Lee Boyd Montgomery, Jr.

Before retiring in May 2001, Lee Boyd Montgomery, Jr. served 45 years as a music educator, primarily as a band director in Texas and New Mexico. During his time as Director of Bands and Music at Westlake High School in Austin (1970-80), the program flourished. Westlake Band won 55 first division and first place awards including nine consecutive UIL Sweepstakes Awards for marching, concert and sight-reading and three consecutive UL Texas State Solo and Ensemble Sweepstakes. In 1975 and 1978 Lee Boyd received the Texas Music Educators Association's "Leadership and Achievement Award" after the Westlake band was selected as the best concert band in their classification in Texas. In 1975, he received the Mid-West International Band and Orchestra Clinic's "Medal of Honor". In 1978 and 1979, he received the National Band Association's "Citation of Excellence Award".

Lee Boyd moved to Seguin and served as Assistant Professor of Music at Texas Lutheran College from 1980-93. Among other honors, the TLC Concert Band was one of twelve to perform for the Biennial National Convention of College Band Directors. In 1982 he was selected by The School Musician Director and Teacher Magazine as one of ten musicians "who have made or are making outstanding contributions to and have left a lasting influence upon music education in the United States and Canada".

In 1995, Lee Boyd went to New Mexico. In 1997, while teaching in the Los Alamos Public Schools, both the Los Alamos High School Band and the Los Alamos Middle School Band were chosen "Best In Class" at the New Mexico Activities Association's State Concert Band Contest. This was the first time a band director won first place in more than one class at the festival. Lee Boyd worked in the Sante Fe Public Schools 1998-2001 prior to retiring.

Over the years, public school bands under Lee Boyd's leadership have won over 140 First Place and First Division (Superior) awards in marching, concert, sight reading and solo and ensemble contests. He was inducted into Phi Beta Mu Texas Bandmasters Hall of Fame in 2001 and received tenure at Texas Lutheran College in 1985.

Very active in the Lions Club, Lee Boyd is currently serving the Lions of New Mexico as a member of the Crane Reading Program Board of Directors, the New Mexico Lions Eye Foundation's State Eye Screening Coordinator, President of the New Mexico Past District Governors Association and President of the New Mexico Lions Band Foundation. Previously, while living in Seguin, Lee Boyd served as president (1990) and was elected Governor of District 2-S5 in 1993, the largest district in Texas with a membership of almost 2900 Lions. He received the Lions Clubs International 100% Governor's Award following his term of office. In 2000 Lee Boyd was awarded the New Mexico Lions' "Governor C. B. 'Hap' Beyer Award". He has also received three Melvin Jones Awards.

Lee Boyd has one daughter named Misty who lives in San Antonio with her husband Dean and Lee Boyd's four grandsons: Brady, Bryce, Brant and Brenner.