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Mid–Atlantic Tennis

Hall of Fame

2007
Cora Masters Barry
Anne & Mark Geier
Richey Reneberg
Roy Van Brunt

2005
Raymond S. Benton
Walter Segaloff
Willis Thomas Jr.
Daniel R. Waldman

2003
Elise M. Burgin
Nancy J. Ornstein
Roumie** & Margaret* Peters

2002
Brenda Gilmore
Robert Marsteller Courage Award

Louis C. Einwick, Jr.
Coach “Mac” Jacoby
Mildred B. West

2001
Robert W. Marsteller
Hon. John Breaux
Col. William Shivar
Steve Tidball
Mary Wyatt*

2000
James Cummings
Rod Dulany
Jack Schore

1999
Elizabeth Eisenstein
Robert Pass
Stephen D. Potts

1998
Dr. R. Walter Johnson*
Eugene and Margaret* Russo
Hugh Waters, III

1997
William H.G. FitzGerald*
Raymonde Veber Jones
Frederick V. McNair, IV
Dwight Mosley*
Col. Gordon Shingleton

1996
John A. Harris
Doris Harrison
Allie Ritzenberg
Maury Schwartzman*

1995
Donald L. Dell
Unni MacDonald*
Howard Mast

1994
Frederick V. McNair, III*
Harold Solomon
Darrell* and Virginia Swayne

1993
Steven E. Krulevitz
Edgar P. Lee
Frank G. Roberts*

1992
Hal Burrows
Susan Spessard Cain
Dr. John Watson

1991
Arthur Ashe, Jr.*
Frank Goeltz*
Casper Harold Nannes*
Willis Thomas, Sr.
Carol A. Wood

1990
Pauline Betz Addie
Raymond Bender*
Judge Wellington A. Gillis*
Edward Griepenkerl*
Pamela A. Shriver
George Stewart*
Col. Donald Strong*

1989
Edward F. Kenehan*
Nicholas E. Powel*
William F. Riordan*
C. Alphonso Smith*

* Deceased
** Posthumously

Robert W. Marsteller Courage Award
The award was established in 2001 to periodically recognize individuals with tennis backgrounds who have exhibited superior courage to overcome adversity. The award is presented at the discretion of the Mid-Atlantic Tennis & Education Foundation (MATEF) Board.

2005
Brenda Gilmore


Mid–Atlantic Tennis Hall of Fame 2007 Inductee Bios

Cora Masters Barry

Cora Masters Barry, former first lady of the District of Columbia, is Founder and CEO of Recreation Wish List Committee (RWLC) of Washington, DC, an organization comprised of area business, government and community leaders responsible for the renovation of several recreation centers.  The RWLC works to ensure that every youth in the city has access to safe and decent recreation facilities, equipment, and programs within their neighborhoods. RWLC has provided millions of dollars to renovate playgrounds, resurface tennis and basketball courts, repaint walls and buildings, install water fountains and purchase gym sets, computers for after school labs, and vans for children’s safe transportation.  It was Barry’s vision that resulted in the successful completion of the Recreation Wish List Committee’s flagship project, the Southeast Tennis and Learning Center (SETLC), a $5.1 million facility located in Washington, DC.  The RWLC was the developer of the national award-winning center, the first of its kind in the United States.  Barry is the CEO of the SETLC, which provides children with a supervised, structured environment where they learn tennis and life skills complemented by academic tutoring.  It has had a tremendous impact around the city and has become a model for other major cities, not only because of its programmatic success, but also because it is a shining example of a successful public-private partnership.  ESPN Sports, CBS, Comcast and The Washington Post have acknowledged the SETLC nationally, and it was named the “2005 Youth Tennis and Learning Facility” of the year by the United States Tennis Association and honored that year at the US Open.  Barry has served on the Community Development Committee and the National Junior Tennis League Committee of the United States Tennis Association.  She has been a resident of Washington, DC for over 35 years and has two daughters, Lalanya Masters Abner and Tamara Masters Wilds Lawson.

Anne and Mark Geier

Anne E. Geier, a native of the Washington, DC area, was introduced to tennis by her father Daniel Watson (a tour player and head teaching professional at the Chevy Chase Country Club for more than 40 years) at the age of 12.  Since then, she has been winning tennis tournaments in the USTA/Mid Atlantic for nearly 50 years, also successfully teaming with her husband, Mark, in mixed doubles for more than 40 years.  Geier has won a total of 57 USTA/Mid Atlantic Section Championships in 13 different events and overall has reached the finals of 109 MAS Championships.  Career highlights include at age 53 reaching the finals of the MAS Women’s Open Singles Championship and subsequent #2 MAS ranking in Women’s Open Singles in 2000. Geier made history with her husband by achieving the only ‘MAS Grand Slam of Mixed Doubles’ by being ranked #1 in all Mixed Doubles categories.  In 1989 at age 42, Geier became the only player ever to reach the finals of six MAS Championships while also being ranked in the top three in eight events.  For her achievements, she was honored by the state of Maryland with the Sportsmanship of the Year award.  Nationally, her remarkable record includes 20 top 20 rankings, including being ranked #1 in the USTA in Husband & Wife Doubles in 1977.  Geier also won several USTA National Championships in singles including the National Indoor 45 women’s singles title two years in a row.  She has been nationally as high as #4 in women’s 40 doubles and #4 and #5 in women’s 45 singles.  Geier has been a member of several MAS Intersectional Teams that won USTA National titles.  She is ranked #1 in MAS Mixed 45 and MAS Mixed 55 doubles.

Mark R. Geier, a native Washingtonian, attended George Washington University in Washington, DC on a full tennis scholarship playing NCAA Division I tennis.  While playing for GW, he won and finished 2nd in the Southern Conference Championships in doubles. Academically, Geier received his undergraduate degree in zoology; and subsequently received a PhD in genetics and an MD.  Throughout his career, he won 47 USTA/Mid Atlantic Section Championships in 10 different events and overall has reached the finals in 77 MAS Championships. He has only been ranked out of the top 10 three times in his career.  Among Geier’s career highlights are achieving with his wife, Anne, the only ‘MAS Grand Slam of Mixed Doubles’ in history by being ranked #1 in all Mixed Doubles categories in one year.  Furthermore, he also achieved the ‘Greatest All-Around Year in Doubles” at 48 years old in a single year (1996) by winning six of eight MAS doubles finals he reached.  Geier has been ranked #1 in every Mid Atlantic USTA doubles category except Men’s Open doubles where he has been ranked #2 several times with different partners.  At the USTA National level, Geier has been ranked in the top 10 of several men’s doubles divisions.  He was ranked #1 in the USTA in Husband & Wife Doubles in 1977.  Geier has also been a member several of victorious MAS Intersectional Teams.  He is currently ranked #1 in MAS Mixed 45 and MAS Mixed 55 doubles.

Richey Reneberg grew up in Houston, TX and attended Southern Methodist University in Dallas during his three-year run in intercollegiate tennis.  He advanced to the NCAA singles final as a sophomore, won the ITA All-American Championship in 1986 and was named All-American three times. Reneberg was the #1 ranked intercollegiate singles player 1987.  In that same year, he turned pro and was named the ATP Newcomer of the Year. Reneberg spent 13 years competing on the professional tennis circuit reaching a career high No. 20 ranking in singles (winning three titles) and No. 1 in the world in doubles (winning 19 ATP Tour doubles titles), including two Grand Slams: the 1992 US Open with good friend Jim Grabb and 1995 Australian Open with partner Jared Palmer.  He reached 16 other doubles finals.  In one of the best doubles matches in the history of tennis, Reneberg and Jim Grabb squared off against John McEnroe and Michael Stich (both Wimbledon singles champions) at the 1992 Wimbledon finals.  The match lasted 2 days and 83 games to complete the 5 hour 1 minute marathon – the longest doubles match in Wimbledon history.  He represented the United States at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta and was a member of the United States Davis Cup team in 1993, '94, '95, '97 and '98.  Reneberg had career singles wins over John McEnroe, Pete Sampras, Boris Becker, Stefan Edberg, Goran Ivanisevic and Jim Courier.  He continues to give back to tennis by appearing in numerous annual charity tennis fundraisers in the Mid Atlantic region and nationally.  Since 2000, Reneberg has worked for Taconic Capital Advisors LLC, a New York-based investment firm, handling marketing and client-service work.  Reneberg spends most of the workweek in Manhattan before coming home to Bethesda, MD, where his wife Marget, lives with their children, Christopher and Natalie.

Roy Van Brunt

Roy Van Brunt is one of the most renowned officials in the USTA for his contributions as an umpire and as a tennis rules expert.  He has officiated from the chair for many household names in tennis history such as – Vic Sexias, Marty Riessen, Chuck McKinley, Billie Jean King, tonight’s honorary chair Virginia Wade, and a slender young Army Lieutenant from Richmond – Arthur Ashe.  Van Brunt first encountered tennis as a Ball Boy in 1960 at the USTA National Championships (US Open) when it was played on grass at West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills, where he grew up. With this inspiration, he learned the game from his Dad and started playing tennis in New York City at Xavier High School.  In 1972, after serving as an Army Captain in Viet Nam, Van Brunt was certified by the Men’s International Professional Tennis Council, by the ATP, and by the ITF as a Silver Badge official.  Throughout MAS, he worked local matches, and in fact, has umpired matches for three of tonight’s honorees – Richey Reneberg and Anne and Mark Geier.  Professionally, Van Brunt worked as a line umpire for the US vs. Czech Davis Cup tie at Flushing in 1981, Chair Umpire at 15 consecutive US Opens between 1977 and 1991, and numerous tournaments throughout the country.  In 1989, at age 43, he was appointed USTA National Chairman of Umpires, still the youngest person ever selected for that job, and was Chief Umpire of the US Open.  Van Brunt has over 19 years of national USTA committee service, including serving on the USTA Tennis Rules Committee for 14 years, and as Vice-Chair from 1999-2002 and Chairman from 2003-2006.  He also served four years on the National Community Development Committee and, using his professional accounting skills, is presently one of two non-USTA Board members with a seat on the Board’s Audit Committee as the committee’s Vice Chair.  Recently, Van Brunt has been appointed to the Rules of Tennis Committee of the ITF – becoming the first USTA representative on the committee in the last 10 years.  Van Brunt & his wife Ginny have been married for 38 years and have two children – Crissie and Roy III, and two grandchildren, Kylie and Maggie.

Mid–Atlantic Tennis Hall of Fame 2005 Inductee Bios

Raymond S. Benton

In 1992 Walter Segaloff founded An Achievable Dream (AAD), an extended day school serving more than 1,000 at-risk youth in Newport News, Virginia, where tennis is a mandatory part of the curriculum. Begun as a coalition of the local business community, the City of Newport News, and the Newport News Public School System, the initial summer program has blossomed into a year-round endeavor. The Achievable Dream Academy houses grades K-8, while students in grades 9-12 attend area high schools but maintain a daily interaction with AAD administrators. Tennis and character education are the main ingredients that make AAD unique and successful. More than 70 school systems from across the nation have visited the Academy and used it as a model. In February 2001, AAD opened a 30,000 square-foot Tennis Center, which features four indoor courts for students during inclement weather. The Tennis Center is available for community use and is operated by the Newport News Parks and Recreation Department. Through AAD, Segaloff has restored a sense of community pride to a low-income area, while introducing the sport of tennis to thousands of people who otherwise would not have the opportunity to play the game. Before his work with AAD, Segaloff served as President and CEO of Virginia Specialty Stores Inc. This women's specialty store chain, which operated 107 stores, was started by his father in 1947. Segaloff has received numerous awards and honors, including the USTA's President's award for service to tennis. 

