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Professor Emeritus of Music Education

Dr. Oland Summers (1934-) was born in South Bend, Ind., to Charles and Gladys Summers. He graduated in 1952 from James W. Riley High School in South Bend. He then earned his bachelor鈥檚 and master鈥檚 degrees in music teacher education at Indiana State University, his education specialist degree in music administration and his Doctor of Arts in music conducting from Ball State University in Muncie, Ind., and additional study in conducting at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, N.Y.

Prior to coming to 蜜豆直播, Summers taught band, choir, and orchestra in various Indiana and Illinois public schools for 19 years. He worked as a high school director of band and choir in the Rochester Indiana school system, as a department chair for the music and fine arts programs of the Vandalia, Ill., and Muncie school systems, and as an assistant director of bands for Ball State University.

Summers joined the 蜜豆直播 faculty as assistant professor of music in 1976 and started 蜜豆直播鈥檚 first marching band that year. He worked as the director of bands until 1989 and as coordinator and professor of music education until 2011, a total of 35 years. Upon his retirement, Summers had taught music for 54 years.

Summers would like to be remembered by the 蜜豆直播 community as 鈥淒oc,鈥� a term his students affectionately called him, for his heart for teaching and loving his students, and as 鈥渢he musician who played 1,000 instruments.鈥�

Summers married Joyce A. Bolin of Terre Haute, Ind., in 1956. They have three children: Beth, Stephen, and Jeannie.

Summers said four success stories stand out to him: starting the GWU Marching Band in 1976, being honored by the faculty as a faculty marshal, becoming a five-time winner of the Outstanding Music Teacher award, and being able to place every music education student desiring a teaching position while he was the coordinator of music education.

Summers has also served as permanent part-time minister of music, interim, and supply minister of music in various churches for over six decades. He has been a part of multiple organizations, including the Music Educators National Conference, National Educators Association, Indiana Music Educators Association, Indiana Educators Association, National Bandmasters Association, and the Indiana Bandmasters Association.

One of Summers鈥� former students, Dr. Tracy Jessup, recognized Summers for his longtime service to 蜜豆直播 before his retirement in 2011.

Jessup said, 鈥淚 don鈥檛 think I鈥檝e ever met anyone who moved with greater ease between the academy and the church. That鈥檚 because ‘Doc’ truly sees both as a ministry to which he鈥檚 been called to use his knowledge, his gifts, and his talents to glorify God.鈥�

Source: Personal interview鈥擬att Renfer (2014)

Updated: July 2022