Some years back, I began collecting information about band captains and drum majors throughout the band’s history. This is what was collected. It’s very incomplete and not definitive. Please let me know if you have information to fill in or correct the entries here.
Thanks much!
| School Year Ending | Band Captain | Drum Major | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1929 | ♫♫♫ | ||
| 1930 | Bottoms, George W. | ||
| 1931 | Pennington, Edward A. | ||
| 1932 | Campbell, John L.P. | ||
| 1933 | McFadden, Neil L. | ||
| 1934 | |||
| 1935 | |||
| 1936 | Kauffman, Herbert H. | ||
| 1937 | |||
| 1938 | |||
| 1939 | |||
| 1940 | Trump, Bertran D. | ||
| 1941 | Smith, Gerald W. | ||
| 1942 | Fowler, Donald E. | ||
| 1943 | |||
| 1944 | Miller, Donald E. | ||
| 1945 | Hanner, Frank A. | ||
| 1946 | Kautz, Charles T. | ||
| 1947 | Weller, Thomas G. | ||
| 1948 | Cavanaugh, Thomas, G. | ||
| 1949 | Sawicki, Henry J. | ||
| 1950 | Carson, Robert B. | The Duke Years | |
| 1951 | Leister, Richard W. | Pagenkemper, R | The Duke Years |
| 1952 | Schludecker, Otto A. | Pagenkemper, R | The Duke Years |
| 1953 | Dodson, John P. | Pagenkemper, R | The Duke Years |
| 1954 | Wilkinson, Blain R. | The Duke Years | |
| 1955 | Bohman, Jack E. | The Duke Years | |
| 1956 | Toal, A. Robert | The Duke Years | |
| 1957 | Clark, John H. | Jack Martens | The Duke Years |
| 1958 | Freeman, George, W. | The Duke Years | |
| 1959 | Goodstein, Richard K. | Al Grosskurth | The Duke Years |
| 1960 | Jeffords, Robert F. | The Duke Years | |
| 1961 | Gans, William T. | The Duke Years | |
| 1962 | Fleming, James M. | Dave Gardner | The Duke Years |
| 1963 | Dunkelberger, George R. | Dunkelberger | The Duke Years |
| 1964 | Gass, S Hess, J was promoted | Fisher | The Duke Years |
| 1965 | Fisher, Spencer A. | Fisher | The Duke Years |
| 1966 | Ronningen, Erik O. | James Spangler | The Duke Years |
| 1967 | Llewellyn, David P. | Jim Spangler | The Duke Years |
| 1968 | Sheffer, Kirby W. | Tim Sasser | The Duke Years |
| 1969 | Gower, William R. | Maynard, E | The Duke Years |
| 1970 | Maynard, E. Gerry | Maynard, E | The Duke Years |
| 1971 | Link, Jon M. | Brooks, Michael | The Duke Years |
| 1972 | Kear, William F. | Ream, Greg | The Duke Years |
| 1973 | McKee, Martin | Zimmerman, Jeff | The Duke Years |
| 1974 | Hamme, Robert A. | Zimmerman, Jeff | The Duke Years |
| 1975 | McKibbin, William J. | Wolfe, Dan | The Duke Years |
| 1976 | Leri, Jeffrey L. | Tobin, Jeff | The Duke Years |
| 1977 | Wolf, Erik | Shisler, Gary | |
| 1978 | Merrigan, Kevin | Haught, David D. | |
| 1979 | Haught, David D. | Haught, David D. | |
| 1980 | Wild, Douglas | ||
| 1981 | Pierce, Keith | ||
| 1982 | |||
| 1983 | |||
| 1984 | |||
| 1985 | Weiss, Mark R. | ||
| 1986 | Makely, Michael J. | ||
| 1987 | |||
| 1988 | |||
| 1989 | |||
| 1990 | |||
| 1991 | |||
| 1992 | |||
| 1993 | Doug Minnick/Tobin Brown | Tom Muther | |
| 1994 | Bryan Walbridge | Tom Muther | |
| 1995 | |||
| 1996 | |||
| 1997 | |||
| 1998 | |||
| 1999 | Frank Tantillo | ||
| 2000 | Greg Offner | ||
| 2001 | Greg Offner | ||
| 2002 | Aaron Owen | Aaron Owen | |
| 2003 | Michael Tillistrand | Michael Sullivan | |
| 2004 | Brian Weinstein/Colin Davis | Renato Kane | |
| 2005 | Benjamin Fox | Renato Kane | |
| 2006 | Frank Farrow-Matthews | Robert Jordan | |
| 2007 | Alex Dooley | ||
| 2008 | |||
| 2009 | |||
| 2010 | |||
| 2011 | |||
| 2012 | |||
| 2013 | |||
| 2014 | |||
| 2015 | |||
| 2016 | |||
| 2017 |