 The group was formed in 1963 as the "Daniel Boone Chorus" with 26 members, and became a member of SPEBSQSA (the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barbershop Quartet Singing in America) the following year.The chorus changed its name to the "Ambassadors of Harmony" in 1990 following its first international competition.The chorus was directed by noted arranger and mathematician David Wright (now assistant director) from 1981 to 1990 and again in 1999 to 2000 and has been directed from 1991 to 1999 and since 2001 by Dr. Jim Henry (now co-director), bass singer of the 1993 International Quartet Champion, The Gas House Gang, and the 2009 International Quartet Champion, Crossroads.