Paul Mansur has contributed immeasurably to the IHS since its inception. He served as the third Editor of The Horn Call for seventeen years, from 1976 to 1993. During this era he was an ex-officio member of the Advisory Council and afterward served for four two-year terms as an Advisory Council member. From 1976 through 1999 he was the “corporate  memory” of the IHS. In addition to his editorship, he contributed many articles to The Horn Call, including workshop reports, interviews, profiles, recording and book reviews, and the column “Mansur's Answers.”

Paul is Dean Emeritus of the Southeast Oklahoma State University School of Arts and Letters.