Del Case is professor of music and organist at Pacific Union College. He and his wife, Lois, have been at PUC for over 40 years, longer than any other music teacher since the school was founded. Case was hired in 1964 to fill in for Lowell Smith, PUC organist who was on sabbatical, with the understanding that when Smith returned, they would share in the playing and teaching responsibilities. The following year, when Smith returned, Case took a year's graduate study leave which, although extended for a second year, ended after one year when Smith accepted a position elsewhere.

Case, born in Fletcher, North Carolina, spent his early years in Hinsdale, Illinois, and then moved to California at age 10 when his family relocated there. He attended Monterey Bay Academy, where he met his future wife, Lois Vipond. While attending La Sierra College, now La Sierra University, he spent his summers working for an organ builder in Los Angeles.

After graduating in 1961 from LSC, Case began his career at Southern Missionary College, now Southern Adventist University, where he taught for four years. He completed an M.Mus. in 1967 and a D.M.A. in 1973 at the University of Southern California. In addition to giving lessons in organ and serving as organist for church services, he conducts the handbell choir, and teaches theory and music history.

He has studied with Warren Becker, Ladd Thomas, and David Britton and placed third in a Prague, Czechoslovakia, International Organ Competition. As a recitalist he has performed extensively in the West, at the Morman Tabernacle in Salt Lake City; Grace Cathedral and St. Mary's Cathedral in San Francisco; and at many churches, colleges, and universities. He is an active member of the American Guild of Organists and serves as an organ consultant to churches and other institutions.

During his time at PUC, Case effected the installation of a three-manual Casavant pipe organ in the Paulin Hall auditorium, a smaller fifteen-stop tracker instrument in the organ studio, and an organ in the practice rooms. Additionally, he and his wife led out in the acquisition of three harpsichords.

Case was also largely responsible for the installation of a four-manual tracker action Rieger organ in the PUC campus church, selecting the builder, doing the tonal design, and leading out in the fund raising. It is the largest tracker organ in the western United States and one of the finest organs in the Adventist church.

He and Lois, also a music teacher at PUC and Director of its Paulin Center for the Creative Arts since it was founded in 1984, enjoy skiing and traveling. They made their 12^th trip to Europe in March 2004, spending two weeks in Spain.

Case has served as an organist and choral conductor in a number of churches in the PUC area, representing a wide variety of denominations, including a full year as Music Director of St. Eugene's Cathedral in Santa Rosa when the regular musician was on sabbatical. The service meant playing for four masses every weekend and conducting three choirs.

The Cases will retire to southern California to be near their two daughters, Tonya and Lorie, both graduates of PUC. They will be residing in a home located at a 3,000 foot elevation in the San Bernardino Mountains.

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