Willis S. Thomas, Jr.

Daniel R. Waldman

Daniel R. Waldman, a 1977 graduate of Harvard University and a 1980 graduate of Columbia University School of Law, is a partner in the firm of Arnold & Porter. In his senior year at Harvard, Waldman captained the university tennis team, where he received All-Ivy League honors and qualified for the NCAA Singles Championship from the Eastern Region. In that same year, he won the prestigious Princeton Invitation, one of the premier East Coast indoor tournaments. Waldman had collegiate wins over All-Americans Charlie Ellis (University of Georgia), Chris Mayotte (University of South Carolina), and former top 100 world-ranked players Ricky Meyer (University of Pennsylvania), John Hayes (Princeton University), and Fernando Maynetto (Clemson). Following graduation from Harvard, Waldman toured one year on the American Express Professional Tennis Tour, playing doubles with Tim Mayotte. Since relocating to the Mid-Atlantic region in 1982, Waldman has won the Mid-Atlantic 30-and-Over Clay Court Singles Championship twice and has won the Mid-Atlantic 40-and-Over Clay Court Singles Championship five times. In 2001, he won the national 45-and-Over Clay Court Singles Championship and successfully defended the title in 2002. He has represented the United States in numerous international competitions and the Mid-Atlantic Section on three successful Talbott Cup teams. From 1999-2004, Waldman served on the Board of Directors of the Washington Tennis and Education Foundation (WTEF). He has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Mid-Atlantic Tennis & Education Foundation (MATEF) since 2003.

Mid–Atlantic Tennis Hall of Fame 2003 Inductee Bios

Elise M. Burgin

Elise Burgin was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland. She has been a winner at every level of her career. As a junior, she captured the prestigious Orange Bowl as both a 12– and 14–year old. As an 18–year old, she also won the Rolex International in 1979. She went on to star both on and off the court at Stanford University (All-American 1981–1984), where she served as Captain of the 1984 Championship Team. There she won the NCAA Doubles Championship and was also named Female Athlete and Female Academic–Athlete of the Year.

As a top ranked singles and doubles player professionally, her career was highlighted by 12 titles. She has also taken pride in representing her country and patriotically served as a Wightman Cup Team captain and player, U.S. Federation Cup Team player, and United States Olympic Committee representative.

Elise has always showed the ability and willingness to serve and excel at many off–court endeavors and gives back to the sport she loves by serving in many capacities of the WTA Tour, the USTA and many other professional organizations and charitable causes. Some of her most notable service honors include the WTA’s Player Service Award, the J & J Community Service Award, and the Stanford S Awards for her contributions to Stanford University.

Elise continues to live, work and give back to the Mid–Atlantic community, while serving as a terrific ambassador to tennis.

Nancy J. Ornstein

Nancy is a local teaching and coaching legend. Born and raised in the Washington, D.C. area, she attended Sidwell Friends before boarding at the Bishop’s School in Westlake, California. She then turned professional at 18 years old and continued until she was 29 years old, when she began coaching.

Nancy has compiled one of the best records ever for a female from the Mid–Atlantic Section. She has been a highly ranked player on the National Level, and a champion on the local level in every age category from the 12-and-under through the 45-and-over. In addition, she played singles in all of the major Grand Slam tournaments throughout the world and achieved a career high ranking of No. 25 in the world professionally.

In addition to her tournament records, Nancy has been an outstanding coach in the Mid–Atlantic area for many years. She has privately taught over 5,000 local students. Many of them have been outstanding in the region, including Alex Kim, Paul Harsanyi, Carter Morris, Stacey Martin and Jason Pinsky. She was recognized by the USTA/MAS in 1993 with a Special Recognition for Junior Player Development Award. Also, she was inducted into the National Capital Area Tennis Hall of Fame in 1986.

Nancy is known for instilling a contagious fighting spirit in her students. Her passion for the game is reflected in her student’s love of the game. As stated by several former top–ranked students, “her intensity is unparalleled. She has the ability, unlike many coaches, to instill a competitive fire and mental toughness that will carry you through your toughest matches.”

Finally, Nancy’s unique teaching style can be summed up by her students that describe their practice sessions as “boot camp with a touch of love.”

Roumania and Margaret Peters

Long before the Williams Sisters took to the court in Compton, California, and dominated the women’s game in the new millennium, there was the Original Sisters Act —Roumania and Margaret Peters of Washington, D.C. The Peters' sisters first came on the national tennis scene in 1936. While still in high school, they were invited to the ATA (American Tennis Association) national tournament in Wilberforce University, Ohio. After a series of upsets, Roumania Peters made it to the ATA Women’s final against three–time champion Lulu Ballard. However, it was the brilliant play of both sisters that caught the eye for Cleve Abbott, the Tuskegee Institute tennis coach. He offered them four-year scholarships to attend the prestigious school and play for his well–coached team. From 1937 to 1941, the Peters' sisters consistently won the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. Even at 89, Margaret remembered Tuskegee as a place where the girls felt valued and appreciated. Tuskegee was where they became the best African–American women playing the game at the time.

In 1938, the Peters' sisters won their first of 14 ATA women’s doubles championships. In addition, Roumania was one of only two women to defeat Althea Gibson in the singles championship held at Wilberforce in 1946.

The reputation of the Peters' sisters, known affectionately as “Pete and Re–Pete” spread beyond the black community. Actor and dancer Gene Kelly, stationed in the Washington D.C. area during World War II, rented a house in the Georgetown section of the city and would make special visits to a local park to play tennis with Roumania and Margaret.

While the Williams' sisters are, to some, the future of tennis, the sisters Peters' sisters are a matter of history that must not be forgotten.

Mid–Atlantic Tennis Hall of Fame 2002 Inductee Bios

Louis C. Einwick, Jr.
Lou Einwick, a retired forty–year banker and adjunct professor at the University of Richmond for thirty–two years, started playing tennis after he was “cleated in the stomach” playing baseball in the eighth grade. He played number one or number two for both his high school teams –– Norfolk Academy and Penn Charter School. After playing number two on the freshman team, Lou lettered in his last three years at the University of Virginia, primarily at the number five position.

After arriving in Richmond in 1958, Lou joined the Richmond Tennis Patrons Association (now Richmond Tennis Association), where he served on the board for over forty years, three of those years being president. He currently serves as the Executive Director. In addition to serving as chairman to numerous professional tennis events in Richmond, Lou was a referee for over forty years and was one of the founders of the Greater Richmond Tennis Association. He has twice been recognized by this organization with their Referee of the Year award, and in 2001 received a Certificate of Appreciation for Outstanding Support of the USTA Officiating Program.

Lou was awarded the Outstanding Young Man of Richmond Award in 1970. In 1990, Lou was one of the first inductees into the Capital Area Tennis Hall of Fame. In 1997, he was presented with the Richmond Tennis Association and Distinguished Service Award. In 1992, the Mid–Atlantic Tennis association presented Lou with the Volunteer of the Year Award.

Lou has been married for over thirty years to Becky Ezell, a recreational player and a great support. The Einwicks have two children, Charles and Lynne.

Coach “Mac” Jacoby
Mac Jacoby grew up in Connecticut and attended the Holderness School in New Hampshire prior to a short stint with the Navy towards the end of World War II. It was at Holderness that he began playing tennis and developed a love for the game. At Trinity College in Hartford, he continued to play tennis and captained the team his senior year. After Trinity, he spent two years with the Air Force (one in Korea) and then two years teaching in New York. He then went to Landon School in the fall of 1955 where he has remained ever since

During his thirty–plus years as Head Coach, Mac’s teams have won 27 Interstate Athletic Conference titles and 19 National Interscholastic Championships (team, singles and doubles titles). In addition, Mac also served as teacher of mathematics, and for twenty years he was Senior Master of Landon’s Middle School.

Mac coached over 800 boys at Landon School, including some of the finest junior players in the nation including Dick Dell (1965), Bobby Goeltz (1966, the only three–time National Interscholastic Singles Champion), Fred McNair (1969, National Interscholastic Singles Champion), Jim Hodges (1976, National Interscholastic Singles Champion) and Dek Potts and Tim Jenkins (National Interscholastic Doubles Champions).

Coach Mac’s personal efforts have touched hundreds of lives throughout the Middle Atlantic community. His dedication to Landon School, and especially to Landon’s prestigious tennis program, has left quite a legacy. More importantly, Mac’s teams and players are well–known for the highest levels of sportsmanship, integrity and teamwork, a direct result of the qualities displayed by their beloved Coach Mac.

Mildred B. West
Millie West arrived at the College of William and Mary in 1959 after receiving her undergraduate degree from Georgia College and her graduate degree from the University of Maryland. As a teacher, tennis coach and administrator, she rose from the rank of instructor to full professor; Emerita at her retirement from full-time service.

After becoming the Women’s Athletic Director in 1969, she developed the William and Mary tennis program into one of national stature that served as a model and inspiration for other intercollegiate programs across the Commonwealth and the country. Millie earned a national reputation as one of the primary administrators and spokesperson for women’s sports in America. Her creativity and leadership skills brought numerous events to the College of William and Mary and Williamsburg, including Pro–Am events and the Wightman Cup matches.

When William and Mary merged the athletic departments in 1986, Millie became the Associate Athletic Director of the combined programs until her retirement in 1997. Since her retirement, she has continued in a part–time position as Director of Special Projects and Curator of the Women’s ITA Hall of Fame. In this role, she spearheaded a drive for men’s and women’s tennis that resulted in the funding and construction of the state–of–the–art McCormack–Nagelson Tennis Center. Millie also established the ITA Women’s Hall of Fame, raised endowments to support the men’s coaching position and secured six tennis scholarships for men and six for women.

Millie has won numerous awards and is actively involved in her community as a board member to many organizations. She currently serves on a national basis as a member of the USTA Federation Cup Committee.

Millie is a person of remarkable drive, energy and vision. Her efforts have left a legacy of important accomplishments, not only in intercollegiate athletics and tennis, but in community service as well.

Brenda J. Gilmore
Brenda J. Gilmore is honored with the
2002 Robert W. Marsteller Courage Award.

Brenda Gilmore was born in Brooklyn and raised in Queens, New York. She came to Washington, D.C., to attend Howard University where she majored in fine arts. Brenda graduated from Howard University, Magna Cum Laude in 1973. Six years after her graduation, Brenda was well on her way in a career in professional photography when she fell victim of a hit-and-run automobile accident. During her hospital recovery, she amazed her doctors and nurses with her courage and determination to continue her photography career. She convinced them to allow her to take photos for the hospital newspaper. Thirteen months after her discharge from the hospital, Brenda was hired as a studio photographer for the Smithsonian Museum of American History.

Brenda has been physically active her entire life so she was surprised and overjoyed when she read about a wheelchair tennis program that was being offered locally. Brenda spent five years playing on the National Wheelchair Tennis Circuit and achieved a national ranking as high as number two in several divisions, the first African American to achieve this status.

Brenda is currently the Executive Director and co–founder of the Prince George’s Tennis and Education Foundation. She is the former Director of Community Tennis Development for the USTA/Mid–Atlantic Section where she was employed for 10 years.

Brenda is indeed an example of courage, determination and spirit that should inspire all who know her story.

Mid–Atlantic Tennis Hall of Fame 2001 Inductee Bios

Senator John Breaux
Senator John Breaux, a leader in national politics, serves as an effective and assertive advocate for the state of Louisiana. Born in Crowley, Louisiana, Senator Breaux was elected to the House of Representatives in 1972 at the age of 28. At the time of his election, he was the youngest member in the U.S. Congress. Senator Breaux represented the 7th District of Louisiana for 14 years before being elected to fill Senator Russell Long’s seat in 1986.

