History

Past, Current and Future Presidents

• A. D. Davenport 1934*
• A. Steven Miescer 1935*
• J. Fred Orth 1936*
• Charles Aikey 1937*
• Cyrus Thompson 1938*
• Harry Canfield 1939*
• James W. Dunlop 1940-41*
• Stanley M. Gray 1942-45*
• Hummel Fishburn 1946-47*
• Leslie Saunders 1948-49*
• Chester Stineman 1950-51*
• M. Clair Swope 1952-53
• W. Paul Campbell 1954-55*
• William O. Roberts 1956-57*
• Fred Williams 1958-59*
• Elwood Miller 1960-61*
• Allen W. Flock 1962-64
• Paul McCandless 1964-66
• Harold S. Orendorff 1966-68*
• William E. Ifert 1968-70
• Robert Zimmerman 1970-72*
• W. Valgene Routch 1972-74*
• James R. Stewart 1974-76
• Stanley F. Michalski Jr. 1976-78
• Clyde M. Barr 1978-80
• Ira C. Singleton 1980-82
• Carmen E. Culp 1982-84
• Albert Nacinovich 1984-86
• Carol J. Myers 1986-88
• Richard C. Merrell 1988-90
• James R. Stewart 1990-92
• Natalie Ozeas 1992-94
• David F. Cree 1994-96
• John A. Gula, Jr. 1996-98
• Mary Lippert-Coleman1998-00
• Richard Victor 2000-02
• Benjamin Holste 2002-04
• Nora Burridge 2004-06
• Chuck Neidhardt 2006-08
• Fran Nesta 2008-10
• Scott Sheehan 2010-2012
• Bill Pendziwiatr 2012-14

Curriculum / Instruction Coordinators

• Carmen E. Culp 1977-79
• Carol J. Myers 1979-82
• Irene Sample 1982-85
• Natalie L. Ozeas 1985-88
• Mary Lippert-Coleman 1988-91
• Victoria L. Smith 1991-97
• Linda L. Hulsey 1997-00
• Martha S. Miller 2000-2003
• Sharon M. Potter 2003-2009
• Susan Basalik 2009-

Secretary-Treasurers

• Cyrus Thompson 1934-37*
• Kenneth D. Owens 1938-39*
• Harold Buchheit 1940-41*
• C. Porter Huntington 1942-45*
• M. Claude Rosenberry 1946-49*
• Russell E. Shuttlesworth 1950-53*
• Russell B. Christman 1954-55*
• Irene R. Christman 1955-96
• Margaret S. Bauer 1996-

Editors

• A. S. Miescer (1 issue) 1936*
• Harold F. Hetrick (1 issue) 1937
• Paul Mechlin (newspaper) 1938-43*
• Stanley M. Gray (same) 1946-49*
• Ronald C. Teare (mag.) 1950-77*
• Stanley M. Cole (mag.) 1977-81
• Richard Merrell (mag.) 1981-99
• David Weiss 1999-

Honorary Membership

• Sammy Nestico—composer
• Vaclav Nelhybel—composer*

Honorary Life Membership

• A.D. Davenport*
• Russell E. Shuttlesworth*
• Ronald C. Teare*
• W. Fred Orth*
• Maurice Taylor
• Irene R. Christman
• Frederick DelMonte
• Carmen Culp

Awards

• James R. Stewart Distinguished Service Award
  Richard Merrell, Frederick Del Monte, Natalie Ozeas, Carol J. Myers, Carmen E. Culp, William J. Naydan, Richard D. Victor, John A. Gula, Jr., David F. Cree, Charles H. Neidhardt, Sharon Potter
• Citation of Excellence
  (Listed annually in the Spring issue of PMEA News)
• Outstanding Superintendent
  (Listed annually in the Spring issue of PMEA News)
• Irene R. Christman Scholarship in Music Education:
  Matthew R, Ascah, Katye Clogg, Colleen A. MacLean, Alicia Wareham, Crystal Wegman, Nicholas Hodges, Lauren Hunter, Joy Dupuis, Peter Leibensperger, Loren Welles, Randall Frye, Christopher Long, Jayme Zimmerman, Allison Geesey, Natalie Young
• William L. Nash III Continuing Education Scholarship Kelly McMonagie-Winovich, Jennifer Gardner, Jeff Puhala, Cheryl Kulikowski, Jason Vodicka, Maggie Farber, Michael W. Jordan, Jr., Elizabeth Carland, Janelle Zook, Katherine Spiri
• PMEA Hall of Fame
• PMEA Citation of Excellence Recipients 2000-Present