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Presidents of the Amarillo Philharmonic Orchestral Association

Wes Izzard

1932-1933

A.E. Meyer

1933-1934

Ross D. Rogers

1934-1935

Dr. Lloyd E. Robinson

1935-1936

Fancher Upshaw Sr.

1936-1937

A.E. Meyer

1937-1938

Wes Izzard

1938-1939

John Ballard

1939-1941

Rex B. Baxter

1941-1943

G. Don Hughes

1943-1944

Lon D. Edwards

1944-1945

Robert P. Dorough

1945-1946

Mrs. Sam Seay

1946-1947

Lee T. Bivins

1947-1948

C.S. Lambie

1948-1949

Lee T. Bivins

1949-1950

Presidents of the Amarillo Symphony

C.S. Lambie

1950-1951

Eddie Melin

1951-1953

Horace E. Wilson

1953-1956

W. Harold Gordon

1956-1958

Mrs. Sterling Kinney

1958-1959

Bourden R. Barfield

1959-1961

Dr. John Denko

1961-1963

Monte Rosenwald

1963-1965

William A. Clarke Jr.

1965-1966

R.E. Crudgington

1966-1968

Sterling Kinney

1968-1970

W. Travis Aaron

1970-1972

Hugo Loewenstern Jr.

1972-1973

F. Dee Stark

1973-1975

James A. Gilmer

1975-1976

Glen Soderstrom

1976-1977

Charles O. Cathcart

1977-1978

Richard M. Kidwell

1978-1979

Dr. H.D. Yarbrough

1979-1981

Neal R. Allen

1981-1981

Mrs. Gene Edwards

1981-1982

Mrs. James B. Franklin

1982-1984

James C. Holcomb

1984-1986

William F. Countiss

1986-1988

Mac Hancock

1988-1989

Harry Phillips

1989-1991

Don L. Patterson

1991-1993

C.C. Burgess

1993-1995

Joseph C. Street

1995-1997

Jerry N. Smith

1997-1999

Barry Peterson

1999-2002

Gerry McKay

2002-2004

Samuel B. Lovelady

2004-2006

Jeff Booth

2006-2008

Mark D. White

2008-2010

Alfred J. Smith

2010-2012

Ellen Jones

2012-2014

Bob Hatton

2014-2016

Laura Street

2016-2018

Adair Buckner

2018-2020

Alan Rhodes

2020-2022

Terry Ann White

2022-2024

Clinton Esler

2024-present

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