His son, Edgar Meyer, was an ORHS student and is now an internationally renowned bassist and composer who has won four Grammy's. Beginning in 1988, the orchestra was led by Jenifer Van Tol for more than 25 years. Van Tol was succeeded by Doug Phillips in 2014. The Oak Ridge high school band (or Wildband), currently directed by Michael Spirko, formerly directed by Thomas Wade (retired 2012), Chuck Yost, Jeff Kile and Dale Pendley, consists of two bands: symphonic and concert. In 2009, ROAR teacher Beth Estep won the Titans Teacher of the Year Award for her outstanding performance and care for her students graduation. In 2011, Seniors Cassee Cain and Ziyuan Liu won the Siemens Competition for their work using an Xbox Kinect to analyze the walking patterns of people with prosthetics. In March, 2012, The Oak Ridge Wildbots FIRST Robotics Competition Team in their Rookie year won the Rookie All-Star award at the Smoky Mountain Regional Competition at the Knoxville Convention Center. They would go on to compete at the FIRST Championship in St. Louis from April 25–29. Ultimately placing 68th out of 100 in the Curie division. In March 2013, The Secret City Wildbots FIRST Robotics Competition team in their second year won the Smokey Mountain Regional in Knoxville, TN, along with the HVA RoHAWKtics and Red Nation (Halls), and proceeded to the FIRST Championship in St. Louis. Principals Oak Ridge High School principals through the school's history have been: Charles Oliver, 1943–1945 E.C. Cunningham, 1946–1947 Donald Roe, 1948–1953 Tom Dunigan, 1954–1971 Jim Schott, 1972–1973 Don Bordinger, 1974–1982 William E. Hodgers, 1983–1994 James F. Duncan, 1995–1999 Kenneth E. Green, 2000–2005 Becky W. Ervin, 2005–2006 Chuck Carringer, 2006–2009 Jody Goins, 2009-2013 David Bryant, 2013–2015 Martin McDonald, 2015–2020 Garfield Adams, 2020-2021 Drayton Hawkins, 2022- Notable alumni Bill Appleton, software developer and entrepreneur Jennifer Azzi, WNBA player and Olympic gold medalist, head coach for University of San Francisco Dons 2010 to 2016; member of Women's Basketball Hall of Fame General B.B. Bell, commanding general of U.S. Army in Europe, commander of U.S. Armed Forces in South Korea A. Keith Bissell, member of Tennessee House of Representatives and chairman of Tennessee Public Service Commission Jane Blankenship, spectroscopist Mike Caldwell, former NFL player and coach Dean Dillon, songwriter in Country Music Hall of Fame. Raynella Dossett Leath, convicted murderer Charlie Ergen, co-founder and CEO of EchoStar Communications Corporation Nikki Caldwell Fargas, women's