William C. Warfield was born January 22nd,  1920.

Brother Warfield was an honorary initiate of the Delta Lambda Chapter at Ball State University in 1961.

A celebrated concert artist and actor, Warfield was named the Fraternity’s 11th “Man of Music” in 1976. He was considered to be one of the world’s experts on Negro spirituals and German Lieder, and held the title of “America’s Musical Ambassador.”

Long recognized as a master performer, most people remember him for his roles as Joe in the 1951 film Showboat. Warfield also appeared as Porgy in the 1952 productions of Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess, as well as De Lawd in the TV show Green Pastures.

William Revelli was born February 12th, 1902.

William D. Revelli, an alumnus of the Alpha Lambda Chapter of Phi Mu Alpha at Illinois Wesleyan University, was awarded the Charles E. Lutton “Man of Music” Award in 1994. “Bill” Revelli served as the director of the University of Michigan Marching Band from 1935 to 1971. During his term he reinvented the way the university band played and performed, elevating the standard for collegiate marching bands. He was a dedicated, albeit strict director who believed the best way to coach a band was like coaching a football team. He moved college marching bands away from rigid military formations and was the first to make college marching bands synchronize music and movement. Revelli’s method gained him international acclaim for this new style of precision.

Price A. Doyle was born February 21st, 1896.

Awarded the “Man of Music” Award in 1967, Price Doyle was an initiate of the Gamma Delta chapter of Phi Mu Alpha at Murray State University and former Executive Secretary of Phi Mu Alpha. Awarded posthumously, he was notified when he was decided on the award and accepted after serving Phi Mu Alpha for eighteen years. Doyle has had a lasting impression on his Alma Mater’s school of music. In addition to be an alumnus, his name has been attached to the fine arts building at the university. In addition to this, Doyle was also the dean of the Music School for some time. Doyle also served as the president of the National Association of Schools of Music. Formed in 1924, it established national standards for undergraduate and graduate degrees at music schools.

W. Francis McBeth was born March 9th, 1933.

Sinfonia’s Man of Music for the 1988 Convention was William Francis McBeth, resident composer and professor and chairman of the theory-composition department at Ouachita University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas. He has been awarded the Presley Award from Hardin-Simmons University, the ASCAP Special Award, the American School Ban Directors Association’s Edwin Ranko Goldman Award, and the Howard Hanson Prize from the Eastman School of Music. An initiate of the Alpha Iota Chapter at the University of Texas, McBeth remains one of the most performed American symphonic wind composers. His works, including such pieces as “Kaddish”, “Joyant Narrative”, and “Masque” , are considered to be standard repertoire for most wind ensembles.