F. Lee Bowling Award

DR. F. LEE BOWLING was a life member of Kappa Kappa Psi from the Alpha Iota Chapter and honorary member of Tau Beta Sigma from the Alpha Chapter. Dr. Bowling was elected as the Grand President of Kappa Kappa Psi at the 11th Biennial Convention, held in 1941 at Oregon State University. The 12th Biennial Convention scheduled for 1943 and the 13th Biennial Convention scheduled for 1945 were not held due to World War II. The 14th Biennial Convention was held at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater in 1947. It was at this convention that Kappa Kappa Psi inaugurated the “National Intercollegiate Band.” The National Intercollegiate Band was Dr. Bowling’s cherished ideal, and through the years he had worked to develop a plan that firmly established the organization as a national service project for the Fraternity and Sorority.In honor of F. Lee Bowling’s vision and years of support of the National Intercollegiate Band, The F. Lee Bowling Participation Award was created to recognize the College or University with the largest number of members in the National Intercollegiate Band.

F. Lee Bowling Participation Award Recipients

1947 University of Colorado
1949 Texas Tech University
1951 Baylor University
1953 University of Colorado
1955 Baylor University
1957 Baylor University
1959 Eastern New Mexico University
1961 University of Arizona
1963 Indiana University
1965 Ricks College
1967 University of Northern Colorado
1969 University of Arizona
1971 Emporia State University
1973 Purdue University
1975 Eastern Michigan State University
1977 University of Maryland
1979 University of Maryland
1981 University of Maryland
1983 University of Maryland
1985 University of Maryland
1987 University of Maryland
1989 University of Maryland
San Diego State University
1991 Texas Tech University
1993 Arizona State University
Louisiana State University
Northwestern State University of Louisiana
1995 Northwestern State University of Louisiana
Stephen F. Austin State University
University of Houston
1997 Illinois State University
1999 Eastern Michigan University
2001 Northwest Missouri State University
2003 West Virginia University
2005 California Polytechnic State University
2007 University of Nebraska, Omaha
2009 Georgia Institute of Technology
Eastern New Mexico University
2011 University of Nebraska – Lincoln
Eastern New Mexico University
2013 Florida Atlantic University
2015 Texas Lutheran University
2017 Texas Lutheran University
2019 West Texas A&M University
2021 Texas Tech University
2023 Florida State University