Joseph Waddell Clokey (August 28, 1890, New Albany, Indiana – September 14, 1960, Covina, California) was an American educator, organist and composer of sacred and secular music in the first half of the 20th century.
As an undergraduate, he and Joseph M. Bachelor wrote the first song for the fraternity Phrenocon, which later became Phi Kappa Tau.
These include "The Musical Trust," a 1925 ballad about a flautist, a tuba-player, and a drum-and-cymbal combo who cannot make any money on their own so they form a band together.
[4][failed verification] His son, Art Clokey, was the creator of clay animation characters Gumby, Pokey and Davey and Goliath.
When Sesquicentennial Chapel was built at Miami University, the organ loft was named after Clokey as well.