- J.R. McEntyre (2008)
- Bryce Taylor (2006)
- Dr. Gary Garner (2005)
Director of Bands, West Texas State University 1963-2002,
- James F. Keene (2002)
George W. Brownfield Professor of Music and Chair of the University Bands Division, University of Illiniois
- Colonel Eugene Allen, US Army ret.
Commander & Conductor of The U.S. Army Band, 1976-1990
- Colonel Bryan Shelburne, US Army ret.
Commander & Conductor of The U.S. Army Band, 1990-2000
- Dr. Francis McBeth
Professor of Music,
Resident Composer and Chairman of the Theory-Composition Department at
Ouachita University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas.
- Colonel Samuel Kurtz
- Colonel John R. Bourgeois, USMC ret.
Director Emeritus of "The President’s Own", The U.S. Marine Corps Band, 1979-1996
- Colonel George S. Howard, USAF ret.
Commander & Conductor of The U.S. Air Force Band, 1944-1963