Drum Majors
YPMB Drum Majors are the political, social, and spiritual leaders of the band. They are usually elected by committee in January, and serve their sentence through the subsequent football season. Most Drum Majors are elected in their Junior Year, passing the torch to the next generation before they graduate.
- 2012: Andi Zhou (JE '13)
- 2012: Timothy Huntington Ulysses Gladding (SY '13)
- 2011: Kate Carter (SM '12)
- 2010: Elliot Eaton (JE '11)
- 2009: Kate Kraft (SM '10)
- 2008: Rosa Li (CC '09)
- 2007: Dave DeAngelis (TD '08)
- 2006: Ben Jorns (BR '07)
- 2005: Douglas London (MC '06)
- 2004: Karl Gunderson (DC '05)
- 2003: Mark Lee (ES '04)
- 2002: Jeremiah Quinlan (MC '03)
- 2001: Joshua McNeil (MC '02)
- 2000: Betsy Golden (ES '01)
- 1999: Michael Stafford (PC '00)
- 1998: Al St. Germain (BK '99)
- 1997: Mehul Patel ('98)
- 1996: Rob Shiau ('97)
- 1995: Andrew Ryder ('96)
- 1994: Matt Comeau ('95)
- 1993: Mark Gamm ('94)
- 1992: Seth Kosto ('93)
- 1991: Seth Weinreb ('92)
- 1990: Peter Arvantely ('91)
- 1989: Sam "Elkman" Evans ('90)
- 1988: Jim Lockman ('89)
- 1987: Mike Berman ('88)
- 1986: Dante Centuori ('87)
- 1985: Dante Centuori ('87)
- 1984: Todd McHenry ('85)
- 1983: Andrew Polinski ('84)
- 1982: David Polinski ('83)
- 1981: David Polinski ('83)
- 1980: Jennifer Roberts ('81)
- 1979: Paul Schechner ('80)
- 1978: Paul Schechner ('80)
- 1977: Joseph Sachs ('78)
- 1976: Alec Murphy ('77)
- 1975: Alec Murphy ('77)
- 1974: David Perlman ('75)
- 1973: David Perlman ('75)
- 1972: Larry Tucker ('73)
- 1971: Larry Tucker ('73)
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“We call ourselves a free nation, and yet we let ourselves be told what cabs we can and can’t take by a man at a hotel door, simply because he has a drum major’s uniform on.”
—Robert Benchley (1889–1945)