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 on 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.

Brother 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.

Price Doyle was an initiate of the Gamma Delta Chapter at Murray State University and served as former Executive Secretary. He was awarded the “Man of Music” Award posthumously in 1967.

Doyle was also a professor and the head of the School of Music at Murray State from 1930 to 1957, leaving a lasting impression on his Alma Mater. In addition to being an alumnus, the fine arts building at the university was dedicated to him years after its completion, naming it the “Price Doyle Fine Arts Center” on December 5, 1971. 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.