This is a list of some of the notable members of Kappa Kappa Psi, national honorary fraternity for college bandmembers. Kappa Kappa Psi was founded on November 27, 1919, at Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College in Stillwater, Oklahoma. Kappa Kappa Psi became a coeducational organization in 1977, and at the national convention in 1989, the fraternity voted to call all members "brothers" regardless of sex or gender.
Prominent members
Founding Fathers
William Alexander Scroggs, "Founder" William Houston Coppedge Clyde DeWitt Haston George Asher Hendrickson Dick Hurst A. Frank Martin, "Mr. Kappa Kappa Psi" Iron Hawthorne Nelson Raymond David Shannon Clayton Everett Soule Carl Anderson Stevens
Other important early members
These members were not undergraduate members or considered "founding fathers," but were important to the early success of the fraternity.
Dr. Hilton Ira Jones, professor of chemistry; gave the name and Greek letters "Kappa Kappa Psi" Bohumil Makovsky, the "Guiding Spirit" of Kappa Kappa Psi; Oklahoma A&M band director Colonel Frank D. Wickham, ROTC Commandant; assisted with work on the Ritual
Band leaders
Herbert L. Clarke Henry Fillmore Edwin Franko Goldman Richard Franko Goldman Derek Hilliard George S. Howard Karl King Paul Lavalle Frank Simon John Philip Sousa
Composers
Leroy Anderson Milton Babbitt Robert Russell Bennett Lucien Caillet Hoagy Carmichael Jay Chattaway Paul Creston Norman Dello Joio Don Gillis Julie Giroux Morton Gould Ferde Grofe David Holsinger Karel Husa David Maslanka Bill Moffit Václav Nelhýbel Robert W. Smith
Educators
Leonard Falcone Frederick Fennell William P. Foster Isaac B. Greggs Tim Lautzenheiser Tyler Long Joseph Maddy William Revelli H. Robert Reynolds Thomas Tyra Herman B Wells John Whitwell
Performing artists
Count Basie William Bell Velvet Brown Ray Charles Van Cliburn John Denver Mo B. Dick Dwele Earth, Wind & Fire Maynard Ferguson Pete Fountain Dizzy Gillespie Al Hirt Dave Hollister Freddie Hubbard Stan Kenton Ellie Mannette Branford Marsalis Wynton Marsalis Harvey Phillips Sigurd Rascher Buddy Rich Lionel Richie Peter Schickele ("P. D. Q. Bach") Doc Severinsen Ed Shaughnessy Red Skelton Rickey Smiley Midnight Star Fred Waring Lawrence Welk D'Extra Wiley
Others Neil Armstrong, Apollo 11 astronaut and first person to walk on the Moon Lauro Cavazos, United States Secretary of Education Bill Clinton, President of the United States Bob Knight, long-time coach of the Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team Chuck Norris, actor Truman Washington Dailey, member of the Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians and last native speaker of the Chiwere language
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