Morris Collier was inducted into the Nebraska Music Educators Hall of Fame in 2002. He began his teaching career in 1951. He was a string specialist for the Lincoln Public Schools for seventeen years. For the rest of his institutional music-teaching career, Morris taught at Nebraska Wesleyan, Kanas State, and Concordia University in Seward.

Dean Dahlke was inducted into the Nebraska Music Educators Hall of Fame in 2002. Dean has spent his entire teaching career in Bertrand. Dean taught both vocal and instrumental music, teaching vocal music when a suitable teacher could not be found. Dean served as President-Elect, President and Past-President of NMEA from 1978-1983.

Bill Rischling was inducted into the Nebraska Music Educators Hall of Fame in 2002.  Bill began his teaching career at Merna Nebraska in 1951. He subsequently taught in Alma, Lamars and Woodbine Iowa, Omaha Ryan, Dodge and in Bayard from 1969-1985. Bill retired in 1993 and passed away in 2000.