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PART 6—UMPIRE AWARDS
John T. McGovern Award Recipients
The award is presented annually to a Chair Umpire or Line Umpire who has
given a lifetime of dedication, service, and expertise to tennis officiating.
1949—Donald M. Dickson,
Bronxville, NY*
1950—Craufurd Kent, Hollywood, CA*
1951—Harold A. Lebair,
New York City, NY*
1952—David S. Niles, West Newton, MA*
1953—Louis W. Shaw, Bayonne, NJ*
1954—Frank J. Tybeskey,
Philadelphia, PA*
1955—Hubert J. Quinn,
San Francisco, CA*
1956—H. LeVan Richards,
Falls Church, VA*
1957—Winslow M. Blanchard,
Scottsdale, AZ*
1958—Edward Mellor, Philadelphia, PA*
1959—Harold E. Ammerman,
Orange, NJ*
1960—J. Clarence Davies Jr.,
New York City, NY*
1961—Herbert J. Lewis,
Miami Shores, FL*
1962—Frank S. Dowling,
Indianapolis, IN*
1963—John Kroel, Clifton, NJ*
1964— William L. Macassin,
Ft. Lauderdale, FL*
1965—Ernest J. Oberlaender Jr.,
New York City, NY*
1966—John Stahr, Larchmont, NY*
1967—S. R. Bumann, Dallas, TX*
1968—John B. Coman,
Beverly Hills, CA*
1969—Frank Hammond,
New York, NY*
1970—E. Brooks Keffer, Wayne, PA
1971—Titus W. Sparrow, Boston, MA*
1972—Col. Richmond H. Skinner,
Wilmington, DE*
1973—Sydow Nieman, Pasadena, CA*
1974—Douglas Stewart, Milford, NJ*
1975—Florence Blanchard, Phoenix, AZ
1976—Samuel R. Cox, Bryn Mawr, PA*
1977—William Ackerman, Trenton, NJ*
1978—Harry Maiden,
South Pasadena, CA*
1979—J. Roy Dance, Memphis, TN
1980—John Sternbach, Vail, CO
1981—William S. Bigelow,
Maplewood, NJ*
1982—George M. Duganne, Miami, FL*
1983—Anita Shukow,
Roslyn Heights, NY*
1984—Nick Powel, Arlington, VA*
1985—Charles F. Beck,
Fort Lauderdale, FL
1986—R. Norris Bond, Boston, MA
1987—Joe Beerman, Bayside, NY
1988—Judy Popkin,
New York City, NY
1989—Jay Snyder, Hershey, PA
1990—Zeno Pfau, Richardson, TX
1991—Richard Kaufman, New Paltz, NY
1992—Peter Kasavage, San Ramon, CA
1993—Fran McDowell, Mt. Vernon, WA
1994—Joan Vormbaum, San Jose, CA
1995—Woodie Sublett-Walker,
Newburgh, IN
1996—Al Penelton, East St. Louis, IL
1997—Steve Ullrich, Tampa, FL
1998—Bill Barber, Brewster, MA
1999—Robert Cranor, Los Angeles, CA
2000—John Bramlett, San Bernardino, CA
2001—Jim Zimmerman, Dallas, TX*
2002—John Wong, San Francisco, CA
2003—Joan Bunny Williams,
Bluffton, SC
2004—Jerry Moore, Roswell, GA
2005—Norman Chryst, Scottsdale, AZ
2006—Shirley Damiano, Syracuse, NY
2007—Missy Malool, Bluffton, SC
2008—David Littlefield, Palm Springs, FL
2009—Lois R. Huggins, Newark, DE
*deceased
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