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BOHUMIL MAKOVSKY

BOHUMIL MAKOVSKY. BASICS. Band professor at Oklahoma A&M Helped get Kappa Kappa Psi started with his support The first Guiding Spirit of Kappa Kappa Psi. HISTORY. Born in Bohemia in September 23, 1878 Very little academic education (only 6 years) and sparse musical training.

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BOHUMIL MAKOVSKY

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  1. BOHUMIL MAKOVSKY

  2. BASICS • Band professor at Oklahoma A&M • Helped get Kappa Kappa Psi started with his support • The first Guiding Spirit of Kappa Kappa Psi

  3. HISTORY • Born in Bohemia in September 23, 1878 • Very little academic education (only 6 years) and sparse musical training. • Had lessons on clarinet and violin from his uncle. • Came to the USA in 1895 (Nebraska). • First job was rolling cigars. First musical job as a clarinet player in a traveling wagon show.

  4. CONTINUED • Moved to Oklahoma City • Got married to Georgia Shestack in 1911. • August 1915- Got a job at Oklahoma A&M and worked there until 1943! • While working there, the band expanded from 40 people to 110! • Highly acclaimed. • Boh passed away June 12, 1950 in Stillwater, Oklahoma.

  5. LITTLE KNOWN/ STRANGE FACTS • Was close friends with people like John Philip Sousa, Henry Fillmore and A. A. Harding. • Boh was the first honorary member of both Kappa Kappa Psi AND Tau Beta Sigma. • Boh's trademarks were his uncrushed black bowtie and his saxophone-shaped pipe, which he called "my best friend.” • Boh liked to call certain rare instruments owned by the university (such as the sarrusophone, heckelphone, and contrabass clarinet) his "pets."

  6. EVEN MORE • Boh received an honorary Ph.D. in Music from the University of Tulsa. • Boh was a 33rd degree Mason, the highest degree of Masonry. • Boh was made an honorary chief of the Kiowa Indian Tribe. His Kiowa name became "The Great Father of Oklahoma Music," and he was given a war bonnet by the tribe.

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