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"Once a Beta, always a
Beta, everywhere a Beta"
Government
Members in Congress
Senator C. William Nelson II, Yale 65
// Florida
Senator Richard G. Lugar, Denison 54
// Indiana
Senator John W. Warner, Washington & Lee 50
// Virginia
Representative John M. Spratt Jr., Davidson 64
// S. Carolina
Representative Zachary T. Space, Kenyon 83
// Ohio
Former United
States Congressmen
Senator Donald L. Nickles, Oklahoma State 71 // Oklahoma
Senator Mark O. Hatfield, Willamette 43 // Oregon
Representative Thomas H. Boggs Sr., Tulane 35 (dec.) // Louisiana
Representative Richard A. Gephardt, Northwestern 62 // Missouri
Representative Craig T. James, Florida 63 // Florida
Representative Robert (Bob) Franks, DePauw 73 // New Jersey
Representative Steven Gunderson, Wisconsin 73
// Wisconsin
Representative Frank Neville Ikard, Texas 32 // Texas
Representative Thomas G. Loeffler, Texas 71 // Texas
Representative James G. Martin, Davidson 57 // North Carolina
Representative Richard D. Nichols, Kansas State 51 // Kansas
Representative John J. Rhodes, Kansas State 38 (dec.) // Arizona
Representative Charles G. Rose III, Davidson 61
// N. Carolina
Representative Daniel Schaefer, South Dakota 58
// Colorado
Representative Philip R. Sharp, DePauw 64
// Indiana
Representative Dennis A. Smith, Willamette 60
// Oregon
Representative Mike Synar, Oklahoma 74 (dec.)
// Oklahoma
Representative Jamie L. Whitten, Mississippi 33 (dec.)
// Mississippi
Former United
States Governors
Anthony S. Earl, Michigan State 58
//
Wisconsin
John Brown Gordon, Georgia 1854
//
Georgia
A. Linwood Holton, Washington & Lee 45
// Virginia
Brereton C. Jones, Virginia 61
//
Kentucky
Raymond E. Mabus, Mississippi 69
//
Mississippi
Arch A. Moore, West Virginia 51
// West
Virginia
James G. Martin, Davidson 57
// North
Carolina
Former High-ranking U.S. Officials
William J. Perry, Carnegie Mellon 49
// Secretary of
Defense
Former Supreme
Court Justices
William O. Douglas, Whitman 1920 (dec.)
// 1939-1975
John M. Harlan, Centre 1850 (dec.)
//
1877-1911
Joseph R. Lamar, Bethany 1877 & Washington and Lee 1878 (dec.)
// 1911-1916
Horace H. Lurton, Cumberland 1867 (dec.)
// 1910-1914
Willis Van Devanter, DePauw 1881 (dec.) //
1911-1937
William B. Woods, Western Reserve 1841 (dec.)
// 1881-1887
Federal Judges
Ralph G. Thompson, Oklahoma 56
//
Oklahoma
Charles H. Haden II, West Virginia 58 (dec.)
// West Virginia
Stephen N. Limbaugh Sr., Missouri 51
// Missouri
Dickran M. Tevrizian Jr., USC 62
//
California
Canadian Officials
John Russell Schram, Western Ontario 62/Toronto 65 // Amb., Sierra Leone High Commissioner, Ghana
John N.W. Turner, British Columbia 49
// Former Prime
Minister
Former Canadian Provincial Premiers
David Peterson, Western Ontario 64
//
Ontario
Michael F. Harcourt, British Columbia 64 // British Columbia
United States
Ambassadors
David C. Mulford, Lawrence 59
//
India
Eric M. Javits, Columbia 52 //
Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
Former United States Ambassadors
John S. Cooper, Centre 22/Yale 23 (dec.)
// India, Nepal, East Germany
Robert H. Phinny, North Carolina 45
//
Swaziland
Glen A. Holden, Oregon 51
//
Jamaica
Robert G. Rich, Florida 52
//
Belize
John E. Dolibois, Miami 42
//
Luxembourg
Joseph S. Farland, West Virginia 38
// Iran and
Pakistan
College/University Officials
College Presidents
William L. Fox, St. Lawrence 75
// St.
