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.
Introduced in 1992, the International Award honors individuals who contribute to instrumental music education from around the globe, reflecting the growth of The Midwest Clinic from an event of national stature to one of international notoriety.
The Midwest Clinic has been pleased to present these awards to the following
individuals.
Medal of Honor Award Recipients
2024 John Clinton, Tim Lautzenheiser
2023 Jason Fettig, Robert Gillespie, Antonio García
2022 Bob Phillips, Pam Phillips, Ronald Carter
2021 Julie Giroux, James Kjelland, Janis Stockhouse
2019 Pamela Tellejohn Hayes, Charles Menghini, and Mallory Thompson
2018 Robert Floyd, Craig Kirchhoff, Stanley F. Nosal, and Mary Jo Papich
2017 John K. Southall and Alfred L. Watkins
2016 James F. Keene and Candido Camero
2015 Eugene Migliaro Corporon and Jerry F. Junkin
2014 Col. Michael J. Colburn
2013 William LaRue Jones and Dorothy Straub
2012 David C. McCormick, H. Owen Reed, Leonard Slatkin, and John Whitwell
2011 Richard L. Floyd and Don Wilcox
2010 L. Dean Angeles, Paula Crider, William P. Foster, and Frank B. Wickes
2009 Edward S. Lisk, Ellis Marsalis, and Al G. and Gladys Stone Wright
2008 E. Daniel Long and Weston Noble
2007 Richard Crain
2006 Bob McGrath
2005 John Kendall, Col. Eugene Allen, and Ray E. Cramer
2004 Kenneth Bloomquist and Jamey Aebersold
2003 Mark Kelly, Robert Klotman, and Richard Strange
2002 James Croft and H. Robert Reynolds
2001 Frank Battisti and Sammy Nestico
2000 Dorothy Kunkel and Donald Hunsberger
1999 Richard Dunscomb
1998 Bruce Pearson
1997 Frank Bencriscutto and Jacquelyn Dillon-Krass
1996 Karel Husa, Wynton Marsalis, Charles Peters, and Alfred Reed
1995 Barbara Buehlman and Milburn Carey
1994 Himie Voxman
1993 W. Francis McBeth and Col. John R. Bourgeois
1992 Marvin J. Rabin
1991 Clark Terry
1990 Victor W. Zajec and Traugott Rohner
1989 Harry Begian, Frederick Fennell, and Clare Grundman
1988 Donald E. McGinnis and Tom Batiuk
1987 John P. Paynter
1986 Elizabeth A.H. Green
1985 Arnold Jacobs and Jack Fedderson
1984 Leonard Falcone
1983 Forest Buchtel and James Neilson
1982 William Lyons and Richard Madden
1981 Fred Müller and Merle Isaac
1980 Morton Gould
1979 Harry Wenger
1978 Paul Yoder
1977 Forrest McAllister
1976 Secretary of the Navy J. William Middendorf
1975 Don Malin
1974 George Wilson
1973 Col. Arnald D. Gabriel
1972 Haskell Harr
1971 Neil Kjos, Sr., H.E. Nutt, Howard Lyons, and Richard Brittain
1970 Raymond Dvorak
1969 William D. Revelli and Doc Severinsen
1968 Col. William F. Santlemann
1967 Howard Hanson
1966 Merle Evans
1965 Joe Maddy
1964 Meredith Willson
1963 Max Pottag and William Ludwig, Sr.
1962 Col. Harold Bachman, Glenn C. Bainum, Cmdr. Charles Brendler,
Karl L. King, and Col. George S. Howard
Music Industry Award Recipients
2024 Paul Lavender
2023 Bill Harvey
2021 Iris Manus
2019 Mary Luehrsen
2018 Steve West
2017 Jim Strouse
2016 Denny Senseney
2015 Alec Harris
2014 John Stoner
2013 Joe Lamond
2012 Rick Young
2011 Garwood Whaley
2010 Jim Catalano
2009 James Cochran
2008 John D’Addario, Jr.
2007 Herman Knoll
2006 John Morgan
2005 M. Max McKee
2004 Edward Harris
2003 Bob Dingley
2002 George Quinlan, Sr.
2001 Frank Fendorf
2000 John O’Reilly
1999 Tim Lautzenheiser
1998 Sandy Feldstein
1997 Charles Barnhouse
1996 Glenn E. Holtz
1995 Arthur Gurwitz
1994 Neil A. Kjos, Jr. and Elizabeth Ludwig Fennell
1993 William R. “Ziggy” Coyle and Rufus Sanders
1992 Vito Pascucci and Robert S. Johnson
1991 William F. Ludwig, Jr.
International Award Recipients
2024 François Kloc
2022 Qian Ni
2021 Bernard Van Doren
2018 Philip Sparke
2017 Mike Tyler
2015 Bert Aalders
2014 Ken, Yuriko and Aki Murakami
2013 Anatoly Dudin
2012 Guido Six
2009 Felix Hauswirth
2007 Leon Bly
2005 Ralph Hultgren
2004 Bernhard Habla
2002 Johann Mösenbichler
2001 Johan de Meij and Harry Pinchin
1998 Geoffrey Brand
1997 Keith Mann
1996 Timothy Reynish
1995 Wolfgang Suppan
1994 Jan Molenaar
1993 Martin Boundy
1992 Toshio Akiyama and Russell Hammond