Fort Wayne Chapter The American Guild of Organists
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The Fort Wayne Chapter of the American Guild of Organists
Chapter History Time Line
 
 
The Fort Wayne Chapter was Founded in 1946 by the following:
  • Mrs. Ralph H. Bromelmeier, Bethany Presbyterian Church
  • Grayson W. Brottmiller, Emmanuel Lutheran Church
  • Mrs. J. Henry Curdes, Plymouth Congregational Church
  • Mrs. I. H. Freeman, supply organist
  • Helen M. Lawrence
  • Miss Frances Lock, St. Paul Catholic Church
  • Thomas G. McCarthy, Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
  • Miss Harriet Northrop, First Presbyterian Church
  • Alice Hanna Richardson
  • Miss Thelma Ringlen, supply organist
  • Mrs. Mark Riseborough
  • Rudolph O. Schmidt, Emmaus Lutheran Church
  • Mrs. E. C. Sieving, St. John Lutheran Church
  • Neil J. Thompson, St. Patrick's Catholic Church
  • Miss Emma S. Troeger, St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
  • Carl L. Waldschmidt, Bethlehem Lutheran Church

DEANS
Members with knowledge of missing Deans' names are asked to submit
​the information using the form on the Home Page.
 
1946 thru 1954
Missing Records

 
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

2019-2021
Mark Handy

2021-2025
​Tim Robison

2025-
Noah Vancina