Back in ’72 I graduated from IWU’s School of Music where I got a great education. In fact, my wife and I will be visiting Minnesota, where our son will be graduating from grad school. While there, we will visit Dr. David Gehrenbeck and his wife, Helen. He was my organ teacher at IWU that many years ago! We still keep up, and see each other once or twice a year.

Since graduating from IWU, I have been very active in the “organ world”. I have been the dean of the Fox Valley AGO (American Guild of Organists) Chapter, been the Illinois Chairman of the AGO, been on one national convention planning committee (2200+ organists attended); and quite recently I was elected to the post of Regional Counselor for the Great Lake States for the AGO.

I have given organ lessons to kids at my church for over 30 years and this summer I plan to teach at an AGO summer camp for young students!