In 1998, Senator Breaux was overwhelmingly re–elected to a third term in the U.S. Senate, maintaining his title as Louisiana’s senior senator and receiving an endorsement from every major newspaper in the state. Louisiana’s largest newspaper (New Orleans) Times Picayune, called Senator Breaux “a mainstream Southern Democrat who has the skill to fashion legislative coalitions that draw extremes toward a bipartisan middle.”

Senator Breaux is a long time tennis player and pro–tennis fan, and has been a strong supporter of the Mid–Atlantic Tennis Foundation over the years. He strongly believes in the friends and fortitude acquired through the game of tennis.

Col. William Shiver
As patriotic and family–loving as they come, Col. William Shiver has also been locked emotionally to tennis for nearly seven decades. As an Air Force navigator/meteorologist, he saw service in World War II, the Korean conflict and in Vietnam where he was a unit commander.

Shiver has been a successful USTA tournament player, beginning as a junior and currently as a Super Senior. Along the way, he has earned state, sectional, national and international titles. For at least part of that era, he and his wife Lou were a successful on–court tandem. She achieved success on her own including being selected to the Memphis Tennis Hall of Fame. While the Col. was stationed in Tokyo, Lou reached the finals of the Japanese Doubles Championships.

During the 1970s, Col. Shiver served as Tournament Director or referee for a series of professional indoor tournaments held in the Coliseum in Hampton, Virginia, where fields included Stan Smith, Arthur Ashe, Jimmy Connors, Ilie Nastase and many others.

In 1972, Shiver retired from the Air Force and built the Centre Court Racquet Club, an indoor eight–court complex that serves as a tennis focal point for the Lower Virginia Peninsula. As a club manager, he monitors the operation and conducts numerous local events, including a number of Mid–Atlantic Regional and Championship tournaments. Over the years, many Mid–Atlantic Junior standouts have competed at Centre Court, while the Col. steadily gained stature as senior player, official, administrator and advisor.

Recognition has been spread out over the decades. In 1974, the Peninsula Sports Club recognized him as its Man of the Year in sports and in 1991; he was named the Virginia State Tournament Director of the Year and the Mid–Atlantic Tournament Director of the Year.

Steve Tidball
Steve Tidball has been the Head Tennis Professional at Congressional Country Club for twenty years. He resides in Bethesda with his wife Marie and their three sons, Matt, Adam and Brett.

After completing his service duty in 1974, Steve and Marie toured the European tennis circuit for seven months. Upon his return to the Washington area, Steve taught tennis briefly at Mount Vernon Tennis World in Alexandria and then in McLean, for a start up junior development program. In 1976, Steve became the Director of Tennis at the brand new Regency Racquet Club in McLean. After four years and three different management changes at the Regency Racquet Club, Steve and Marie thought they would try their luck running their own club. Steve bought a small swim and racquet club in Lakeland, Florida in 1979.

Fortunately for the Tidballs, Steve was offered the Head Tennis Professional position at Congressional Country Club in 1980. They sold their club in Florida and returned to the Washington area where they love it. Steve has been teaching, directing and running tournaments ever since. Presently in the winter Steve runs the Wadden–Greenhalgh Futures, and in the summer part of the Supernational Boy’s 16 Clay Championship and the USTA/MAS Parent–Child Championships.

Steve’s hobbies are working, playing tennis with members, and watching his sons play in their school sports. Steve’s tennis credentials are as follows: National 16 Junior Doubles Champion in 1963. Ranked #23 in USA Singles in 1966. NCAA Doubles Finalist, 1967. NCAA All–American 1967. Ranked #3 USA Doubles in 1968 with two wins over Stan Smith and Bob Lutz (#1 in the world). Armed Forces Singles and Doubles Champion in 1973. Washington Area Ranked #1 in 1973. Two time MATA Singles Finalist.

Mary Wyatt
Mary Wyatt was a native Washingtonian, born on July 24, 1937. She attended Banneker Jr. High School in Washington, DC and graduated from Dunbar High School having achieved a high academic average which merited her election to the National Honor Society.

Mary became involved with MATA, USTA and ATA after her son Daryl began playing tennis at age 11. With her own money she attended her first of several USTA annual meetings. Because of her enthusiasm, ideas and persuasive powers, she came to the attention of many USTA officials. Dave Markum, a former president of USTA, appointed her to several USTA committees in the early nineties. She subsequently worked on tennis committees with former USTA presidents Bumpy Frazier and Les Synder before her death. As a result of her participation with USTA, she was named a member of the Federation Cup Committee and continued this and her other committee service with the USTA until her death.

Mary was a life member of the ATA where she served as a legal counsel. With MATA, Mary participated on several committees throughout the years subsequent to 1987, including the Junior Competition Committee, up until her death. At the local level, Mary was the director of several local Junior Tournaments. Her energy level was such that Mary participated in all the tennis organizations, taught law, served on governmental committees and volunteered time to such other activities such as the Howard University Sickle Cell Clinic, Calvin Davis and Zina Garrison Foundations and traveled with her son Daryl when he participated in all the junior tournaments and while he played on the men’s professional circuit. Her last opportunity to see him play was in Brazil in May, 1995. Mary passed away three months before her planned annual trip to the U.S. Open Tournament, during which she was scheduled to be a guest in President Snyder’s Box on September 6, 1995.

Robert W. Marsteller
Robert W. Marsteller is honored by the establishment of the Robert W. Marsteller Courage Award.

Robert has demonstrated courage, and revealed true winning qualities over the past ten months, since a terrible accident left him quadriplegic. His unfailing positive outlook and his bright, shining spirit have inspired us as he moves forward re–building his life and tackling new challenges. Robert has confronted his adversity head–on, with characteristic hard work, a fine sense of humor and a smile. He is a Champion in every sense of the word, and a winner in the game of life.

Robert was born in Roanoke, Virginia on August 4, 1959. He grew up competing in Mid–Atlantic sanctioned tennis events. He achieved early success as Virginia State 12 and Under Champion, and later rose to earn the number 2 Ranking in Mid Atlantic 18 and Under division. Robert also enjoyed a very successful high school career at North Cross School, and was a four year member of the varsity Tennis Team at the University of Virginia.

More recently, Robert has been occupied as a husband, proud father of two and a successful banking professional. In his spare time, however, Robert has kept up his game, proving himself indomitable in his “club” tennis career. Robert was Men's Open Singles Champion at the Chevy Chase Club for ten consecutive years, between 1989 and 1999.

Robert resides in Washington, DC with his wife, Marilyn, and their two children, Wiley and Emily.

	USTA/Mid-Atlantic Executive Director Rod Dulany

 

Rod Dulany became the USTA/Mid-Atlantic Executive Director on Aug. 15, 2008-present.

During his career, he has served in many facets of the tennis industry. He retired from Washington Golf and Country Club after 30 years as the Director of Tennis and moved to Ocean City. Recently, he worked for the Town of Ocean City as the Director of the Ocean  City Tennis Center as well as running numerous programs including soccer, lacrosse and baseball. Dulany graduated from North Carolina State University with an undergraduate degree in Parks and Recreation. 

Previously, Rod served USTA/Mid-Atlantic as Sectional President, Sectional Delegate, Chairman of the Junior Tennis Council and President of the Mid-Atlantic Tennis Foundation. He has also served on various national USTA committees including chairing the USTA Sectional Presidents’ Committee.

As a tennis-teaching professional, he was awarded the National USPTA Professional of the Year in 1980 and reached the status of Master Professional.

He is married to Peggy Dulany and has two daughters, Debi Dulany and Debbie Adams.

Jack Schore
Coming soon…

Mid–Atlantic Tennis Hall of Fame 1999 Inductee Bios

Elizabeth Eisenstein
Betty Eisenstein was born and educated in New York City. Her life of competitive tennis has been an inspiration to women in the world of tennis for decades.

Her years of plying tennis as a young child began on her parent's tennis court at home in Westchester County and continued through college at Vassar. Having earned a Ph.D., Betty a mother of three and a faculty wife moved to Washington, D.C. and joined the St. Alban's Tennis Club. Here she played tennis and taught history part-time at American University.

In 1973, shortly before her 50th birthday, she entered her first senior tennis tournament that was just he beginning of things to come. In 1975, Betty accepted the post of Professor of History at the University of Michigan. She practiced tennis throughout her stay in Ann Arbor traveling between Washington, D.C. and Michigan until she retired as Professor Emerita in 1988.

Upon retiring she joined Kenwood Country Club and became active in tournament play. During the last two decades, she has won more than fifteen national championships and has been consistently ranked among the top ten players in single competition. Throughout the decade of the 90's, Betty had been ranked #1 in either singles or doubles or both as in 1994. In 1998, Betty completed a 'grand slam' in the 75s winning national championships on all 4 surfaces.

In her seventies, Betty has been ranked #1 in MATA in the 55 singles and 60 singles and has played for MATA in several intersectional tournaments. Betty continues to win club championships throughout the metropolitan Washington, D.C. area.

Robert Pass
Bob Pass has been a preeminent coach of top ranked juniors in the Mid-Atlantic section for the past 26 years.

Bob Pass has been tennis coach and mentor to more than 500 USTA/MAS ranked junior boys and girls. Bob's students have included 37 players ranked number one and 175 ranked in the top ten in their age division. His students have beaten Michael Chang, Monica Seles and Malavia Washington at national tournaments. Two of his students have won USTA scholarship awards for Most Improved Player in the nation.

His 'Bob Pass 4 Star Tennis Academy' started with just 12 girls in 1973. Today it is one of the larges and most successful junior tennis programs in the Mid-Atlantic region.

In 1987, Stan Smith selected Bob along with an elite group of junior coaches to provide input into the new USTA player development program

Bob currently chairs the USTA/MAS Junior Competition Committee. He served on the Board of Directors of the Washington Tennis Foundation. Yet Bob's most rewarding aspect of his career is the lifelong relationships he has developed with his students.

Bob is a graduate of Brown University and The George Washington School of Law.

Steve Potts is the Director of the United States Office of Government Ethics and a member of the President's Council on Integrity and Efficiency appointed by President Bush and later confirmed by the U.S. Senate in 1990. He was re-appointed by President Clinton in 1995, for a second five-year term. Before his appointment, Steve was a partner of the law firm of Shaw, Pittman, Potts and Trowbridge.

Throughout his life Steve was a competitive tennis player. At Vanderbilt University, Steve played #1 singles and doubles. In 1952, Steve qualified and played at Wimbledon. Throughout his military service as an Army Jag Officer, Steve continued to participate and win tennis tournaments. However, his most treasured competitive tennis achievement is winning national and international father-son championships with his son Dek.

Steve has been an active volunteer al of his adult life and has served on numerous tennis Boards. He is on the Board of Directors of the U.S. Olympic Committee, chairs the U.S. Tennis Association's Olympic Committee, chairs the Board of the U.S. International Lawn Tennis Club and is a member of the International Tennis Federation's Olympic Committee. He is a past member of the U.S. Tennis Association Board of Directors and Executive Committee and former Chair of the Sanction and Schedules and Father-Son Committees. He is past president of the Washington Tennis Foundation; co-founder of the Washington Start Tournament now the Legg Mason Classic, and a member of the National Capital Area Tennis Hall of Fame.

Mid–Atlantic Tennis Hall of Fame 1998 Inductee Bios

Dr. Robert Walter “Whirlwind” Johnson

Tennis Legend to be Inducted into International Tennis Hall of Fame

Dr. Robert Walter “Whirlwind” Johnson Coached Althea Gibson & Arthur Ashe

Dr. Robert W. “Whirlwind” Johnson will be inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame this summer in Newport, RI.

