We would like to recognize these outstanding individuals below who have dedicated their lives to the betterment of Bands in the state of Oklahoma:

**1966**
A.E. Findley


**1967**
E. Paul Enix


**1968**
J.D. "Doc" Walker


**1969**
Clarence Lawless


**1970**
Colbert Hackler
Leonard Haug 
Floyd Moyer


**1971**
Dr. Jack Sisson
George Brite


**1972**
Dr. Milburn Carey
Hiram Henry
J. Austin Kidwell


**1973**
Al Buswell
Pat Malloy
Richard Vandewalker


**1974**
Carl E. Barnett
C. Oscar Stover
Edwin B. Moore


**1975**
Bob Stoddard
Gene Braught
Gene Griffin


**1976**
Bob Young
Harry Haines


**1977**
Frank Robinson


**1978**
Rodger Robinson
Kenneth Peters
Buddy Allen


**1979**
Kenneth Smith
Joe Reed
Pete Long


**1980**
J.J. McCoy
Jerry Huffer


**1981**
Melvin Lee
Al Hamil


**1982**
Don Owens
John P. Morgan, Jr.
Don Gant


**1983**
James Robert Lindsey
C.W. Simmons, Jr.
Jerry Howard


**1984**
Paul Fry
Melvin "Buster" Westmoreland


**1985**
Art Johnson
Marjorie Hemphill


**1986**
W.A. "Tony" Anderson
Raymond Gabbard
Oakley Pittman


**1987**
Bohumil Makovsky
James A. Middleton
William R. Wehrend


**1988**
O.J.Lehrer
Bill Robinson
Charles Millender


**1989**
Ronald E. Gerard
Louis M. Calavan
James W. Jurrens


**1990**
Eric Parham
Leopold Radgowsky
Jerry Toler


**1991**
Zeila Page Breaux
Gerald Hemphill
Gene Thrailkill


**1992**
Anton "Tony" Goetz
James Matthews
Henry W. "Bill" Rotter


**1993**
Dean Coale
Keith Churchill
Larry Harris


**1994**
Kenneth Roy Allen
Melbern W. Nixon
Ed Schilde


**1995**
Peggy A. Myers
Donald G. Todd
Everett E. Wilcox


**1996**
Ray Bell
Ed Huckeby
Terry Segress


**1997**
Al Fitzgerril
Harlon Lamkin
Paris York


**1998**
Willeta Lamkin
James Neison


**1999**
Jerry Claussen
Dwight Dailey
Randy Hurst


**2000**
Alma Churchill
Leon Jewell
Ralph Pantalone


**2001**
Don Franks
Ken Grass
David Lucas


**2002**
George Fain
Bob Pyle
David Vandewalker


**2003**
Kathy Eby 
Bronson Warren
Frank Zugelder


**2004**
Bob Costello
Joe Wayne Harper
Tom Stout


**2005**
Ashley Alexander
Allen Correll
Kent Taylor


**2006**
John Parnell
LaVern "Pete" Peterson
Jim Swiggart


**2007**
Larry Beeby
David Holland
Jerrold Lawless


**2008**
Sandy Hentges
William K. Wakefield
Claude Wright


**2009**
L. Dale Barnett
Jim Clark
Ben Wojciechowsky


**2010**
Jim Hooper
Gordon Macklin
David Robison


**2011**
Walter Pitts
Steve Tipton
Jim Winkle


**2012**
Chris Bordelon
Jackie Gilley
Roy Jackson


**2013**
Bob Early
Jerry Hull
Martin King


**2014**
Charlie Bartrug
Nancy Bartrug
Kent Kidwell
Harley Thomas


**2015**
Donny Longest
Mike Westbrook
Steve Workman


**2016**
Mary Adcock
Susan Clothier
Jerry Cooper


​**2017**
Tim Brandt
Jimmy Davis
David Gorham
Jana Gorham

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**2018**
JoAnn Johnson
Mary Runyan
David Steidley


**2019**

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