Famous Alumni
- Roland F. Seitz, famous Bandmaster and composer of "The University of Pennsylvania Band March"
- Adolph Vogel, former director of the Penn Band (1908–1941) and former member of the Philadelphia Orchestra
- Lucien Cailliet, former member of the Philadelphia Orchestra and arranger of the Penn fight songs for marching band
- James DePriest, Class of 1957
- Ted Weems, Class of 1944
- Elliot Lawrence, Class of 1944
- Bruce Montgomery, longtime Penn Glee Club Director and former Director of the Band (1957–1958)
- Greer Cheeseman, current band director and originator of toast-throwing tradition
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Famous quotes containing the word famous:
“Many famous feet have trod
Sublunary paths, and famous hands have weighed
The strength they have against the strength they need;
And famous lips interrogated God
Concerning franchise in eternity....”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)