriechbaum | North Olmsted High School |
2004 | George Bird | Washington High School (Massillon) |
1997 | Kaarlo W. Mackey | Conneaut High School Cleveland Heights High School |
1996 | Dominic E. Greco | Strasburg High School Uhrichsville High School |
1995 | George E. Wahlstrom | Ashtabula Harbor High School |
1994 | Lawrence H. "Alex" Alexander | Dover High School |
1994 | Philip P. Gates | Piqua High School |
1994 | Mark H. Hindsley | Cleveland Heights High School |
1994 | J. Merton Holcombe | Mansfield High School |
1994 | Louis E. Pete | Ashland High School |
1994 | John W. "Jack" Wainwright | Fostoria High School |