Awards

The Midwest Clinic presents three awards to recognize individuals who have made a major contribution to instrumental music education.

The Medal of Honor was introduced in 1962 as a way to honor conductors, educators, composers, and others whose unique service to music education and continuing influence on the development and improvement of bands and orchestras deserve special recognition.

The Music Industry Award honors individuals for their support of music education through their work in the music industry. This award was introduced in 1991 and is presented at the Exhibitor and Advertiser reception held each year at the conference.

Reflecting the growth of the Midwest Clinic from a national to a worldwide event.  In 1992, the International Award was introduced to honor individuals who contribute to music education internationally.

The Midwest Clinic has been pleased to present these awards to the following individuals.

Medal of Honor Recipients
1962   Col. Harold Bachman, Glenn C. Bainum, Cmdr. Charles Brendler,
               Karl L. King, and Col. George S. Howard
1963   Max Pottag and William Ludwig, Sr.
1964   Meredith Willson
1965   Joe Maddy
1966   Merle Evans
1967   Howard Hanson
1968   Col. William Santleman
1969   William D. Revelli and Doc Severinsen
1970   Raymond Dvorak
1971   Neil Kjos, Sr., H.E. Nutt, Howard Lyons, and Richard Brittain
1972   Haskell Harr
1973   Col. Arnald D. Gabriel
1974   George Wilson
1975   Don Malin
1976   Secretary of the Navy J. William Middendorf
1977   Forrest McAllister
1978   Paul Yoder
1979   Harry Wenger
1980   Morton Gould
1981   Fred Müller and Merle Isaac
1982   William Lyons and Richard Madden
1983   Forest Buchtel and James Neilson
1984   Leonard Falcone
1985   Arnold Jacobs and Jack Fedderson
1986   Elizabeth A.H. Green
1987   John P. Paynter
1988   Donald E. McGinnis and Tom Batiuk
1989   Harry Begian, Frederick Fennell, and Clare Grundman
1990   Victor W. Zajec and Traugott Rohner
1991   Clark Terry
1992   Marvin J. Rabin
1993   W. Francis McBeth and Col. John R. Bourgeois
1994   Himie Voxman
1995   Barbara Buehlman and Milburn Carey
1996   Karel Husa, Wynton Marsalis, Charles Peters, and Alfred Reed
1997   Frank Bencriscutto and Jacquelyn Dillon-Krass
1998   Bruce Pearson
1999   Richard Dunscomb
2000   Dorothy Kunkel and Donald Hunsberger
2001   Frank Battisti and Sammy Nestico
2002   James Croft and H. Robert Reynolds
2003   Mark Kelly, Robert Klotman, and Richard Strange
2004   Kenneth Bloomquist and Jamey Aebersold
2005   John Kendall, Col. Eugene Allen, and Ray E. Cramer
2006   Bob McGrath
2007   Richard Crain
2008   E. Daniel Long and Weston Noble
2009   Edward S. Lisk, Ellis Marsalis, and Al G. and Gladys Stone Wright
2010   L. Dean Angeles, Paula Crider, William P. Foster, and Frank B. Wickes
2011   Richard L. Floyd and Don Wilcox
2012   David C. McCormick, H. Owen Reed, Leonard Slatkin, and John Whitwell

Music Industry Award Recipients
1991   William F. Ludwig, Jr.
1992   Vito Pascucci and Robert S. Johnson
1993   William R. “Ziggy” Coyle and Rufus Sanders
1994   Neil A. Kjos, Jr. and Elizabeth Ludwig Fennell
1995   Arthur Gurwitz
1996   Glenn E. Holtz
1997   Charles Barnhouse
1998   Sandy Feldstein
1999   Tim Lautzenheiser
2000   John O’Reilly
2001   Frank Fendorf
2002   George Quinlan, Sr.
2003   Bob Dingley
2004   Edward Harris
2005   M. Max McKee
2006   John Morgan
2007   Herman Knoll
2008   John D’Addario, Jr.
2009   James Cochran
2010   Jim Catalano
2011   Garwood Whaley
2012   Rick Young

International Award Recipients
1992   Toshio Akiyama and Russell Hammond
1993   Martin Boundy
1994   Jan Molenaar
1995   Wolfgang Suppan
1996   Timothy Reynish
1997   Keith Mann
1998   Geoffrey Brand
2001   Johan de Meij and Harry Pinchin
2002   Johann Mösenbichler
2004   Bernhard Habla
2005   Ralph Hultgren
2007   Leon Bly
2009   Felix Hauswirth
2012   Guido Six