Guest Conductors

1935 Harper C. Maybee, Western State Teachers College (WMU)
1937 Harper C. Maybee, Western State Teachers College (WMU)
1938 Harper C. Maybee, Western State Teachers College (WMU)
1939 Noble Cain, Chicago A Capella Choir
1940 Noble Cain, Chicago A Capella Choir
1941 Olaf Christiansen, Oberlin College
1942 Noble Cain, Chicago A Capella Choir
1943 Noble Cain, Chicago A Capella Choir
1946 George Howerton, Northwestern University
1947 Harry Robert Wilson, Columbia University
1948 Harry Robert Wilson, Columbia University
1949 Maynard Klein, University of Michigan
1950 Harry Robert Wilson, Columbia University
1951 David Machtel, Michigan State College (MSU)
1952 Russell Paxton, Indianapolis Arsenal Tech
1953 Hadyn Morgan, Michigan State Normal (EMU)
1954 Harry Robert Wilson, Columbia University
1955 Elwyn Carter, Western Michigan College (WMU)
1956 Kenneth Jewell, Detroit Pershing High School
1957 Gerhard Schroth, Chicago Lutheran High School
1958 Albert P. Smith, Grand Rapids Junior College
1959 Eugene F. Grove, Central Michigan College (CMU)
1960 John D. Raymond, Lafayette College (PA)
1961 Don H. Razey, J.W. Pepper, Inc. (NJ)
1962 W. Jack Best, Fred Warings's Pennsylvanians
1963 Weston H. Noble, Luther College (IA)
1964 Margaret Hillis, Roosevelt University (IL)
1965 Don Craig, Ithaca College (NY)
1966 John D. Raymond, Lafayette College (PA)
1967 George Putnam, Pontiac Public Schools
1968 Kenneth Jewell, Interlochen Arts Academy
1969 Paul Christiansen, Concordia College (MN)
1970 Alfred G. Richards, Battle Creek Central High School
1972 Mel Larimer, Olivet College (MI)
1973 Paul Schultz, East Lansing High School
1974 Leonard L. Riccinto, Grosse Pointe South High School
1975 Lloyd Pfautsch, Southern Methodist University
1976 Douglas McEwen, Arizona State University
1977 Clayton Krehbiel, Florida State University
1978 Charlene Archibeque, San Jose State University
1979 Douglas McEwen, Arizona State University
1980 Rodney Eichenberger, University of Southern California
1981 Clayton Krehbiel, Florida State University
1982 Donald Neuen, Eastman School of Music
1983 Charles Nelson, East Texas State University
1984 Eph Ehly, University of Missouri-Kansas City
1985 Joseph Huszti, University of California-Irvine
1986 Karle Erickson, Gustavus Adolphus College (MN)
1987 Sandra Willetts, Scarrett Graduate School (TN)
1988 Douglas McEwen, Arizona State University
1989 Rolland Shaw, Hinds Community College (MS)
1990 Jerry Jordan, University of Mississippi
1991 Eph Ehly, University of Missouri-Kansas City
1992 Sandra Willetts, Scarrett Graduate School (TN)
1993 Anton Armstrong, St. Olaf College (MN)
1994 Ann Howard Jones, Boston University
1995 Weston H. Noble, Luther College (IA)
1996 Richard Bjella, Lawrence University (WI)
1997 André Thomas, Florida State University
1998 Richard Mathey, Bowling Green State University (OH)
1999 Doreen Rao, University of Toronto
2000 Axel Theimer, St. John's University & College of St. Benedict (MN)
2001 Eph Ehly, University of Missouri-Kansas City
2002 Robert Bode, Whitman College (WA)
2003 Jing Ling-Tam, University of Texas at Arlington
2004 Dirk Garner, Oklahoma State University
2005 André Thomas, Florida State University
2006 Elizabeth Schauer, University of Arizona
2007 Craig Arnold, Luther College