Dr. Johnson was the force behind integrated tennis. As his nickname “Whirlwind” suggests, he stormed across the American tennis landscape for three decades (1940-1970) and changed tennis forever. The former football All-American built a tennis dynasty in Lynchburg, Va., that produced the first two African-American Grand Slam Champions, Althea Gibson and Arthur Ashe.

On August 24, 1946, Dr. Johnson and his good friend Dr. Hubert Eaton witnessed the future of world tennis -- Althea Gibson. That day, they vowed to each other and Gibson to break the game’s color barrier and develop a Grand Slam Champion. They made many personal and financial sacrifices to achieve this end. Gibson later declared, “I owe the doctors a great deal. If I ever amount to anything, it will be because of them.” Gibson integrated Forest Hills in 1950. Seven years later, she won it. 

Dr. Johnson, a human dynamo, did not hesitate once Gibson’s course was set. He immediately spun into action and established the Junior Development Tennis Program under the support of the American Tennis Association. Each summer, he invited dozens of talented juniors to train on his backyard court. They traveled the country, winning titles and making history. In 1953 (Ashe’s first year at camp), the United States Lawn Tennis Association (USLTA) now the United States Tennis Association (USTA) extended an invitation to Dr. Johnson’s team to play the Nationals at Kalamazoo, M.I., using credentials from the American Tennis Association (ATA), an African American U.S. sports organization. That same summer, Bobby Riggs conducted a clinic on Dr. Johnson’s court. Five Grand Slam champions, Riggs, Gibson, Ashe, Pauline Betz-Addie, and Manuel Santana, would succumb to the charisma of this man and grace his Lynchburg court with their presence. He embraced diversity as an integral part of America’s future. His camp was open to all races. It was the precursor to today’s tennis academy, with one exception: Dr. Johnson, who was inducted into the Mid-Atlantic Tennis Hall of Fame in 1998, ran it with his own money. Players traveled first class. In the spring of 1951, he integrated his first junior event; the USLTA Inter-scholastic Championships.

Dr. Johnson, a soft-spoken man of unflinching determination, carried a big racquet and quietly aced the tennis world.  He had the uncanny knack of influencing people and organizations to buy into his vision of a new tennis world.  This unlikely pioneer was so influential in the game that he could get black players into the main draw of the US Nationals at Forest Hills. This period of unprecedented opportunity for blacks on both the junior and adult circuits of the USLTA lasted until Dr. Johnson’s death in 1971. 

“Dr. J” as players called him, was more than a coach. He was a teacher and role model.  He was a talent scout par excellence who could spot and develop untapped potential. He preached perseverance, patience, sportsmanship, etiquette, humility and hard work. He valued education and garnered college scholarships for his campers through his network of associations established during his college football playing and coaching days. His lasting legacy is that he made tennis accessible for everyone by relocating it from private, segregated country clubs to integrated public facilities.

Tennis historians have lauded the noble efforts of Gibson and Ashe in breaking down racial barriers. Without the guidance of Dr. Johnson, however, Gibson, Ashe or countless others might not have succeeded so mightily. Dr. Johnson trained, coached, and mentored African Americans from his home in Lynchburg, Virginia, for more than two decades. He established a crucial Junior Development program for the ATA, worked tirelessly behind the scenes to provide competitive opportunities for all competitors, and emerged indisputably as a towering figure in the evolution of the game.

Bio Information

* Date of Birth: April 16, 1899

* Place of Birth: North Carolina

* Dr. Johnson won 7 ATA National Mixed Doubles titles with partner and protégé Althea Gibson

* Dr. Johnson was named Football All-American in 1924

Received the following awards:

* Certificate of Merit by Baltimore Tennis Club

* Atlanta Georgia 100% Wrong Club Award

* Lincoln University Alumni Award

* Dr. Johnson formed the ATA Junior Development Program

* Dr. Johnson served as Vice-President of the ATA

* Dr. Johnson coached both Althea Gibson and Arthur Ashe

* Dr. Johnson served as tournament director of the Central Inter-Collegiate Athletic Championships Association

* Dr. Johnson was inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame in 1972

* Dr. Johnson was elected into the Mid-Atlantic Tennis Hall of Fame in 1998

* Dr. Johnson was the recipient of the Marlboro Tennis Award

* Dr. Johnson received an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters by Lincoln University in 1971

* Dr. Johnson and his son Robert Johnson, Jr. became the first African-Americans to play in the USLTA National Father/Son Clay Court Tournament

* Dr. Johnson was named an NCAAP Life Membership Chairman

* Dr. Johnson also received the Spiro T. Agnew Honorary Citizenship Award

Eugene and Margaret* Russo

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Hugh Waters, III

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Mid–Atlantic Tennis Hall of Fame 1997 Inductee Bios

William H.G. Fitzgerald
Mr. FitzGerald was the U.S. Ambassador to Ireland from 1992-1993. Before his appointment to the Embassy in Dublin, Mr. FitzGerald held the following positions:

Mr. FitzGerald is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, and he attended Harvard Law School.

Raymonde Veber Jones
Born in Paris, France to Charles and Blanche Veber, Raymonde was on of six children. Raymonde was a very studios child and spent so much time reading that, at the age of twelve, the family physician concerned over Raymonde's health, prescribed tennis as a means of putting more balance and outdoor activity in her life.

Raymonde quickly became dedicated to the sport of tennis and in 1944 became the French National Champion. In 1945, Raymonde married Major Raymond Geyer Jones, U.S. Army, after a brief whirlwind courtship.

In January of 1946, Raymonde arrived in New York City and continued to travel with her active duty husband. They finally settled in Annandale, VA in 1961 where they still reside. Raymonde never stopped playing competitive tennis and won the Mid-Atlantic Women's Championship for nine of the next ten years without loosing a set.

Raymond's highest U.S. National Ranking was #13 in singles and #11 in doubles with Carol Herrick as her partner. Her total dedication to the sport is reflected in her participation in inter-club team play and as a teaching professional for the past 36 years. As a member of the Army Navy Country Club, Arlington, VA, Raymonde has continually represented her club in inter-club team play and was club champion for 13 consecutive years, relinquishing her title to her daughter Maryse Jones Hotchkiss, currently of Orange Park, FL.

Besides being a talented skier and golfer, Raymonde continues to maintain her USTA Membership and play tennis on a daily basis with her husband. In addition to their daughter, they have two sons; Raymond of Charlotte, NC and Philippe of Vienna, VA, and seven grandchildren, all of whom share their grandmother's talent and love of tennis.

Frederick V. McNair, IV
Frederic V. McNair, IV, embodies the mission, which the Mid-Atlantic Tennis Association aspires to replicate as we look towards the 21st Century. He was born and raised in Chevy Chase, MD, from a tennis-playing family.

Fred won his first boys' MATA title at the age of 11. He defended his title the following year when the age groups were changed to 12-under, and was also a MATA Boys' 14-under champion at L'Hrondelle in Baltimore in 1964. At Fred's first Wimbledon singles round opponent another first timer …Steve Krulevitz!

Fred will be the first to admit that the decade spent playing Father-Son doubles at the local, regional, and national levels, more than any other influence, nurtured his love for competition and the game. He and his dad won six national titles, were runners-up another seven times, and three times held the #1 ranking I in the USTA.

Fred was a member of the 1964, 1965 and 1969 National Interscholastic Team Champions, hailing from the Landon School in Bethesda, Maryland. He subsequently attended the University of North Carolina on a full Tennis scholarship, where he became the first four-time NCAA All-American student athlete at Chapel Hill. He was a member of the perennial ACC Champion Tennis team and co-captained the 1971 and 1973 UNC netters.

After his graduation he spent nine years on the Men's International Professional Tennis Tour, achieving significant results in singles-highest ATP rank of 67-and more dramatic results in doubles. Over the course of his career with his various partners, he won 18 ATP doubles titles and was a runner-up in another 23. He reached the pinnacle of the doubles world in the 1975 and 1976 seasons, achieving the #1 ranking in the world with his partner, Sherwood Stewart. He and Sherwood won the French Open and the Masters titles in that same year. Their crowning achievement was as member of the 1978 U.S. Davis Cup Championship Team.

Fred's love affair with Tennis has continued even more passionately in the decades of the 80's and 90's. He has been the USTA Singles Champion in both the 35-over (1989) and the 40-over (1995) age groups. Nowadays, he enjoys playing with his family and especially sharing his energy and passion for Tennis with his friends and business associates. He is President of a 65-year old family practice which uses life insurance in estate planning and executive benefits arena. Not surprisingly, it takes the name McNair & Company Inc., which his grandfather founded in 1931.

Dwight Mosley
There are people who contribute to this world by who they are and people who contribute by what they do. Dwight A. Mosley was both of these. As the Director of the Washington Tennis Foundation from 1984 until his passing last year, Dwight Mosley influenced the lives of hundreds of youth in tennis and sports and through multiple other community programs.

He first began helping children by coaching football, then in recreational programs throughout Washington in the WTF, enabling youth in numerous local communities to experience sports and other activities and services. In 1993, Mosley was elected to the United States Tennis Association's Board of Directors where he was able to broaden his sphere of influence and add to even more lives.

His death is not only a loss to his wife, Camille, and children Lauren and Kyle, but to youth locally and throughout our nation. However, his contributions continue to live after him, bringing hope and giving opportunities to both individuals and communities.

To honor the man and commemorate his accomplishments, the Dwight A. Memorial Fund will continue his work with young people in the Washington area. This will ensure that his legacy continues.

Col. Gordon Shingleton
Gordon's tennis volunteer activities have been local, sectional, and national in scope. He started as a high school varsity tennis player in Charleston, West Virginia in the 1940's. Later he played on the Army intersectional team in Okinawa, and captained U.S. Army Post teams in Alabama, Maryland and Virginia. He became a USTA senior ranked player at the district and sectional levels. He now plays USTA senior league tennis on a Martinsburg, West Virginia team. Gordon has served continuously on the USTA Mid-Atlantic Board of Directors/Executive Committee since 1978. He led a group of volunteers to organize and operate the West Virginia District Tennis Association (WVDTA). He has served as its president, and currently is the WVDTA Delegate to the Mid-Atlantic Section (MAS). Elected to two terms as MAS president (1982-1986), he has also been chairperson of the MAS Grievance Committee (1979-1980 & 1988-1994), and the MAS Junior Tennis Council (1980-1982). The MAS awarded him its outstanding Service Award (1986), plus Volunteer of the Year (1990), and Chairperson of the Year (1994) awards.

At the national level, he has been on the USTA Budget and Finance Committee (1986-1990), and the Adult/Senior Competition Committee (1991-Present). He was also the chairperson of the ad hoc Sectional Presidents' Committee (1984-1986), when it became a permanent USTA committee.

Gordon is an engineering graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and earned a graduate degree (MBA) from the University of Buffalo. During his twenty year active duty career in the U.S. Army, he served nearly six years overseas, including both World War II and the Vietnam Conflict.

He retired from the Pentagon in 1976, and operated as a private consultant until 1992. Gordon and his wife, Phyllis have recently moved to Sterling, Virginia from Gerrardstown, West Virginia.

