The Ohio State Drum Majors (Modern Era)

The first Modern Era Drum Major was Edwin "Tubby" Essington. But a Drum Major has been part of The Ohio State University Marching Band since the beginning, in 1878. The Script Ohio Book has chronicled the biographies and history of the 'Modern Era' Drum Majors since 1920.

  Name Year       Name Year
  Edwin 'Tubby' Essington 1920-22       Kirby Wyatt 1967
  Dr. Augustus Hall 1923-24-25       Jack Swinehart 1968
  Robert Hines 1926-27       Wayne Long 1969-70
  William Knepper 1928-29-30       Paul Zubrod 1971
  Wilbert Pettegrew 1931       Barry Kopetz** 1972-73
  Dr. James McCreary 1932-33       Richard Gammage 1974-75
  William Casey 1934-35       Doug Secrist 1976
  Wesley Leas 1936-37       Dwight Hudson** 1977-78-79
  Myron McKelvey 1938       Dr. Oliver McGee** 1980
  Dick Jones 1939-40     . Shelley Graf 1981
  Edward Maundrell 1941       Bruce Hart 1982-83
  Gerald Johnston 1942       Andy Marks 1984
  Robert Gulcher 1943       Greg Eyer 1985-86
  Cyril Costoff 1944       Rich Parks** 1987-88
  Joseph Myers 1945       Dale Wagner 1989-90
  Beverly Moseley 1946       Lee Sartore 1991
  Devon Kesling 1947-48       Brian Berendts 1992-93
  Johnny Criss 1949       Karl Neudorfer 1994-95
  Dale York 1950       Cory Thompson 1996-97
  Jim Spencer 1951       Scott Sommer 1998
  Jim Bodman 1952-53       Matt Bally 1999-2000
  George Souder 1954-55       Adam Prescott** 2001-02
  Richard Marsh 1956       Kathryn Mitchell 2003
  Larry Cory 1957-58       Eric Sommer 2004
  Lenny Hart 1959-60       Alex Neffenger 2005
  Terry Burton 1961       Stewart Kitchen** 2006-07
  Ben Kline 1962       Josh Halter** 2008-09
  Bob "Link" Harper** 1963-64       Jason Stuckert 2010
  Mitch Breece 1965-66          
               
 


** Denotes Most Inspirational Bandsman.
Drum Major Biography source: The Script Ohio Book.
Drum Major Historians: Beverly Moseley (historian an writer of bios from 1920 to 1988 Drum Majors) and Kathryn Mitchell (1989 to 2003 Drum Majors)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pre-Modern Era Ohio State Drum Majors

  Sgt. Joesph N. Bradsford 1878       1st Sgt. Chester Foster 1898
  George Makepeace 1879-80       1st Sgt. Ernest Lied 1899-1900
  Edward Orton, Jr. & S.J. Wilson 1881       Herman G. Weinland 1901
  Edward E. Sparks 1882       1st Sgt. G.A. Hipp 1902
  Unknown 1883-84-85       2nd Lt. Claude C. Rose 1903-04
  Jewett D. Norris 1886-87       Sgt. Elmer Sproat 1905-06-07
  Cpl. C.P. Wilcox, Calvin Powers & JJ Mullay 1888       1st Lt. Fred Ortman 1908
  1st Sgt. Walter Palmer 1889       Unknown 1909
  Sgt George D. Pearce 1890       Robert Bruce Marshall 1910
  1st Sgt. Thomas French & Sgt G.D. Pearce 1891       Francis E. Marshall 1911
  Unknown 1892       L. Walter Avery 1912
  2nd Lt. C.L. Mcllvaine 1893       Unknown 1913
  2nd Lt. Charles McGuire 1894       William Elmer Curran 1914
  1st Sgt. J.J. Hoglen 1895       H.A. Robinson 1915
  1st Sgt. Roy Hopkins 1896       R.H. Barnes 1916
  1st Sgt. K.B. Seeds 1897       W.A. Ricketts 1917
            Unknown 1918-19