The Fort Wayne Chapter of the American Guild of Organists
Chapter History Time Line
 
 
The Fort Wayne Chapter was Founded by the following:

• Mrs. Ralph H. Bromelmeier, Bethany Presbyterian
• Grayson W. Brottmiller, Emmanuel Lutheran
• Mrs. J. Henry Curdes, Plymouth Congregational
• Mrs. I. H. Freeman, supply organist
• Helen M. Lawrence
• Miss Frances Lock, St. Paul Catholic
• Thomas G. McCarthy, Cathedral
• Miss Harriet Northrop, First Presbyterian
• Alice Hanna Richardson
• Miss Thelma Ringlen, supply organist
• Mrs. Mark Riseborough
• Rudolph O. Schmidt, Emmaus Lutheran
• Mrs. E. C. Sieving, St. John Lutheran
• Neil J. Thompson, St. Patrick Catholic
• Miss Emma S. Troeger, St. Paul’s Lutheran
• Carl L. Waldschmidt, Bethlehem Lutheran

DEANS
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​the information using the form on the Home Page.
 
1946-1947
 
 

1947-1948
 
 

1948-1949
 
 

1949-1950
 
 

1950-1951
 
 

1951-1952
 
 

1952-1953
 
 

1953-1954
 
 

1954-1955
Neil Thompson

1955-1956
Fred Jackish

1956-1957
 

1957-1959
Richard Carlson
 
1959-1960
 

1960-1961
Jack Ruhl
 
1961-1963
Darwin Leitz
 
1963-1966
Richard Carlson
 
1966-1967
Kathleen Detrick
 
1968-1969
Fritz Gingrich
 
1969-1971
Joel Kuznik
 
1971-1972
Ed Throm
 
1972-1975
Bill Shoot

1975-1976
Fritz Gingrich
 
1976-1979
Irene Orr

1979-1981
James Boschker
 
1981-1982
 

1982-1983
 

1983-1984
Darwin Leitz
 
1984-1985
Craig Dohring
 
1985-1987
C. Kenneth Stein
 
1987-1988
Marty Johnson
 
1988-1989
James Boschker/
Robert Hobby
 
1989-1990
Robert Hobby
 
1990-1991
Wayne Peterson
 
1991-1993
Michael Hollman
 
1993-1994
Robert Nance
 
1994-1996
John Gouwens
 
1996-1997
Irene Ator
 
1997-1999
David Henning
 
1999-2001
Jane Hicks
 
2001-2003
Steven Sheftz
 
2003-2005
Tim Robison
 
2005-2007
Chris Nelson
 
2007-2009
John Gouwens
 
2010-2014
Greg Vey
 
2014-2018
Martin Gigler
 
2018-2019
Randy Wurschmidt

2019-present
Mark Handy, Acting Dean