Mid–Atlantic Tennis Hall of Fame 1996 Inductee Bios

John A. Harris
A native Washingtonian, John Harris has been active in tennis as a player, businessman, and volunteer for over 50 years, from a nationally ranked junior player, to Captain of the University of Michigan championship tennis team (Big Ten and NCAA Champion), to a top ranked Mid-Atlantic competitor (winner of many local tournaments), John has shown his playing prowess on the court and off the court. He has used his "competitive edge" in helping kids, particularly those at risk, learn to play tennis and make it their "sport of a lifetime." He has served as Vice President of the Greater Washington Tennis Association (1966-1967); Executive Director of the Washington Tennis Foundation (1970-1981) and a member of its Board of Directors since 1962. John, along with lifelong friend Donald dell, founded the Washington Star International Tennis Championships (now Leg Mason Tennis Classic) and served as Co-Chairman with Donald through 1994. He was founder, Board Member and Vice President of the National Indoor Tennis Association (1971-1973); the United States Tournament Director's Representative on the Men's International Professional Tennis Council (governing body for men's professional tennis) (1977-1979); Founder and President of the North American Tennis Tournament Directors Association (1978-1979); inducted into the National Capital Area Tennis Hall of Fame (1981); and received the Washington Tennis Foundations Service Award in 1981 and their Lifetime Achievement Award in 1992. Throughout his career, his philosophy has been to get kids "off the streets and on the courts."

John considers the true champion of his family to be his mother, Carolyn, his best doubles partner Nancy, his wife of almost 29 years, and his most outstanding achievements, his children Nicki and Jeff Geifman, and Sara Jane and Brian Harris.

He is currently President of Potomac Ventures, Inc., a commercial real estate brokerage and management company.

Doris Harrison
Tennis legend Doris Harrison has been a "driving force" behind the tennis movement in the Washington, DC area for more than 40 years. Her volunteer serves have encompassed every aspect of tennis: Officer and Board Member, Program Organizer and Director, League Coordinator and Team Captain, Instructor and Clinician, Consultant and Fund Raiser.

She launched the "Tennis Youth Movement" in Washington, DC in the 1960's by designing and implementing programs for introducing tennis to inner-city youth. During the 1970's she played a key role in the development and execution of the National Junior Tennis League (NJTL) program at the local and national level.

Doris is responsible of the current tennis "epidemic" among seniors in the District of Columbia. She is the Founder and Director of the Leisure Time Tennis Camp (LTTC) program, the oldest, largest, and most diversified year-round program for seniors in the area.

Currently, Doris serves as Vice President of WTA and Secretary of USPTR. She is a member of the MATA Nominating; senior tournaments and Schedules; Senior Rankings; and Senior Inter-Sectional and Cup Teams Committees.

Doris has won over 300 awards and citations. She has been ATA National Champion six times, CD Public Parks Champion five times, and Silver Medal Winner in the 1991 National Senior Olympics held in Syracuse, NY. In April of 1996 she won a Gold and Silver medal at the International Senior Games held in Bermuda. She still competes and wins in local USTA leagues, Sectional Tournaments and on National Inter-Sectional Teams.

In 1979, Doris was inducted onto the WATPF National Capital Area Hall of Fame-in 1969, she received the prestigious USTA National "Service Bowl" Award presented to her by Mrs. Hazel Wrightman at the Longwood Cricket Club in Chestnut Hill, Mass. Doris is the only African American to be so honored in the awards 50 year history.

A believer that anyone who has been benefited from tennis should give something back to the game, her motto is "get involved and involve others."

Doris plans to continue her service to the tennis community and hopes to be an active competitor well into the 21st century. She is like the 'Energizer'-she keeps "GOING" "GOING" "GOING."

Allie Ritzenberg
Albert "Allie" Ritzenberg, a rare Washington native does not want to be referred to as the pro and to the rich and famous. He has a varied and distinguished career as a tennis player and innovator, and served in creative ways. He is still going strong after 70 years on the tennis courts in the Washington area. Allie had become a Goodwill Ambassador for the State Department's International Educational Exchange Specialist Program-where he was praised by the US Congress. As a player, Allie won the MD Atlantic 18 and Under Juniors in the 1936 (60 years ago) and was a nationally ranked junior. As a college player he was the No. 1 player in the Southern Intercollegiate Conference and one of the best in the US. He was becoming a teaching pro; however the war years put a hold on his competitive career. He has won singles and five doubles of the International Tennis Federation (World's Championship). In addition, Allie has won ten gold balls for winning USTA national titles. He has also won championship s of several countries throughout the world, plus a host of other international championships. Ritzenberg has taught at clubs, coached the Georgetown University team, and made tennis a major sport there. For the past 35 years he has been running the program at St. Albens School, where the club has achieved global prominence. Sports Illustrated, in the article written a number years ago, gave Allie credit for creating the "tennis renaissance" or craze that emanated from St. Albens during the Kennedy years and spread throughout the nation and beyond. 7 AM tennis on a mass scale became the rage.

Allie has written many articles and wrote, narrated and performed in two teaching films. Early on he lectured, taught and gave clinics to the disadvantaged and disabled, and was instrumental in starting programs for them. He also gave exhibitions and played with the world's top players. Ritzenberg believes strongly that tennis is an art form for his tennis shop at St. Albens he chose the architects who won a national award for the building. Allie's collection of antiques with a racket motif, some dating back 4-500 years, ranks as the world's foremost. He takes his civic responsibilities seriously and serves on a number of boards and advisory committees, some dealing with children and the arts. Along with Pauline Betz, Addie and Stanley Hofferger, Allie built and ran the Cabin John indoor tennis courts for 21 years. Allie is named in his honor-and still he has time to devote to his wife, Peggy, their four children and nine grandchildren.

Maury Schwartzman
Asked how many people he had taught to play tennis, Maury Schwartzman paused for a minute and said, "thousands, I suppose." For most of his adult life he made his living as tennis pro, starting in the early 1930's when he conducted lessons on the cement courts of Druid Hill Park in Baltimore. Maury won the Southern Conference Championship and the Maryland State Juniors at the age of 18. Following that time he attended the University of Maryland where he captained the tennis team. He was ranked No. 1 and was undefeated.

Mr. Schwartzman taught 25 Mid-Atlantic Champions, 12 of whom went on to play internationally including Steve Krulevitz, Elise Burgin, Harold Solomon and Andrea Leand.

One of his proudest accomplishments was the year nine of his pupils were Captains of their college tennis teams and were Champions. Bill Tanton of The Sun papers summed it up when he stated "young or old, they all loved Maury Schwartzman. It was that way for six decades."

Mid–Atlantic Tennis Hall of Fame 1995 Inductee Bios

Donald L. Dell
Donald was born in Savannah, Georgia, and presently lives in Potomac, Maryland. In 1970 Donald founded the sports law practice, ProServ, Inc. in Washington, DC. He is the first attorney to represent tennis players on a professional basis. He is also Chairman of the Board for ProServ Television, founded in 1980, which is a leading producer of sports programming for cable television.

Donald has many tennis accomplishments. From 1961 to 1963 he was a member of the U.S Davis Cup team. He was captain of the U.S. Davis Cup team in 1968 and 1969, and became the first captain in 20 years to regain and successfully defend the cup in consecutive years. He resigned undefeated. In 1968, Donald Co-Founded the National Junior Tennis League. He also Co-Founded the Association of Tennis Professionals in 1972. Donald serves as the co-chairman of the D.C. Tennis Classic, Washington, D.C. Donald became President of the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1987, and currently serves as Vice-Chairman of that organization.

Unni MacDonald
Unni was born, educated and leaned to play tennis in Norway. Unfortunately, Norway was invaded by German troops in 1940. During this occupation Unni participated in the Norwegian Underground. After several years she had to escape from the Gestapo to Sweden. The allied governments had an air escape route from Sweden to Great Britain during this period, and Unni was flown out by the American Air Force. The badly damaged plane was forced to land near St. Andrews, Scotland. Unni was sent to London where she worked for the Norwegian Government in exile until the war ended. She resumed her career with the Foreign Service at that time, and was posted to Washington where she met her husband Vaughan.

She got involved in tennis as a volunteer when her son Peter started playing tournaments. Shortly after she found herself running junior tournaments, doing rankings, helping out at the "Star" tournament, and finally was hired by the Mid-Atlantic Tennis Association as its first Executive Director. This position involved every aspect of tennis: rankings, leagues, awards, junior/adult/senior activities, schedules and much more such as junior excellence programs. She also has the opportunity to meet tennis enthusiasts all over the country as she attended every USTA's annual and semi-annual meeting since 1977.

She retired as Executive Director of the Mid-Atlantic Tennis Association in 1990, and has since worked as a volunteer both for MATA and USTA. She is currently the Secretary of both the USTA Fed Cup and the USTA Awards committees. Being on the Fed Cup Committee ahs involved travel abroad: Nottingham, England; and Frankfurt, Germany; as well as in this country.

Unni is currently the Chairman of the Mid-Atlantic Awards Committee and serves as a member of the Junior Tennis Council and Long Range Planning committee in MATA.

Howard Mast
Howard was bon in Princess Anne County, Virginia. For much of his professional career he was the Director of Recreation (1964-1966), for the City of Suffolk, Virginia. He started teaching junior players in 1954 due to the demand to include tennis in the Public Recreation program.

In 1957 he organized the Suffolk Tennis Association and became a member of the Virginia Tennis Association. He became President of the Virginia Tennis Association in 1961.

Howard accepted the Presidency of the Middle Atlantic Lawn Tennis Association in 1965. By 1966 the membership doubled, and tripled in 1967. Howard was also involved in the first organized push for racial integration in 1967. He moved all sanctioned tournaments to public courts.

From 1966 to 1978 he worked at the Virginia Wesleyan College as the Women's Basketball Coach, Tennis Instructor, and Tennis Coach. Howard was instrumental in organizing the Newport News Tennis Patrons, the Harrisonburg Tennis Program and the Farmville Tennis Association.

Mid–Atlantic Tennis Hall of Fame 1994 Inductee Bios

Frederick V. McNair, III
As a great sportsman and competitor, Fred has made significant contributions to tennis for nearly 60 years. He co-founded and served as the third president of the Washington Tennis Patrons. He also raised six children who are active tennis players at the amateur, collegiate, and professional levels.

Harold Solomon
Harold is a native of the National Capital Area and one of the finest competitors to play the game. As a 15 year veteran, he captured 22 singles titles and was ranked in the top 10 for four years. He recently returned to tennis as a coach to Mary Joe Fernandez.

Darrell and Virginia Swayne
Working as a team, Darrell and Virginia Swayne have served as key volunteers in the USTA/Mid-Atlantic Section for many years. Together their efforts have encompassed every aspect of tennis. They were recognized both as Volunteers and Family of the Year. Hundreds of tennis players have benefited from their dedicated volunteer efforts.

Mid–Atlantic Tennis Hall of Fame 1993 Inductee Bios

Steven E. Krulevitz
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Edgar P. Lee
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Frank G. Roberts
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Mid–Atlantic Tennis Hall of Fame 1992 Inductee Bios

Hal Burrows
Although born on Christmas Eve of 1924 in Washington, North Carolina, Harold Melville Burrows, Jr. grew up in Charlottesville, Virginia. He graduated from Lane High School (class of '42) and completed one semester at the University of Virginia before entering the United States Army Air Corps. In 1946, after World War II, Burrows re-entered UVA and graduated in 1950 with a B.S. degree in Commerce.

A natural tennis player wit ha classic backhand that was praised and envied by many, Burrows accomplished an impressive playing career with virtually no formal tennis instruction. In spite of interrupting his prime tennis years to serve his country, Burrows compiled an impressive tournament record while playing numerous tennis events around the world including wins over thirty-five players that played Davis Cup for their respective countries at one time or another.

