A founder of the AGO and the School of Sacred Music at Union Theological Seminary, Clarence Dickinson (1873-1969) was known as the Dean of American Church Musicians. Dr. Dickinson - organist and choirmaster, composer, virtuoso, performer, author, lecturer, and teacher - worked in all his capacities to broaden appreciation of organ music and reach new audiences. He worked tirelessly to improve the quality of church music, even as he celebrated his 90th birthday conducting a large choral festival at The Riverside Church in Manhattan. Clarence Dickinson's legacy will forever uphold a standard of excellence in church music.
In 1997, 16 members of the Guild became charter members of the Clarence Dickinson Society by including the AGO in their will or estate plans. They were Lorene S. Banta, Muriel W. Crowley (deceased), Paul J. Danilewski, Harriet L. Dearden, Winifred Howe, Edwin H. Holmberg, Jr., Joel H. Kuznik, Wm. A. Little, John Obetz, Helen A. Osterberg, W. James Owen, Frank J. Poole, Jr., Peggy Kelley Reinburg, Charles L. Smith, Jr., Frederick Swann, and Clementine Miller Tangeman (deceased). We extend our heartfelt thanks to all these visionaries.
Membership in the Society grows each year. By including the AGO in their will or estate plans, these individuals have displayed a public commitment to the mission of the Guild that will transcend their earthly life. Their bequests will forever be a living testimony to their belief in the work of the American Guild of Organists. Your legacy can do the same. Won't you join us?
Members of the
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Barbara W. Adler
Lucie Ford Anderson
Donald C. Auberger, Jr., cago
Christopher Babcock
David G. Bahrke
† Lorene S. Banta
Mary Lou Criss Barker
Ted W. Barr
Paula Jane Barta, spc
Bruce P. Bengtson, aago
† Roberta Bitgood, fago, chm
Andrew A. Bowen, CAGO
† Brian L. Buehler
John-Paul Buzard
† Don G. Campbell
Cary W. Castellaw
James David Christie
Thomas and Mary Clark
Stephen Z. Cook, cago
† John E. Courter, fago
† Joseph W. Coutret
Charlotte F. Cordes, cago
† Muriel W. Crowley
Paul J. Danilewski
† Vernon L. deTar, fago
Harriet L. Dearden, aago
William D. Dickinson
Delbert D. Disselhorst
John Ditto
Nancy Ruyle Dodge
Geoffrey J. Druce, md
Alice Dubpernell
Linda Wilberger Egan
Steven L. Egler
Sheldon F. Eldridge, Jr.
Dennis Elwell
Jane Errera, chm
Margaret R. Evans
Henry S. Fusner, aago
Stephen W. Garner
Norman and Ethel Geist, cago
Dr. and Mrs. Ronald L. Gould, aago
† Dennis L. Goward
E Lary Grossman, spc
Terrie Harman, CAGO
† Charles N. Henderson
Shirley Hill, AAGO
Edwin H. Holmberg, Jr.
Karen and Walter Holtkamp
Winifred Howe
† Rudolf O. Inselmann
Calvert Johnson
Jeanne R. Johnson
Paul R. Jones
Robert Burns King
Richard F. Kline Jr.
Ralph Kneeream
† Joel H. Kuznik
Ann Labounsky, fago
Wm. A. Little
Kenneth D. Lowenberg, fago
† Cameron Magnon
Lorraine M. Magnuson
Fred S. Mauk
J. Barbara McKelway
† Ruth Milliken, aago
Robert L. Moncrief
Philip T. Newton Jr., cago
Frances Nobert
John Obetz
† Helen A. Osterberg
Barbara Owen, ChM
W. James Owen
† Lyle F. Perusse, cago
† Ronald G. Pogorzelski and Lester D. Yankee
† Frank J. Poole, Jr.
Robert S. Plimpton II
Michael Quimby
Peggy Kelley Reinburg
Stephen T. Roberts
Jayson Rodovsky-Engquist
Roger W. Roszell, spc
† Marjorie D. Sawyer
Thomas J. Secor
† Ellena A. Sewell
Morgan F. Simmons
† Edward F. Small
M. Ellen Southard
Virginia Strohmeyer-Miles, cago
Frederick Swann
Peter Sykes
† Clementine Miller Tangeman
Mark A. Thallander
Violet E. Thomas
James E. Thomashower
F. Anthony Thurman
Ralph F. Tilden
Lois Z. Toeppner
† Martha Lee Cain Tranby
George E. Tutwiler
Charles J. Updegraph
Paul Valente
John T. Vernieu
Victoria L. Wagner
John C. Walker, fago
John Powel Walsh
† D. DeWitt Wasson, chm
Marianne Webb
† William B. Weeks, aago
† Kathryn E. Weyand
Henry White
Mina Belle Packer Wichmann
Esther Cupps Wideman
† Charles T. Witmer
Barclay F. Wood
Robert W. Woody
† M. Searle Wright, fago
† Gordon Young
Anonymous (4)
† Deceased
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Membership in the Clarence Dickinson Society requires no minimum financial commitment. For more information about estate planning and wills, please contact AGO Director of Development and Communications, F. Anthony Thurman, 475 Riverside Drive, Suite 1260, New York, NY 10115, TEL 212-870-2310, FAX 212-870-2163, or E-MAIL fathurman@agohq.org.
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