The Voice of the Purdue All-American Marching Band has a connection to Spotts Emrick, who created the block P in 1907, Neil Armstrong, Drew Brees, and even today's students. This week, instead of welcoming someone home during homecoming week, Purdue will prepare to say farewell to a long-time member of its family. You know him as the Voice behind our iconic "I Am An American" pregame ceremony. The band knows him simply as Roy Johnson. He came to Purdue in the fall of 1956 as a wide-eyed freshman and he became a member of the All-American Marching Band just a few years after Paul Spotts Emrick, who is credited with creating the Block P as the first marching band formation, retired.
Profiles in Badassery: Roy Johnson