Burrows recalls his tour in 1951 as a highlight of his tennis career. He was in three event finals in a tournament in Bristol, England leading up to Wimbledon and defeated Jaroslav Drobny of Czechoslovakia, ranked #1 in Europe just after Drobny had won the French Championships. Another of his greatest accomplishments was in 1953 when Hal and his doubles partner, Straight Clark defeated Ken Rosewell and Lew Hoad of Australia 5-7, 14-12, 18-16, 9-7, thereby denying their opponents the "Grand Slam." In 1954, Burrows was selected to represent the United States as a member of the U.S. Davis Cup Team. Known for his modest demeanor and good sportsmanship on and off the court, Burrows was very popular at the University of Virginia with his fellow students who fondly referred to him as "Prince Hal."

Hal's tennis career reflects an impressive list of accomplishments. He is a member of the International Lawn Tennis Club, the Advisory Board of the Richmond Tennis Patrons Association, the Board of Directors of the Tennis Opportunity Program of Richmond and the Advisory Board of the Four Star Tennis Academy. Burrows was Director of Tennis at The Homestead (11 years) before becoming the Director of Tennis t the Country Club of Virginia in Richmond (18 years). He was inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame in 1990.

On June 1, 1992, Burrows was appointed Director of Racquet Sports Emeritus at the Country Club of Virginia. Hal and his wife Barbara Blades, continue to enjoy the friendships cultivated through tennis.

Susan Spessard Cain
Although born in Roanoke, Susan Spessard Cain grew up in Norfolk, Virginia. As a young girl, she was introduced to the game of tennis by her father who enjoyed tennis as a recreational player. Tennis was to become a major part of Susan's life as she developed a love for the sport as a player, then later, as a professional tennis umpire and volunteer.

After discarding the square top wooden racket of her father's youth, Cain became a tournament player and won several area tennis tournaments from 1950 to 1977 including the Norfolk City Open singles (1950) at the age of seventeen.

Cain received her A.B. degree from Randolph Macon Woman's College in Lynchburg, Virginia, and B.S. degree from the Medical College of Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) in Richmond. During her last year at VCU, she met Ronald A. Cain. They were married ten months later.

After a brief career as a Medical Technologist, Cain spent the next thirty-six years as a devoted wife and mother of their five children: Ronald, Thomas, James, Susan, Elizabeth. She continued to play tennis and won the Richmond City Open singles and doubles (1969), Richmond City 35 singles (1976 & 77) and doubles in 1977.

Although tennis officiating was traditionally performed by males in the late 1960's, Cain's interest in becoming a tennis official developed as her children entered local junior tournaments. This interest grew and in 1972 she performed her first official duties as a tennis umpire. By 1979, Cain had qualified to attend the first Certification School for Grand Prix International Umpires in Dallas, Texas.

Cain was recognized as a superior tennis official and chaired at the U.S. Open for seventeen consecutive years (1972-1989). She also officiated at Wimbledon (1981 & 1988), the Australian Open and Seoul Olympics (1988). Susan was the official Referee of the prestigious Wightman Cup matches in Williamsburg (1987).

Playing and officiating was only part of Susan's tennis life. Serving in many capacities as a volunteer over the years, she worked her way up to become President of the Richmond Tennis Patrons (1985 & 86), President of the Virginia Tennis Association (1978 & 79) and Secretary of the Mid-Atlantic Tennis Association (1988 & 89). Her extensive involvement in local, district, sectional and national volunteer work resulted in a presidential appointment to the United States Tennis Association's Executive Committee in 1985.

Dr. John Watson

When John Watson was two years old, John and his family left Greenville, South Carolina to settle in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. It was there that John, his three brothers and two sisters received their early education through the public school system in Bethlehem.

As the years rolled by, the desire for higher education propelled John to obtain an A.B. degree from Howard University, Washington, D.C.; a Certificate of Graduate Studies from the University of Paris, France; a M.A. degree from Columbia University, New York, and a PhD. from Catholic University, Washington, D.C.

He served in the U.S. Army during World War II from 1943 to 1946 and was present when Patton's forces liberated Paris.

Dr. Watson's teaching credentials are equally impressive. Besides instructing at Howard University and Virginia State University in Petersburg, he also held the position of Professor and Chairmen of the Department of Foreign Languages at the Virginia Union University in Richmond.

Watson is equally well educated in the finer aspects of tennis. Having achieved a Virginia District ranking of #6 in years past, he more recently has held rankings within the top three senior divisions of the American Tennis Association (ATA) and was a finalist in the senior division of the ATA Championships in Boston, Massachusetts.

The greatest personal satisfaction he enjoys comes from the positive impact that he has had on so many children of all ethnic backgrounds though tennis. Serving as tournament director of the Southeastern Tennis Tournament for the past thirty-four years and securing hundreds of scholarships for his participants, Dr. Watson has been instrumental in developing hundreds of juniors into constructive and useful citizens by encouraging them to reach their full potential. Dr. Watson has served as President of the Richmond Racquet Club and First Vice President of the ATA. He continues to serve as Varsity Tennis Coach at Virginia Union University (35 years) and a volunteer tennis director for the Department of Recreation and Parks (35 plus years)-with no end in sight.

Dr. Watson reflects: "Considering the number of years in which I have been involved with tennis, you can say that my life demonstrates what USTA has been stating: tennis is truly a sport for a lifetime."

Mid–Atlantic Tennis Hall of Fame 1991 Inductee Bios

Arthur Ashe, Jr.
Arthur Ashe's triumphs-both in and out of tennis-have been considerable including Wimbledon and the U.S. Open, and earned him the world's No. 1 ranking on two separate occasions (1968 & 1975). His recovery from two bypass open heart surgeries has left him able to pursue new challenges, both in tennis and beyond.

His off-the-court accomplishments are impressive. He was instrumental in founding the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), was elected its second president in 1974 and has served on the Board of Directors. He played a similar role in forming the National Junior Tennis League; a program designed to involve inner-city youths in tennis, and currently serves as chairman of the Black Tennis and Sports Foundation. He is also the national spokesman for the Volvo Tennis/Collegiate Series promoting the sport at the intercollegiate level.

He has devoted a great deal of time to the ATP's official charity, the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, and to the United Negro College Fund. He was the 1981-1982 National Campaign Chairman for the American Heart Association and for two years served as a non-medical member of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Advisory Council.

Holder of a degree in business administration from UCLA, the Richmond, Virginia-born Ashe also has made his mark in the corporate arena. He is Chairman of the Tennis Advisory Staff of Head Sports USA, a consultant for LeCoq Sportif, has filmed television ads for Bufferin and Benefit cereal, and is a board member of Aetna Life and Casualty Company.

In addition to his charitable activities, Ashe has been outspoken in support of the antiapartheid movement in South Africa.

The tennis director for the Doral Resort and Country Club in Miami, Florida, Ashe is a tennis commentator for ABC television, HBO, and a host of the syndicated television series "The Other Side of Victory." He has fashioned an impressive track record as an author, having written a tennis diary, Portrait in Motion, and an autobiography, Off the Court. He also contributes a tennis column to "The Washington Post" and an instructional column for Tennis Magazine.

Dearest to Ashe has been the extensive research which resulted in A Hard Road to Glory which chronicles the history of Black athletes in America. The television adoption of the book earned him the industry's highest honor and one of Ashe's most cherished-an Emmy Award for his writing.

After his stellar playing career came to a close, Ashe was rewarded with another honor, that of the United States Davis Cup captain. His team's back-to-back triumphs in 1981 and '82 enabled him to join Donald Dell as the only captains in 30 years to lead the U.S. teams to consecutive victories.

The first of his countless championships came in 1960, the year he won the USTA National Junior Indoor title. He repeated in 1961, and added the USTA Interscholastic. He earned All-American honors at UCLA and captured both the singles and the doubles titles and the NCAA Inter collegiate Championships in 1965. Three years later, while a U.S. Army officer stationed at West Point, he won the inaugural U.S. Open (1968) as an amateur, was ranked No. 1 in the world and helped the U.S. team defeat Australia for its first Davis Cup Victory in five years.

Frank Goeltz
Born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, Buddy Goeltz began playing tennis at age 13. After high school, Goeltz operated a trucking business and played amateur tennis during the summer months. His tournament record includes having won the Southern Tier Championship six times, won Eastern Pennsylvania Championships five times, and won Lehigh Valley Championships four times.

In 1938, Goeltz began working as a teaching professional at the Columbia Country Club in Chevy Chase, Maryland. As a teaching pro, Buddy guided his students to their achieving 25 national titles.

A member of the USPTA since 1938, he was given the title of "Honorary Member" in 1969 and names "Mid-Atlantic Tennis Association Pro of the Year" in 1968.

Between the years of 1969-83, Buddy Goeltz participated in sectional and national tournaments accumulating an outstanding 49 National titles.

He ranked No. 4 on the all-time National Championship list.

Among his many championship wins, Goeltz won the National 55's Singles 1969-71, won Nationals 60's Doubles with Alfonso Smith in 1971, and was the first senior player to win a second Grand Slam Singles.

Goeltz won seven 65's titles, won 60's doubles in 1974, and was the first senior to win the Grand Slam Doubles with partner, Alfonso Smith in 1974.

A plaque beneath his picture at the Columbia Country Club reads: "Buddy was the Pro at Columbia Country Club for 33 years, 1938-1971. Upon his retirement the Board of Governors conferred upon him the Honorary Title of Tennis Professional Emeritus. He won 49 National Senior Titles, including the unequal record of 3 Grand Slams. Buddy is recognized not only as a fine tennis professional, bur for his outstanding character and integrity.

Casper Harold Nannes
Caspar Nannes was indeed a true friend and leader of the community and tennis. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Rutgers University in 1931 and received his M.A. and Ph.D. degree from the University of Pennsylvania.

Before moving to Washington, D.C., Caspar taught at both the University of Illinois and Rutgers. In 1966 Nannes received an honorary LL.B. degree from Rutgers, the citation made mention of his outstanding tennis ability.

A native of Fall River, Massachusetts, Nannes moved to Washington in 1943 where he became a reporter for the Washington Star Newspapers covering tennis, drama, and religion. A frequent guest lecturer, Caspar wrote many magazine articles and was author of "Politics in the American Drama" which was published in 1960.

Nannes was considered an outstanding tennis player and administrator. He participated in the National Men's Championship in Forest Hills, New York, and once reached the semi-finals of the National Indoor Doubles Championships competing with such notables as Bill Tilden.

The Atlantic Coast Senior Men's Team Tennis Competition, a tournament founded in 1959 by Harry Wolf, Jeff Mendell, Joe Lipshutz, and Caspar Nannes, provides senior intersectional tennis competition between the New England, Eastern Mid-Atlantic, and Middle States Tennis Associations.

Caspar also served as tournament director of the National Men's Senior Clay Court Championships held at the Edgemoor Club (Bethesda, Maryland) and served as the first Referee for the Washington Start Tournament.

Donor of the Nannes Trophy, Atlantic Coast Senior Men's Team Competition, Caspar Nannes served as the first vice-president of the MALTA and was a member of the board of the Edgemoor Club.

Willis Thomas, Sr.
A native of Washington, D.C., Willis Thomas, Sr., received his B.S. from Miner Teachers College and received his M.A. from the University of D.C. He continued further studies at Catholic University, Georgetown University, George Washington University, and at the University of Massachusetts.

Thomas worked as a math, science, and physical education teacher in Chestertown, Maryland in 1942. From 1944 through 1970 he taught math and science in the D.C. public schools. He worked as Community School Director for the D.C. Public Schools from 1970-76.

Following his retirement from teaching, Willis became more active in tennis as Regional Director of the National Junior Tennis League, as a Tennis Tournament Referee and coached the Langley Junior High tennis team.

