CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA) — The oldest living alumni of the University of Illinois Marching Illini has passed away. Barry Houser, Director of the Marching Illini, confirmed that Richard “Dick” Cogdal passed away on Tuesday. A student from 1935 to 1939, Cogdal played bass drum, cymbals and timpani under the first Director of Bands at the […]