Paul W. Wohlgemuth was born in Oklahoma, and
graduated from Tabor College. He received the MS from
Kansas State Teachers College (Emporia State
University), after which he returned to teach at Tabor
College for three years. Wohlgemuth taught for seven
years at Biola College and earned his doctorate from
the University of Southern California in 1956. He
returned to Tabor College as head of the music
department in 1960. During his 16 years at Tabor, the
music department received NASM accreditation. The
Tabor College Choir, under Wohlgemuth's direction,
performed for several KMEA conventions, at the World's
Fair, and the U.S. Capitol, and in Romania. In 1976,
Wohlgemuth became coordinator of church music at
Oral Roberts University. He is author of Rethinking
Church Music. Wohlgemuth was president of the
National Church Music Fellowship, KMTA, and
KsACDA.