Involved in tournament administration and organization, Thomas has served as Referee of the American Tennis Association Junior Championships, National Tournament Chairman of the American Tennis Association, and as Assistant Executive Secretary of the American Tennis Association. Willis is also chairman of the D.C. Parks and Recreation Advisory Board.

As a life member of both the United States Tennis Association (USTA) and the American Tennis Association (ATA), Willis Thomas emphasizes that his involvement in the administration of tennis programs and officiating are the best parts of his life.

As he says, "Tennis has made my retirement years very enjoyable. I have met so many people and traveled to places I never dreamed I would be able to visit.

Willis' ability to maintain a firm foundation on which to continue tennis growth and motivate others to do the same has greatly assisted tennis in the Mid-Atlantic area.

Carol A. Wood
Carol A. Wood has been undefeated in Mid-Atlantic Women's 45's, 50's and 55's Championships for the past ten years, and is also ranked No. 4 in the Mid-Atlantic Women's 35's.

Nationally, Carol is ranked No. 3 in the 50's and has held top three ranking in the 40's 45's and 50's. She has attained the position of finalist of winner in more than 30 senior Women's National Championships in both singles and doubles categories.

Carol won the Mid-Atlantic Women's Open Singles title in 1971 and has been ranked in the Open division for the past 15 years.

Carol formulated and organized the Senior Women's Intersectional Team Championships (a national event), now in its sixth year of competition, for women in the 35-, 45-, 55, 65-, and 75-years-of-age categories.

She has served as President of the National Senior Women's Tennis Association and organized, along with Carol Bentley, the Pauline Betz Addie Cup, which is now in its eleventh year. Carol also served as captain of the Bueno Cup in 1985 and 1986 and as a team member in 1987 and 1991.

Carol was a team member of the United states Tennis Association (USTA) Senior Women's National Cup Team and the Young Cup and has been a member of the Mid-Atlantic Sears Cup Team for the past 14 years.

Some of the major honors bestowed on Wood include being inducted into the National Capital Area Tennis Hall of Fame in 1983 and named "Outstanding Senior Women's Tennis Player" in 1987 by World Tennis Magazine. Born in Reading Massachusetts, and educated at Sargent College and Boston University, she received her B.S. in physical therapy in 1958. Recently retired after 22 years from the United States Public Health Service, Wood currently works as a physical therapist.

Continuing the tradition of tennis-playing excellence, Wood recently won the 55's Singles and Doubles titles in the International Tennis Federation (ITF) 1991 World Veterans Championships in Perth, Australia.

Mid–Atlantic Tennis Hall of Fame 1990 Inductee Bios

Pauline Betz Addie
Pauline Betz was born in 16 August 1919 in Dayton, Ohio. When she was eight years old, her family moved to Los Angeles where she developed her tennis game. Following graduation from Los Angeles High School at age 16, Pauline attended Los Angeles City College for one year. The tennis coach of Rollins College then offered Pauline a full athletic scholarship to Play tennis on his men's team in Florida. Pauline did that until she graduated in 1943.

Quickness and consistency coupled with a "superlative backhand" were the trademarks of this remarkable baseline player. Known as the "ultimate retriever" on the court, it was said that if Pauline could not beat you with power and style, she would beat you with stamina and grit. Her courage and personality won the favor of the gallery.

Pauline won the Championship of the United States four times in a period when there were many unusually good women player. She defeated Louse Brough in the final in 1942 and again in 1943. In 1944, she beat Margaret Osborne in the final and in 1946, she defeated Doris Hart. In 1941 and in 1945 she was runner-up for the title to Sarah Palfrey.

Wimbledon and Wightman Cup Matches were suspended during the war years and not resumed until 1946. That year Pauline won the Wimbledon Championship, going through with out the loss of a set and defeating Louise Brough in the final. In the French final, she lost to Margaret Osborne after having two match points. In the 1946 Wightman Cup Matches she defeated Kay Stanmers Menzies and Jean Bostock, and won with Doris Hart in the doubles.

On 6 May 1947, Pauline Betz turned professional. A month prior to turning professional, Pauline, along with Sarah Palfrey Cooke, was suspended from amateur competition die to their involvement in negotiating a pro tour.

Pauline married Washington Post sportswriter, Bon Addie, continued to teach tennis, and has five children who have inherited her love of the game.

She won the World Trophy awarded to the outstanding Amateur Athlete of the Year in 1946 and 1965 was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.

Raymond Bender
Ray Bender was born on January 16, 1938 in Paterson, New Jersey. He lived in Fairlawn, NJ until 1946 when his family moved to Burlington, North Carolina where he graduated from Williams High School in 1956.

Ray attended the University of Notre Dame from 1956-1960 and graduated with a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering. At Notre Dame, he was a member of the varsity tennis team and a member of the 1959 NCAA Championship Notre Dame team

From 1960-62 Ray attended Washington University in St. Louis where he earned a Master's Degree in Business Administration. In the spring if 1963, he moved to Baltimore as a sales engineer with Westinghouse.

On November 28, 1964, Ray married Cathy Brosnahan from Springfield, Illinois. Ray and Cathy met in 1959 while she was a nursing student at Holy Cross School of Nursing. In October 1965, their son Tommy was born and in 1969, their daughter Kate was born.

In 1969 Ray began teaching business courses at the University of Baltimore and working summers as tennis pro at the Homeland Racquet Club. In 1972 he became part owner and tennis professional at the Yorktowne Racquet Club in Cockeysville. By 1976 Ray had attained the position of Associate Professor at the Community College of Baltimore, Harbor Campus Business Department. In 1984, he became the assistant coach of the University of Maryland Tennis Team.

Ray's devotion to tennis was well known among his many friends and colleagues. As a player, he consistently achieved State and Sectional rankings in the men's open, men's 35's, men's 40's and 445's singles and doubles divisions.

Not only a player, Ray spent countless hours as a tennis volunteer. He was President of the Homeland Racquet Club as well as Club Champion, he was president of the Maryland Tennis Association, Vice-President for Men's Activities for the Mid-Atlantic Tennis Association, initiated and ran the Mid-Atlantic Men's Indoor Championships as well as many other junior, men's and senior tennis tournaments.

Ray received the "Governor's Salute to Excellence" in 1989 and received Outstanding Service Awards from both the Maryland and Mid-Atlantic Tennis Associations.

In 1976, Ray wrote a short "Message from the President" inside the MTA tournament brochure. In that note he said, "I'm sure you will find, as many of us have, that the more you give to this great game, the more enjoyment and satisfaction you will receive." Ray bender was truly a great tennis friend.

In December 1989, Ray lost his heroic battle with cancer.

Judge Wellington A. Gillis
Wellington A. Gillis was President of the Mid-Atlantic Lawn Tennis Association in 1976-77 until his death and spent almost two decades working to develop East Coast tennis competitions among men and women of all ages and races, from public courts to country clubs.

He was the founding chairman of the tennis committee at the Springfield (Virginia) Golf and Country Club in 1962 and brought that club into the Greater Washington Area Tennis Association in the early 1960's. Integration of black players into the northern Virginia and National Capital area was a delicate issue in those years, Judge Gillis was a leader in accomplishing the transition. To bridge the gap between fast-multiplying small, private tennis clubs and public court teams, on the one hand, and country clubs on the other, Judge Gillis took the lead in establishing the Northern Virginia Tennis League. As its first President, he encouraged competition between smaller private clubs and public-court teams, and gradually developed playoffs for regional titles among all competitors. All these new clubs and public-court teams, and gradually developed playoffs for regional titles among all competitors. All these new clubs were required to join the United States Lawn Tennis Association, so that Northern Virginia quickly became a factor in state and regional tennis affairs. With Judge Gillis' careful encouragement, downstate Virginia accepted Northern Virginia clubs' participation in statewide events.

He was elected President of the Virginia Tennis Association for the 1974-75 term. In 1976, he became President of the Middle Atlantic Tennis Association, Judge Gillis died suddenly on a tennis vacation in Bermuda in 1977.

Born in Massachusetts in 1921, young Gillis attended primary and secondary schools in Malden, Massachusetts. He interrupted his college education at the University of Alabama to join the Army Air Corps and became a B-24 bomber pilot flying mission in Europe. He was shot down over Rumania and made a prisoner of war in Germany in 1944.

After being liberated near the end of the war, Gillis returned to complete his Bachelor of Arts education at Alabama. With interruptions for multiple operations to repair untended injuries during his captivity, he took his law degree from Duke University in 1952 and went on to pass the bar examination in the District of Columbia.

Judge Wellington Gillis Joined the National Labor Relations Board staff in a minor capacity and became a Trial Judge for the Board in 1956; He continued a career of adjudicating labor-management disputes throughout the country until his untimely death.

Edward Griepenkerl
Ed Griepenkerl was involved in all aspects of tennis from player to volunteer. In 1931, he played for Princeton University's championship team and tirelessly volunteered as an umpire and tennis administrator for over forty years.

Friends called Ed "the great communicator" referring to the many letters, phone calls, notes and personal visits he constantly made to get new volunteers interested in tennis and keep them informed on new developments.

Ed Griepenkerl has been credited with sparking the interest of many volunteers in getting them started in the administrative end of tennis volunteering.

His own behind the scenes work took Ed from President of the Interpark Tennis League, to President of St. Timothy's Tennis Club, to President of the Maryland District, to President of the Mid-Atlantic Tennis Association. He was also a member of several USTA Committees.

Griepenkerl was indeed a tennis worker. He did whatever was needed to help the great 'sport for a lifetime.' Ed was never too busy to do the seedlings and draws for the Evening Sun Tennis Tournament which was held at Clifton Park. Ed was an outstanding tennis official and was referred to as a pioneer when it came to upgrading officials and umpires.

As a tennis official, Ed could often be found at tournaments doing whatever was necessary from assigning courts, to handing out balls to players, to sitting in the umpire's chair for the finals.

Bill Tanton of the Baltimore evening Sun Newspaper noted in an April 17, 1978 article that when Ed returned from Wimbledon in 1974 Griepenkerl said, "You really have to admire those officials at Wimbledon. Play starts every day exactly on the stroke of 2 o'clock. Sandy Mayer came halfway around the world to play at Wimbledon, but he arrived an hour late and was defaulted. That's the way it should be. Rules are rules."

At the time of his death on April 16, 1978, Ed was Chair of the United States Tennis Association Membership Committee and the USTA Nominating Committee.

Pamela A. Shriver
Throughout the 1980's, Pam Shriver was perennially ranked among the world's Top 10 women professional tennis players and was part of what has been called the greatest doubles team of all time-Shriver & Navratilova.

Shriver, now 28, first burst on the international tennis scene in 1978, when she reached the U.S. Open final at the age of 16. Since that time, she has won 21 career singles titles and 61 doubles championships, has been ranked as high as No. 3 in the world in singles and No. 1 in the world in doubles.

The team of Navratilova & Shriver has won 20 Grand Slam doubles titles including three Grand Slams-1983-4, 1985-6, and 1986-7. In that time they compiled a 1098 consecutive match win-streak, unparalleled in the annuals of the modern game.

In partnership with Zina Garrison, Shriver won the 1988 Olympic Gold Doubles Medal in Seoul. She played on the victorious 1978, 1981, 1983, 1985 and 1987 Wightman Cup teams, as well as the 1986, 1987, 1989 Federation Cup teams.

Pam is very active in her community and hosts an annual charity tennis exhibition which benefits the local Children's Hospital, the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and the Greater Baltimore Tennis Patrons Association. She is the National Sports Spokesperson for the Maryland Chapter of Cystic Fibrosis, on the Advisory Board of the March of Dimes, a member of the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, a member of the Maryland State Commission on Sports and is on the Board of Trustees of the McDonough School, her alma mater.

