The International Executive Board honored the first Sterling Patron in 1989, thus beginning a Fraternity tradition of asking outstanding musicians and patrons of the arts to serve as Sterling Patrons. A Sterling Patron serves all aspects of the Fraternity, and is named for our Founder Dr. Winthrop Sterling.
| YEAR |
NAME |
| 1989 |
Dr. Dale E. Warland |
| 1989 |
Dr. Charles Webb |
| 1989 |
Dr. Betty T. Welsbacher (Deceased) |
| 1989 |
Maestro Sung Kwak |
| 1989 |
Dr. Robert Haag (Deceased) |
| 1990 |
Mr. Roger Malitz (Deceased) |
| 1990 |
Mr. Mitchell Andrews |
| 1990 |
Dr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Anderson |
| 1990 |
Mr. Willis Patterson |
| 1990 |
Albert J. McNeil |
| 1990 |
Raymond Leppard |
| 1990 |
Philip Brunelle |
| 1990 |
Mr. Neil E. Weintrob |
| 1990 |
Dr. Eileen Jackson Southern (Deceased) |
| 1991 |
Mr. Josef Gingold (Deceased) |
| 1991 |
Dr. David N. Baker |
| 1991 |
Dr. Robert J. Werner |
| 1991 |
Edo deWaart |
| 1991 |
Ulysses Kay (Deceased) |
| 1991 |
Dr. Jerold D. Ottley |
| 1992 |
Leon Bates |
| 1992 |
Ardean Watts |
| 1992 |
Dr. Jean Berger (Deceased) |
| 1992 |
Olly W. Wilson |
| 1993 |
Dr. Geneva Handy Southall (Deceased) |
| 1994 |
Olivia B. Stapp |
| 1994 |
James DePriest |
| 1995 |
Ramon Salvatore (Deceased) |
| 1996 |
Catherine Comet |
| 1996 |
Carl St. Clair |
| 1997 |
Lawrence Rosen |
| 1998 |
Carl Cunningham |
| 1998 |
David Effron |
| 1998 |
Jean Gray Hargrove (Deceased) |
| 1999 |
Beulah Strickler |
| 2003 |
Dave Brubeck |
| 2003 |
James Dick |
| 2004 |
Paul T. Smith |
| 2005 |
Christine Brewer |
| 2006 |
John Alfred Neal (Deceased) |
| 2008 |
Fritz Zschietzschmann |
| 2009 |
Stanislav Loudenitch |
| 2011 |
Dr. Chen Yi |
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Honors & Awards