FMEA Past Presidents

With grateful appreciation, the Florida Music Education Association recognizes the history and chronology of its outstanding leadership.

Years	President	Conference Location
1944-1947	Otto Kraushaar	Tampa
1948	Fred McCall	Tampa
1949	Otto Kraushaar	Tampa
1950 & 1951	Wallace P. Gause	Tampa
1952 & 1953	Al G. Wright	Tampa
1954 & 1955	Harry McComb	Tampa
1956 & 1957	Frances Deen	Tampa
1958 & 1959	Howard Sawyers	Tampa
1960 & 1961	Alton L. Rine	Tampa
1962	Roy V. Wood	Miami
1963	Roy V. Wood	Daytona Beach
1964	Reid Poole	Daytona Beach
1965	Reid Poole	Jacksonville
1966 & 1967	Pauline Heft	Tampa
1968 & 1969	William Ledue	Daytona Beach
1970 & 1971	Charles Quarmby	Daytona Beach
1972	Peggy Joyce Barber	Daytona Beach
1973	Peggy Joyce Barber	Gainesville
1974 & 1975	William P. Foster	Daytona Beach
1976 & 1977	Andrew Wright	Orlando
1978	F. Lewis Jones	Orlando
1979	F. Lewis Jones	Tampa
1980	Alice S. Fague	Tampa
1981	Alice S. Fague	Daytona Beach
1982	Mary J. Palmer	Daytona Beach
1983	Mary J. Palmer	Jacksonville
1984	John R. DeYoung	Daytona Beach
1985	John R. DeYoung	Tampa
1986 & 1987	Raymond Kickliter	Tampa
1988 & 1989	Shelby R. Fullerton	Tampa
1990 & 1991	A. Byron Smith	Tampa
1992 & 1993	Bobby L. Adams	Tampa
1994 & 1995	Andre Arrouet	Tampa
1996 & 1997	Russell L. Robinson	Tampa
1998 & 1999	Kathleen D. Sanz	Tampa
2000 & 2001	Phillip D. Wharton	Tampa
2002 & 2003	Carolyn C. Minear	Tampa
2004 & 2005	Frank R. Howes	Tampa
2006 & 2007	Lucinda G. Balistreri	Tampa
2008 & 2009	Jeanne Reynolds	Tampa
2010 & 2011	Joseph Luechauer	Tampa
2012 & 2013	Sheila King	Tampa
2014 & 2015	Beth Ann Cummings	Tampa
2016 & 2017	John K. Southall	Tampa
2018 & 2019	Kenneth Williams	Tampa
2020	Steven N. Kelly	Tampa
2021	Steven N. Kelly	Virtual
2022 & 2023	Shelby Chipman	Tampa
2024 & 2025	Jason P. Locker	Tampa

Otto J. Kraushaar The first president of FMEA

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