AWARDS
PROGRAM
CALL
FOR NOMINATIONS
The Illinois Music
Educators Association is currently seeking nominations for
the following awards:
- Presidential Award
- "Mary Hoffman" Award of Excellence
- Distinguished Service Award
- Outstanding Administrator Award
- Honorary Life Membership Award
- 25 Year Recognition Awards
- Collegiate Chapter Recognition Award
Once all nominations
and the necessary supporting material have been received, a
decision will be made by the Awards Committee and the IMEA
Board of Directors. The selected recipients will then be notified,
in writing, and invited to receive the Award during the General
Session of our 2009 All-State Conference.
The IMEA Awards Program
supports our efforts to recognize outstanding achievements
of peers, those preparing to be music educators, as well as
those outside the music education profession. We strive to
honor our most distinguished colleagues and increase the visibility
of our most supportive benefactors.
Awards descriptions
and nomination/application forms are available in the Illinois
Music Educator Journal and as "pdf" files below. Please
take a moment to review each Award carefully. If you would
like to make a nomination, please follow the directions given,
and mail your completed nomination form and ALL supporting
materials to:
John Heath
IMEA Awards Chair
Batavia High School
1200 W Wilson
Batavia, IL 60510
DEADLINE
FOR NOMINATIONS: Third Friday in October Annually (October
17, 2008)
Only MENC/IMEA members
are eligible to submit nominations. Nominations received without
the required supporting information may not be considered. Nominations
must be submitted by current IMEA/MENC members. These nominations
will be considered for 2009 All-State presentation ONLY.
AWARD
OF DISTINCTION
1995
- Merle J. Issac, Des Plaines
1998 - Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Sir Georg Solti, Conductor
2002 - USAF Band, Bolling AFB, Col. Lowell E. Graham, Conductor
2004 - Jazz at Lincoln Center and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra,
Wynton Marsalis, Artistic Director
PRESIDENTIAL
AWARD
1982 |
Mark Hindsley |
1995 |
Will Schmid |
1986 |
Richard Hoffland |
1996 |
Tom Wisniewski |
1988 |
John Paynter |
1998 |
Paul Lehman |
1991 |
Richard Colwell |
1999 |
Harry Begian |
1992 |
Weston Noble |
2000 |
Eunice Boardman |
1993 |
Tim Lautzenheiser |
2003 |
Charles Leonhard |
1994 |
Bennett Reimer |
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DISTINGUISHED
MUSIC EDUCATOR AWARD
1974 |
W. H. Beckmeyer |
1975 |
Ruth H. Burlison |
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Sten Halfvarson |
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Esther Duncan |
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Franklin Kreider |
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Oren Gould |
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Arthur Sweet |
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C. B. "Chic" Nesler |
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Leo J. Silva |
1977 |
Marjorie Reeves |
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Bernard Stiner |
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Thomas Richardson |
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Bruce Houseknecht |
MARY
HOFFMAN EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING AWARD
1999 |
Joy Lynn Beebe |
2004 |
Charles Staley, Jr. |
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Greg Bimm |
2005 |
Bill Hudson |
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Richard Curlee |
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Ross Kellan |
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Joseph Grant |
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Paula Deutsch Mueller |
2000 |
Richard Griffiths |
2006 |
David Danckwart |
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Joseph Malmquist |
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Brenda Kimble |
2001 |
Judy Lynn Moe |
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Jane Wilkins Scott |
2002 |
Jane Hindsley |
2007 |
Cliff Kaminsky |
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Diane Hires |
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Sherrie Welles |
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Karen Mazza |
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Joy Wirth |
2003 |
Gary Smith |
2008 |
Mark Bettcher |
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Duane Tutaj |
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Carol Broos |
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Susan Young |
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James Stegall |
DISTINGUISHED
SERVICE AWARD
1979 |
Clifton Burmeister |
1992 |
Paul Beringer |
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Cloyd Meyers |
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Robert Guenzelr |
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Traugott Rohner |
1993 |
Dean Sayles |
1980 |
Winifred Cantrell |
1994 |
Charles Engel |
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Robert Climer |
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Eddrie Kinnison |
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Ray Makeever |
1995 |
William E. Schnell |
1981 |
Robert Dvorak |
1996 |
Mary Boller |
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Boyd White |
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John Fitchuk |
1982 |
Tal Smith |
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Wayne Macomber |
1983 |
Frank Laurie |
1998 |
James Kidder |
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Walter Rodby |
1999 |
Paul Bauer |
1984 |
Mary Hoffman |
2001 |
Judy Dawson |
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Dale Kimpton |
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Sam Reese |
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Charles Leonard |
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David Williams |
1985 |
Eunice Dansby |
2002 |
Ronald Engstrom |
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John Kinnison |
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Antonio Garcia |
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George Wilson |
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James Rimington |
1986 |
Charles Beckman |
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Peter Webster |
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Melvin Pontius |
2003 |
Donald Davis |
1987 |
Gordon Bird |
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Margaret Kelly |
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Daniel Perrino |
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Randolph Kummer |
1988 |
Robert Allen |
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Deborah Sheldon |
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Theodore Paschedag |
2005 |
Milton Scott |
1989 |
Robert Baile |
2006 |
Kris Cox |
1991 |
Ernest O. Caneva |
2007 |
Daniel Dietrich |
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Arthur L. Schmittler |
2008 |
William Jastrow |
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Paul Rosene |
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HONORARY
LIFE MEMBERSHIP AWARD
1988 |
Lynne Bonnell |
1993 |
Michael Greene |
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Sally Sawyer |
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Karl Bruhn |
1991 |
Clay Marks |
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Mary E. Gay |
1992 |
Lowell Samuel |
1996 |
John Walters |
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1997 |
Paul Simon |
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2004 |
Robert Morrison |
OUTSTANDING
ADMINISTRATOR AWARD
1992 |
Robert Meixner |
2001 |
William Freeman |
1993 |
David Stauffacher |
2002 |
Frederick Wildermuth |
1994 |
Robert Cooper |
2003 |
David Kroeze |
1996 |
Tom Gibbs |
2005 |
James A. Miller |
1997 |
James F. Asher |
2006 |
Michael Gardner |
1998 |
Donald Wold |
2007 |
James Drengwitz |
1999 |
Michael J. Mugge |
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William Leensvaart |
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Charles Snook |
2008 |
Monica Schmitt
|
2000 |
David Barnwell |
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James Shellard |
COLLEGIATE CHAPTER RECOGNITION AWARD
2006 - Augustana College,
Rock Island
ILLINOIS
OUTSTANDING TOTAL MUSIC PROGRAM AWARD
1992 - New Trier High School, Winnetka
1993 - Downers Grove North and South High Schools
If you would like
more information about the Awards Program, please
contact:
John Heath
Batavia High School
1200 W Wilson
Batavia, IL 60510
(630) 879-4600 X4828
Fax: (630) 879-4698
john.heath@bps101.net
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