JAMES DUNLOP graduated from Mansfield State College in 1935 with a degree in Music Education. He received a Master of Music degree from the University of Michigan in 1939 and was awarded an honorary Doctor of Music degree from Salem College, Salem, West Virginia in 1964. James was professor of Music Education at the Pennsylvania State University and for 29 years was conductor of the Penn State Blue Band. The Blue Band received national acclaim for televised performances at various bowl games, at which Penn State had participated, including the Orange Bowl, Cotton Bowl, and Sugar Bowl. From 1935 to 1936 James was supervisor of music in the public schools of Mt. Jewett, from 1936 to 1941, he held a similar position at Emporium. From 1942-46 he was bandmaster of Farrell High School. In 1947 he joined the music education faculty at Pennsylvania State University and became the director of bands. James was a past president of the American Bandmasters Association and a former president of the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association. During James W. Dunlop's formative years he studied violin with Dr. Will George Butler, for whom the Butler Music Center is named, and developed a love for music.