BOHUMIL MAKOVSKY
BASICS
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Band professor at Oklahoma A&M
Helped get Kappa Kappa Psi started with his
support
The first Guiding Spirit of Kappa Kappa Psi
HISTORY
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Born in Bohemia in September 23, 1878
Very little academic education (only 6 years)
and sparse musical training.
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Had lessons on clarinet and violin from his uncle.
Came to the USA in 1895 (Nebraska).
First job was rolling cigars. First musical job
as a clarinet player in a traveling wagon
show.
CONTINUED
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Moved to Oklahoma City
Got married to Georgia Shestack in 1911.
August 1915- Got a job at Oklahoma A&M
and worked there until 1943!
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While working there, the band expanded from 40
people to 110!
Highly acclaimed.
Boh passed away June 12, 1950 in Stillwater,
Oklahoma.
LITTLE KNOWN/ STRANGE
FACTS
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Was close friends with people like John Philip
Sousa, Henry Fillmore and A. A. Harding.
Boh was the first honorary member of both Kappa
Kappa Psi AND Tau Beta Sigma.
Boh's trademarks were his uncrushed black bowtie
and his saxophone-shaped pipe, which he called
"my best friend.”
Boh liked to call certain rare instruments owned by
the university (such as the sarrusophone,
heckelphone, and contrabass clarinet) his "pets."
EVEN MORE
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Boh received an honorary Ph.D. in Music
from the University of Tulsa.
Boh was a 33rd degree Mason, the highest
degree of Masonry.
Boh was made an honorary chief of the
Kiowa Indian Tribe. His Kiowa name became
"The Great Father of Oklahoma Music," and
he was given a war bonnet by the tribe.