Dwight Leonard Gustafson (April 20, 1930 – January 28, 2014) was an American composer, conductor, and dean of the School of Fine Arts at Bob Jones University.

As a sophomore at Bob Jones University, he was asked to make sketches for a production of Cyrano de Bergerac and ended by designing the sets.

in composition from Florida State University, and in 1960, he was selected as one of ten young conductors to study at the Aspen School of Music.

Gustafson quickly proved himself a competent administrator who brought to his position a working knowledge of art, music, and drama.

As a composer Gustafson was best known for his sacred choral compositions and arrangements, although his more than 160 works included five film scores,[3] a string quartet, Encounters (a violin concerto), and numerous extended compositions for chorus and orchestra, including Three Psalms for Chorus and Orchestra (1989) and Words of Passion and Resurrection (2002).