Lawrence
Steven B. Sample, Illinois 62
// Southern
California
Former College Presidents
Peter H. Armacost, Denison 57 // Echerd
College
Paul E. Bragdon, Amherst 50
// Reed
College
Nicholas L. Henry, Centre 65
// Georgia
Southern
William H. Capitan, Michigan 54
// Georgia
Southwestern
John P. Crecine, Carnegie Mellon 61
// Georgia
Tech
William H. Danforth, Westminster 48
// Washington
James J. Duderstadt, Yale 64
//
Michigan
Robin Hugh Farquhar, British Columbia 60 // Carleton
Nicholas L. Henry, Centre 65
// Georgia
Southern
Frank N. Ikard, Texas 34 (dec.)
//
Texas
Allen K. Jackson, Denver 54
//
Huntington College
William G. Caples, Kenyon 30 (dec.)
///
Kenyon
Deane W. Malott, Kansas 21 (dec.)
//
Cornell
David T. McLaughlin, Dartmouth 54 (dec.)
// Dartmouth College
David G. Marshall, Western Ontario 71
// Nipissing
University
Franklin D. Murphy, Kansas 36 (dec.)
// Kansas/UCLA
Fredric W. Ness, Dickinson 33 (dec.)
// Fresno
State
Edgar F. Shannon Jr., Washington & Lee 39 (dec.)
// Virginia
Joel P. Smith, Beloit 55
//
Denison
Samuel Weese, West Virginia 57
// American
College
Thomas B. Courtice, Ohio Wesleyan
// Ohio
Wesleyan
John W. Moore, Rutgers 61
//
Indiana State
Arts/Entertainment
William Anderson,
Whitman 51 // (Adam
West) Actor Batman
James Arness, Beloit 46
// Actor
Gunsmoke
James E. Brunzell, Minnesota 71
// Professional writer; Killerbees
John W. Considine III, UCLA 57 // Actor
The Young and the Restless, Another World
James M. DeBlasis, Carnegie Mellon 59
// General Director, Cincinnati
Opera
Arthur A. Hall, Virginia Tech 90
// Sports
Artist/Illustrator
H. Richard Hornberger Jr., Bowdoin 45 (dec.)
// Author M*A*S*H
Kermit H. Hunter, Ohio 31 (dec.)
// Author, Encyclopedia
Britannica
Ken E. Kesey, Oregon 57 (dec.)
// Author One Flew Over The Cukoo Nest
William (Billy) Moses, Wesleyan 82
// Actor Melrose
Place
George W. Peppard Jr., Purdue 52 (dec.)
// Actor A&Es Detective Hour & The A
Team
Robert B. Perham, St. Lawrence 52 (dec.) //
(Jeremy Slate) Actor The Lawnmower Man
Stephen J. Sondheim, Williams 50
// Composer, Broadway Hit West
Side Story
Rich Taylor, Oklahoma 71 // VP,
Walt Disney Entertainment-Walt Disney World
Richard K. Wilson, Washington 78 //
(Richard Karn) Actor Home Improvement
Brian White, Dartmouth 95 // Actor
Stomp the Yard, The Game Plan, Mr. 3000
Ned Brower, Southern Methodist 98
// Drummer Rooney
Shaw Wilson, Kansas 82
// Drummer, Back-up
Vocalist BR549
Rivers Rutherford, Mississippi 89
//
Songwriter-Singer
Robb Weller, Washington 72 // Television
Personality Entertainment Tonight; Win, Lose or Draw
Jay Chandrasekhar, Colgate 90 // Director Beerfest,
The Dukes of Hazzard, Club Dread, Super Troopers
Pat Green, Texas Tech 95
// Country
Music Artist
Other Prominent Betas (may include past career titles)
Joe M. Allbaugh, Oklahoma State 74
// Director/F.E.M.A.
Joseph P. Allen IV, DePauw 59
// Astronaut/Space Flight
Executive
Robert Ave, DePauw 54
//
President, Lorillard
John Bakewell, Jr., Cal-Berkeley 1893 (dec.)
// Architects
Thomas A. Bartlett, Williamette 51 // Rhodes
Scholar/Chancellor, Univ. of Alabama System
James K. Batten, Davidson 57 (dec.)
// President, Knight Ridder
Newspapers
George F. Baughman, Florida 37 (dec.)
// President, The College
Foundation
Stephen D. Bechtel Sr., Calif. 23 (dec.)
// Chairman & CEO, Bechtel
Group
Eugene N. Beesley, Wabash 29 (dec.) //
Former Chairman of the Board, Eli Lilly & Co.
Thomas M. Begel, Missouri 64
// Chairman & CEO,
Pullman-Peabody Co.
