Edwin Lacy retired from full-time teaching in 2008, but he has continued as Instructor of bassoon and saxophone at the University of Evansville, as well as Instructor of bassoon and oboe at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. He holds the Bachelor of Music Education degree from Murray State University and the Master of Music in Bassoon and Doctor of Music in Woodwinds from Indiana University. Dr. Lacy served as principal bassoonist of the Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra for 54 years and continues to perform in various regional orchestras. He has been a member of the International Double Reed Society since the inception of the organization in 1972. He was Secretary of the IDRS for three terms and has been program chairman and host of two of the Society’s annual conventions, in Evansville in 1977 and at Indiana University in 1994.