Michael Leckrone
Michael “Mike” Leckrone (born July 30, 1936) was the director of the University of Wisconsin Marching Band from 1969 to 2019. He is noted for his extraordinary ability to remember the names of all the past and present members of the band, as well as where they were from, and what instrument they played. Background Leckrone grew up in North Manchester, Indiana. His father, Harold Leckrone, was the high school band teacher, but never pressured his son to follow in his professional footsteps, which included a contribution to the score of the 1986 film '' Hoosiers''. Instead, Leckrone entertained thoughts of becoming anything from a basketball coach to a chemical engineer. A native of Indiana, Leckrone received his bachelor and masters of music at Butler University where he played basketball his freshman year, backing up Bobby Plump, who was the real life hero on whom the character Jimmy Chitwood in the movie ''Hoosiers'' was based. He then studied at the doctoral level at ...
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