Deans of the Chapter

The American Guild of Organists, founded in 1896, is chartered by the Board of Regents of the University of the State of New York.

At the founding of the Westchester County Chapter, interested organists in the area met in Christ Church, Bronxville to conduct the organizational meeting on January 24, 1951 with Robert Owen as host. The first official meeting of the Chapter was held on June 24, 1951, with our first Dean, Dr. Henry F. Seibert presiding.

The following individuals have held the position of Dean:

​2020-present  Tyrell Lundman
2018 - 2020     Craig Degener
2016 - 2018     Terence J. Flanagan
2014 - 2016     Dr. John T. King
2012 - 2014     Kevin Walsh 
2010 - 2012     Alice Avouris
2008 - 2010     John Cecconi
2006 - 2008     Joyce Gardner
2004 - 2006     Joseph Nigro
2002 - 2004     Dr. Robert Chase
2000 - 2002     Lana Kollath
2000 - 2000     Gary W. Carr
1998 - 2000     Dr. John T. King
1997 - 1998     Keith Robellard
1995 - 1997     Edna Neff Schloton
1993 - 1995     Timothy Lewis
1991 - 1993     Robert Moncrief
1989 - 1991     Edna Neff Schloton
1987 - 1989     Judith Brown
1985 - 1987     Dr. D. DeWitt Wasson
1984 - 1985     Maureen Morgan
1982 - 1984     David Pizarro
1980 - 1982     Norman Andre
1978 - 1980     Dr. John Schuder
1976 - 1978     Phyllis Pinto
1974 - 1976     John Pagett
1972 - 1974     Maureen Morgan
1971 - 1972     Frederick Young
1969 - 1971     Margaret Kelly
1967 - 1969     Robert N. Roth
1965 - 1967     Russell Blackmer
1963 - 1965     Julia Kuwahara
1961 - 1963     Dr. D. DeWitt Wasson
1959 - 1961     Ruth Branch
1957 - 1959     Allen C. Albee
1955 - 1957     Alinda Cooper
1953 - 1955     Howard E. Marsh
1951 - 1953     Dr. Henry F. Seibert​

from left: former Dean Dr. John T. King (left), Jeremiah Mead, Daniel Ficarri and former Dean Terence J. Flanagan at the 2017 opening recital