In addition to those activities, Pam is the vice president of the Women's Tennis Association, is a vice president of the International Tennis Hall of Fame and serves on the executive committee of the U.S. Tennis Association.

George Stewart
A clipping from an Austin, Texas, newspaper dated June 20, 1949 stated that "George Stewart (from State College of Orangeburg, South Carolina) showed the finest service of the day and with a terrific left-handed effort with plenty on the ball" as he played in the National Collegiate Athletic Association Tennis Tournament. Stewart lost his match that day in Texas but went on to reign for many years as Men's Singles Champion and Men's Doubles Champion in the ATA

George was born in 1923 in the Panama Canal Zone and became a citizen of the United States in 1959. He was sponsored into the United States by a Jewish Committee shared by Phillip Motta and Carroll Graves of Philadelphia and the late Billy Yancey of Philadelphia (former coach of the 1938 Panama Olympic Games).

In 1946, Stewart began entering tennis tournaments in the Untied States. He won the New York State Open in 1946 and lost in the semi-finals of the ATA National that year. In 1947, George won every ATA Championship he entered including the prestigious ATA National Championship.

In the annals of American Tennis Association Singles and Doubles Champions, along with such notable tennis stars as Arthur Ashe, Jr. and Althea Gibson, George Stewart's name is listed often. George captured the ATA Single Championship in 1947, 1948, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1957 and 1964. Arthur Ashe held the title in 1960, 1961, and 1962.

George also won the ATA Doubles Championships in 1948, 1949, 1951, 1956 and 1957. His partner for four of these doubles titles was Dr. Hubert Eaton (former President of the ATA). George won the 1957 doubles championship with partner John Chandler.

From an article in "World Tennis," September 1953 on 'Trabert Takes National Title, comments from the competitors at the 72nd USLTA Championships:'

"Stewart d. Boys 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 8-10, 7-5 Boys is a great competitor. He tried to play Stewart's backhand, but Stewart ran around the balls and took them on his forehand. They finished five minutes before curfew. Boys, the soldier, was out-generaled."

Col. Donald Strong
James Donald (Don) Strong is currently a Staff Associate, American Society of Engineering Education, and is also the Senior Commissioner of the Engineering Manpower Commission. Formerly, he was Director of Educational Services for the National Society of Professional Engineers. Don served through World War II and the Korean War with the Army Corps of Engineers and retired with the rank of Col..

Don received his baccalaureate degree in engineering from Yale University and did graduate study at the Army Engineer School, the Command and General Staff College, and the Universities of Michigan and Pennsylvania.

Formerly a teaching professional registered with the U.S. Professional Tennis Association, Don worked with junior and adult development programs, He founded and was the first president of Mt. Vernon Tennis World and was consultant for several tennis court reconstructions including the White House and Camp David.

As a tennis official, Don was the Chief Umpire for the Washington Star International Championships, umpire for the World Team Tennis, and Chief Umpire and court official in over 3,000 matches in five countries including Davis Cup, Grand Prix, WCT, and National Championships.

Don served the Middle Atlantic Lawn Tennis Association as Membership Vice-President for four years and Vice-President of Umpires for six years. He was selected as MALTA Umpire of the Year in 1978. He was a co-founder of the Washington Area Tennis Officials Organization and member of seven tennis umpires associations. He is a past member of the USTA National Umpires Committee, USTA Rules Interpretation Committee, and originated and directed the USTA Umpire's School System. Don was National Chairman of the USTA Umpire Evaluation Committee for six years.

Don was co-founder and officer of the Alexandria (Virginia) Chapter of the National Junior Tennis League and Board Member and advisory committee member of the Washington Area Tennis Patron's Foundation since 1975.

Among his many awards, Don has received the USTA Umpire Emeritus Award and the WATPF John Walker Award.

Mid–Atlantic Tennis Hall of Fame 1989 Inductee Bios

Edward F. Kenehan
Edward F. Kenehan was born in 1913 in Carlinville, Illinois. After graduation from Blackburn College, University of Illinois, he received his law degree from the University of Illinois Law School in 1938.

From 1938 to 1955, he was a practicing attorney, taking time out to serve in the military from 1942 to 1946 where he achieved the rank of Major. From 1955-1957, he served as chief of the broadcast bureau of the Federal Communications Commission in Washington, D.C.

He was a partner in the communications law firm of Fletcher, Heald, Rowell, Kenehan and Hildreth in Washington from 1969-1978.

After his "retirement" in 1978, he seems to have begun a second career in non-professional tennis administration. Mr. Kenehan has also served in the Mid-Atlantic Tennis Association as its president from 1977-79. He has also served as secretary of the MATA during two stints, from 1969 to 1974 and most recently from 1980 to 1988. He has provided leadership to the United States Tennis Association as a member and chairman of its nominating committee, a member and chairman of its C and R committee, and member and chairman of its membership committee.

Nicholas E. Powel
Nicholas Earnest Powel was born in Newnan, Georgia in 1911 and was graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1932.

He has distinguished himself in the tennis world as a player, an official and as an administrator.

Powel has won 17 Super Senior Doubles Championships and four singles championships. He has also won a Grand Slam in Senior 65 National Doubles.

He has represented the USTA in senior competitions against foreign teams for the Dubler Cup, the Gordon Trophy, the Stevens Cup, the Britannia Cup, the Osuna Cup and the Crawford Cup. He captained the USTA's first Dubler Cup team and its first Crawford Cup team.

He has won the Senior 55 singles and doubles in the national championships of Sweden and the Canadian doubles and has been a member of the International Lawn Tennis Club of the USTA, Canada, France and South Africa.

As an official, he has been rated as an umpire emeritus, a stadium umpire and a professional referee.

Perhaps most importantly, Mr. Powel is the author of The Code which is required for use in all matches played in sanctioned tournaments where there are no umpires. It has been widely published including Mexico, Spain, Germany, England, Sweden, Denmark and Greece.

Currently serving as chairman of the Tennis Rules Committee and member of the USTA Umpires Committee, he is editor of its umpires manual, "Friend at Court."

He has served as secretary of the Mid-Atlantic Tennis Association and as a director of the Washington Area Tennis Patrons Foundation.

He is the recipient of the Senior Service Bowl, the Hardy Award, the Super Seniors Service Award, and the USTA Award for Merit.

William F. Riordan
Bill Riordan has resided in Salisbury, Maryland for the past thirty-five years. H is a 1941 graduate of Georgetown University where he was a member of the varsity tennis team. The transplanted New Yorker grew up in Forest Hills and New Rochelle. He was associated with Stern Brothers in New York as vice president until 1951.

Riordan inaugurated indoor tennis in Salisbury with the advent of a new civic center in 1959. He started with weekend tournaments of eight man draws. In 1963, he brought the National Indoor Open Tennis Championships to Salisbury. The tournament received the largest Nielsen rating in National Championship Tennis in 1967 when over ten million people witnessed the finals between Charlie Pasarell and Arthur Ashe on television. He was chairman of the event for 14 years.

Riordan is famous for discovering new tennis talent. In 1969, he imported Ilie Nastase from Rumania and represented him as his business agent. In 1972, he brought jimmy Connors to Salisbury to play in the National Indoors and became Connor's business manager. He originated and produced "Heavyweight Championship of Tennis," for the best two tennis players in the world at the time of the event. Riordan also founded the Independent Players Association, a player's organization representing the top players of the day. The IPA, with Riordan as the executive director, serves the player who wishes to remain independent, giving him the freedom of choice.

Riordan has also been employed by CBS Sports as a consultant. He has become more diversified in the sports world as he has become the manager of the top six skateboarders in the United States. Skateboarding was rated as the fastest growing sport of 1975-76 by the Wall Street Journal.

Riordan is married to the former Teresa Anderson of Ault, Colorado. They have two children, Mary and Bill. Mary was awarded a doctorate in accounting and finance at UC-Berkeley. Bill, graduated from the University of Washington. He has wan the Maryland State Tennis Championships three times.

In Salisbury, Riordan was recognized for his contribution to the community by receiving in 1963 the prestigious Salisbury Award and in 1965 the Civic Award (an annual award made by the Salisbury Chamber of Commerce). HE is a member of the International Order of the Knights of MALTA.

C. Alphonso Smith
I began playing tennis at age 11 while living at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, where my father was head of the English department. My first and only teacher was Henry Francis Sturdy, who was coach of the Navy varsity team and who was an instructor in my dad's English department.

Mr. Sturdy was not a particularly good tennis player but he was strong on the fundamentals. He taught me that there were only two places to be on a tennis court-three feet behind the baseline or 6-8 feet from the net. All the rest was 'no man's land.'

In 1923, an event happened that changed my life in tennis. Bill Tilden came to the Naval Academy to play an exhibition match against Jose Alonso, brother of the famed Manuel Alonso. Tilden brought with him his protege, Alexander (Sandy) Weiner. After Tilden polished off Alonso, Sandy and I played a one-set exhibition. Sandy won 6-3. After the match, Tilden took me aside and said, "Smithy, you have gone as far as you can with that chop. You must learn a forehand." I was thrilled to have Tilden give me some advice and I went to work immediately to learn a forehand. I practiced against a hard-ball court.

I developed a forehand that was good enough to enable me to win the National Boys Singles and Doubles Championships in 1924, without the loss of a set. Tilden immediately claimed me as a protege and I traveled with him to two or three tournaments that summer

Finishing college at the University of Virginia, I immediately went to work with little time for tennis. In 1954 (when I was 45), I had a job in the government which gave me an opportunity to play tennis. I reached the final of the National Senior 45 in Allentown, losing to Jack Staton in the first of many meetings. I hold a slight edge over Jack in total matches 5 to 4.

In 1963, I was named captain of the U.S. Davis Cup team for the match with Iran in Tehran. During a tour of duty with the State Department in Iran, I talked the Shah into entering the Davis Cup. When we drew Iran in the first round, Bob Kelleher, the full-time captain asked me to take the team to Iran. I was delighted. My players were Donald Dell, Gene Scott and Allen Fox. We won 5-0. I presented the Shah with a solid gold medal which I had obtained from the USTA. He seemed delighted.

Altogether I have won 31 National Championships, including winning all four National 45 Clay Championships, all four National 45 grass titles, all four National Indoor, and all four National Hard Court titles.

In 1927, my long-time partner and friend, Eddie Jacobs and I won the National Junior Doubles at Forest Hills beating Bobby Sellers and Frank Shields in the final. Thirty years later, Eddie and I won the National Senior Doubles.

Through the years I have won many honors in tennis. I am a member of the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame; the District of Columbia Hall of Fame and the Middle Atlantic Tennis Hall of Fame. I am an elected member of the International Lawn Tennis Clubs of the U.S.A., France, Canada and the Union of South Africa. I served on the Board of Directors of the International Tennis Hall of Fame and 10 years on the Hall of Fame's advisory committee. I have also served as a member of the USTA's sanction and schedule committee and USTA ranking chairman for the '70, '75, '80, and '85 committees. On my 80th birthday this past March 18-I resigned all USTA committee assignments and received a gracious letter from President David Markin. I have also received the Seniors Service award (1967) and the Super Senior's Service Award (1976).

Fifteen years ago, I was one of the four men who started Super Senior Tennis. We thought we might get 30 members; today we have more than 3500 members who pay dues of $12 and receive six copies a year of the Super Seniors Newsletter which I write and edit.

My tournament tennis had been sharply curtailed as a result of no depth perception in my left eye. I still play for fun and hope to continue doing so.