Outstanding Alumnus Award

This award is presented annually by the Ball State University School of Music and its Music Alumni Association.

2012 Outstanding Alumnus Award Winner Dr. David Garrett (center) along with Dr. John Scheib (left) and Dr. Peter Opie (right)

• 1958: Glenn Stepleton
• 1959: Ralph E. Hart
• 1960: Ethel Green Adams
• 1961: Carroll Copeland
• 1962: Walter Shaw
• 1963: Joseph Naumcheff
• 1964: Dee Stewart
• 1965: Marianna Riddick
• 1966: Wilbur Pursley
• 1967: Francis Barker
• 1968: Evelyn Messmore
• 1969: Marilyn Smiley
• 1970: Floyd Burt
• 1971: Judith Wyrick Abbott
• 1972: Don Neuen
• 1973: Ralph Horine
• 1974: Robert Miller
• 1975: Virginia Schoeff
• 1976: Kenneth Ward Matthews
• 1977: Peter Figert
• 1978: Patricia Taylor Pivnick
• 1979: Dorothy Copeland Elliott
• 1980: Lawrence J. Stewart
• 1982: Jacque Trussel
• 1983: Joseph Scagnoli
• 1984: Tim Lautzenheiser
• 1985: Jack Kelly
• 1986: Tom Preble1987: Susan Taylor
• 1988: Erwin C. Mueller
• 1989: Mary Alice Cox
• 1990: Peggy Bennett
• 1991: Robert W. Shauver
• 1992: Jan Morris
• 1993: Marilyn Copeland Davidson
• 1994: Roberto Gonzalez
• 1995: Duilio Dobrin
• 1996: Laurence Kaptain
• 1997: James F. O'Donnell
• 1998: Patricia Wiehe
• 1999: Joe Barnard
• 2000: James Butz
• 2001: Penny Dimmick
• 2002: Susan Finger
• 2003: C. Brad Foley
• 2004: William D. Moylan
• 2005: Lynn Asper
• 2006: James Yarnell
• 2007: Angelin Chang
• 2010: Janet S. Stearns
• 2011: Michael R. Gagliardo
• 2012: David Garrett