SDBA Past Presidents

Harold GrantSD Assoc. of Band & Orchestra Directors - 1938 (organization name changed to SDBA in 1940)

Edwin McTaggartSDBA President - 1941

F. H. JohnsonSDBA President - 1942 (SDBA inactive 1943-46 because of WWII)

Willard FejfarSDBA President - 1947-51

Ardeen FossSDBA President - 1952

Burrill MonkSDBA President - 1953

Solomon KothSDBA President - 1954

Fred JohnsonSDBA President - 1955

Francis BensonSDBA President - 1956

Don McCabeSDBA President - 1957-58

Doug CarpenterSDBA President - 1959-60

Henry ElsterSDBA President - 1961-62

Richard MylinSDBA President - 1963-64

Ron HilgenbergSDBA President - 1965-66

Paul HedgeSDBA President - 1967-68

Bob KingSDBA President - 1969-70

Milo WinterSDBA President - 1971-72

Warren HatfieldSDBA President - 1973-74

Len VellekSDBA President - 1975-76

Dennis DafoeSDBA President - 1977-78

Jack KnowlesSDBA President - 1979-80

Orville EvensonSDBA President - 1981-82

Merle LarsonSDBA President - 1983-84

Glenn SiversonSDBA President - 1985-86

Dennis HeggSDBA President - 1987-88

Dave HaugenSDBA President - 1989-90

Dale FiedlerSDBA President - 1991-92

Marlin PedersenSDBA President - 1993-94

Arlen HoferSDBA President - 1995-96

Jim SmithSDBA President - 1997-98

Larry JohnsonSDBA President - 1999-2000

Jerry LetcherSDBA President - 2001-02

Bob GoheenSDBA President - 2003-04

Toby RathSDBA President - 2005-06

Patricia BauleSDBA President - 2007-08

Bob CarlsonSDBA President - 2009-10

Gary HansenSDBA President - 2011-12

Helen MogenSDBA President - 2013-14

Don DownsSDBA President - 2015-16

Larry PetersenSDBA President - 2017-18

Jeff PatzlaffSDBA President - 2019-20

Mary CogswellSDBA President - 2020-21