AWARDS AND HONORS:
Eagle Scout, Troop #238 Price Utah 1949
Phi Kappa Phi 1957
Phi Kappa Lambda 1962
Omicron Delta Kappa 1965
Gold Medal – Most Outstanding Graduate, College of Eastern Utah 1957
Keeler Award – Most Outstanding Musician, Brigham Young University 1959
Klein Memorial Scholarship, Brigham Young University 1958
Rocky Mountain Forensics Invitational: 1st Place – Men’s Oratory 1956
Rocky Mountain Forensics Invitational: 1st Place – Impromptu Speaking 1956
Phi Rho Pi National Speech Meet; Finalist Debate – Men’s Oratory 1956
Tau Beta Sigma (Honorary Member) 1965
Kappa Kappa Psi (1st Honorary Member at Florida State University) 1963
Who’s Who in American Education 1985
Outstanding Educators of America 2007
Leaders in Education 1971
Dictionary of International Biography 1972
Men of Achievement 1977
Who’s Who in America 1964-continuously
International Who’s Who in Music 1985
President’s Teaching Award, The Florida State University 1977
The World Who’s Who of Musicians 1980
International Who’s Who in Education 1985
International Directory of Distinguished Leadership
Who’s Who in the World (Pearl Edition)1980
Ross Oglesby Award 1997
President’s Council for Excellence in College Teaching 1996
Special Recognition Award for Research, SEC-NAMT, 1st Recipient 1985
Listed in Groves dictionary of Music
University Distinguished Teacher Professor, The Florida State University, 1st Group of
Recipients 1989
Guardian of the Flame Faculty Award, The Florida State University, 1st Group of Recipients
2008
Outstanding Graduate Faculty Mentor Award, The Florida State University, 1st Group of
Recipients 2004
Honorary Doctorate, Utah State University-College of Eastern Utah, Price 2009
Cultural Leadership Citation, Yale University 2007
Wall of Fame Recipient FSU Band Alumni Association 2012
Florida Band Association, Role of Distinction 2015
FSU Emeritus Alumni Society Commitment to Excellent Award 2019
Highest Awards Given in Field
Publications Award, National Association for Music Therapy, 1st Recipient 1988
Senior Researcher Award, Music Educators National Conference, 1st Recipient 1986-1988
Award of Merit, National Association for Music Therapy, 1st Recipient 1988
Presidential Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Field of Music Therapy, National Association for Music Therapy
Distinguished Service to Music Medal, Highest Honor Bestowed by Kappa Kappa Psi (National Band Fraternity) 1999
Outstanding Music Therapy Pioneer Award (for establishing one of five international models of music therapy), World Federation of Music Therapy 1999
Music Educators National Conference Hall of Fame 2002
Lowell Mason Fellow, Music Educators National Conference 2002
Lifetime Achievement Award, American Association for Music Therapy 2006
Presidential Citation: Special Recognition for 50 years of Continuous Refereed Research Presentations at the National Conferences of the American Music Therapy Association 2010.
Presidential Award, Extraordinary Committee Leadership, Research Committee AMTA 1976-2011
Honorary Life Member, Research Commission, International Society for Music Education,
Brazil 2016
Honorary Life Member, International Society for Music Education 2018
Lifetime Achievement Award, Society for Education, Music and Psychology 2019