Outstanding Dedication.

The University of Pennsylvania Glee Club Award of Merit

First awarded in 1964, the Award of Merit honors an individual that has “made a significant contribution to the world of music and helped to create a climate in which our talents may find valid expression.”

  • Randall Thompson

    May 2, 1964

  • Robert Shaw

    February 26, 1965

  • Marshall Bartholomew

    February 26, 1967

  • William Levi Dawson

    February 25, 1968

  • Leopold Stokowski

    February 24, 1969

  • Elaine Brown

    December 6, 1969

  • Gaylord P. Harnwell

    May 15, 1970

  • Aaron Copland

    December 5, 1970

  • Sol Hurok

    December 4, 1971

  • Eugene Ormandy

    December 15, 1972

  • Marian Anderson

    October 20, 1973

  • Samuel Barber

    October 19, 1974

  • Burl Ives

    October 25, 1975

  • Arthur Fiedler

    October 23, 1976

  • Risë Stevens

    October 22, 1977

  • Leonard DePaur

    October 28, 1978

  • Paul Hume

    October 20, 1979

  • Robert Merrill

    February 16, 1981

  • Bruce Montgomery

    February 21, 1981

  • Vincent Persichetti

    May 19, 1984

  • Sheldon Harnick

    May 16, 1992

Honorary Members of the Penn Glee Club

Penn Glee Club honorary membership, which was first bestowed in 1968, is conferred to an individual who has demonstrated consistent devotion to and support of the Glee Club, well beyond the norm.

  • E. Brooks Lilly

    1968

  • Charles H. Cox III

    1968

  • Santiago Friele

    1969

  • Edward F. Lane

    1976

  • Stephen Goff

    1978

  • Michael T. Huber

    1983

  • William Kelley

    1987

  • Steven Aurand

    1987

  • Nicholas Constan

    1990

  • E. Craig Sweeten

    1990

  • Claude White

    1990

  • Ray Evans

    1991

  • Jay Livingston

    1991

  • The Rev. Stanley Johnson

    1995

  • Timothy J. Alston

    1995

  • Paul Liou

    2004

  • Elizabeth Thomas

    2012

  • Nicholas Thomas

    2012

  • The Rev. Charles (Chaz) Lattimore Howard

    2023

  • Laurie McCall

    2023