Founders
Phil Barber
Stephanie Barber
Marshall Stearns
Jule Foster, dean
John Lewis, director
Trustees
Philip Barber, chairman
George Avakian
Whitney Balliet
Stephanie Barber
Bill Coss (Down Beat)
Nesuhi Ertegun (Atlantic)
Leonard Feather
Dizzy Gillespie
Jimmy Giuffre
Nat Hentoff
Andre Hodier
Willis James
J. J. Johnson
John Lewis
Horst Lippman
Wilbur DeParis
Oscar Peterson
Max Roach
Bill Russo
Gunther Schuller
Marshall Stearns
Jack Tracy
Barry Ulanov
John S. Wilson (New York Times)
Artie Shaw
Leonard Bernstein
Langston Hughes
Alan Morrison