LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The longtime director of the marching band at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has died.

A university spokesman says Jack Snider died Friday afternoon of natural causes in Lincoln. He was 93.

UNL music school director John Richmond says Snider was an iconic figure in music at the university.

Snider led the band from the 1950s until 1975. He taught horn and brass instruments at the school for 36 years before retiring in 1986. He continued to support UNL music long after he retired.

Snider, a native of McCook, Nebraska, founded the Nebraska State Bandmasters Association, which gives out an award each year in his name. Snider also started the Lincoln Community Concert Band in 1981.

Funeral service details were not immediately available.