The Fort Wayne Chapter of the American Guild of Organists
Chapter History Time Line
The Fort Wayne Chapter was Founded by the following:
DEANS
Members with knowledge of missing Deans' names are asked to submit
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
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
Members with knowledge of missing Deans' names are asked to submit
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