OBDC Hall of Fame

OBDC Hall of Fame Nominations

Anyone wishing to nominate a potential 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 achievements 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.

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ODBC Hall of Fame Inductees
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