Ray Linder received his Bachelor of Music Education
and Mater of Music Education degrees from Wichita
State University. His public school teaching included
vocal and instrumental music at Protection, Osborne,
Russell, and Washburn Rural High School. In 1980, he
became Education Program Specialist for the Kansas
State Board of Education, where he served until
retirement in 1994. He was active professionally in both
KMEA and MENC. He was secretary of MENC's
National Council of State Supervisors of Music from
1985-1987, President of the Kansas Bandmasters
Association in 1976 and President of the Kansas Iota
Chapter of Phi Beta Mu in 1975. His influence on music
education in Kansas during his tenure with the State
Board of Education was extensive. He supervised and
edited four Kansas State Department of Education
publications in Program Development. He authored
numerous curriculum documents for Kansas schools
during his tenure. Linder also authored various articles
for the Kansas Music Review.