Harold A. Hokenson
Настоящее имя: Harold A. Hokenson
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Harold A. Hokenson (1931-2013) was the third of four children born on the family farm of Algot and Hilda Hokenson, three miles south of Independence, Iowa. In June 1953, he received his commission as a 2nd Lieutenant in the US Air Force the same day he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in music education from Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. His first teaching appointment was in Hanover, Illinois, where he met his wife, Phyllis Boldt. From Hanover, he moved to Mineral Point, Wisconsin, where he directed bands for 17 years. He and his family then moved to Sterling, Illinois, where he spent 25 years as the director of the middle school band. Harold retired from public school teaching in 2000 and then took a postretirement job with the Newman Central Catholic High School where he re-started the band program that had been discontinued for several years.