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:
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-Present
Tim Robison
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-Present
Tim Robison