Charles E. Bennison Jr., Lawrence 65 (dec.)
// Bishop, Episcopal Diocese of
Pennsylvania
James D. Berry, Oklahoma 44 (dec.)
// Chairman, Republic Bank
Corp.
Robert M. Best, Ohio Wesleyan 44
// Chairman & CEO, Security
Mutual Life
William J. Bowerman, Oregon 33 (dec.)
// Founder, Nike
Thom Brennaman, Ohio 86
// Sports
Broadcaster
Arthur M. Brown Jr., Cal-Berkeley 1896 (dec.)
// Architects
Fred E. Brown, Oklahoma 34 (dec.)
// Chairman & CEO, J & W Seligman
& Co.
Kenneth D. Cameron, MIT 71
// Space Shuttle Flight
Commander
Walter P. Chrysler, Dartmouth 33 (dec.)
// Philanthropist
James A. Collins, UCLA 49
// Chairman & CEO,
Collins Food Intl.
William E. Cornelius, Missouri 53
// President & CEO, Union
Electric Co.
Douglas. S. Cramer, Cincinnati 53
// Executive Producer, A. Spelling
Productions
Louis P. Dehner, Wash.-St. Louis 62 // Dir.
of Anatomic Pathology, Barnes-Jewish Hospital
Pat Dix, Cornell 65
//
President, Dix Corporation
David A. Duffield, Cornell 62
// President, CEO, Founder
PeopleSoft, Inc.
Richard J. Durrell, Minnesota 50
// Former Publisher, People
Magazine
C. Christopher Epting, Florida 69
// Bishop, Episcopal
Diocese of Iowa
Charles H. Erhart, Yale 49
// Chairman, W.R.
Grace Corporation
William T. Esrey, Denison 61 //
President & CEO, United Telecom/CEO Sprint Corp.
Gene L. (Red) Estes, Oregon 59
// Head Track & Field Coach,
Fresno State
William W. Falsgraf, Amherst 55
// President, American Bar
Association
William H. Fetridge, Nwestern 30 (dec.)
// Chairman, Dartnell
Corporation
Enfield (Flicky) Ford, Vanderbilt 50 (dec.)
// Former Illustrator,
TIME
Chet Forte, Columbia 57 (dec.) //
Former TV Director - ABC Monday Night Football
Steve Fox, Dartmouth 70 //
ABC News Reporter/Special Correspondent
Gerald W. Fronterhouse, Oklahoma 58
// President, Republic Bank
Corporation
John V. (Jack) Geraghty, Washington 56
// Major, City of Spokane,
Washington
Thomas P. Gerrity, MIT 63 //
Former Dean, Wharton School of Business
James A. Greer Jr., DePauw 65
// President & CEO, CareNet Systems
Harry R. (Bob) Haldeman, UCLA 48 (dec.)
// Former President Nixons Chief of
Staff
Robert Hall Haynes, Western Ontario 53 (dec.)
// President, Royal Society of Canada
Gavin Herbert Jr. Southern California 55
// Founder & CEO Allergan
Pharmacueticals
Weldon B. (Hoot) Gibson, Wash. St. 38 (dec.)
// Senior Director, Stanford Research
Institute
Stephen Goldsmith, Wabash 68
// Mayor,
Indianapolis
Jeffrey L. Grayson, Oregon 64
// Investment
Banker
W. Grant Gregory, Nebraska 63
// Chairman, Touche
Ross & Co.
Richard E. Heckert, Miami 45
// Chairman, E.I. Dupont DE
Nemours & Co.
Harold S. Hook, Missouri 53
// Chairman, American
General Corp.
Larry D. Horner, Kansas 56
// Board of Directors United
Way of America
Charles (Chuck) Howard, Duke 55 (dec.)
// ABC Broadcaster
W. Herbert Hunt, Washington & Lee 51
// President, Hunt
Energy
Joel Hyatt, Dartmouth 72
// Founder, Hyatt
Legal Services
Edgar F. Kaiser, Stanford 65
// Chairman, Bank of
British Columbia
Charles A. Keeler, Cal-Berkeley 1893 (dec.)
// Director, California Academy of
Sciences
Ted D. Kellner, Wisconsin 69
//
Investments/philanthropy
Francis B. Kemp, Davidson 63 (dec.)
// President, NCNB
Corp.
R. Crosby Kemper, Missouri 50 //
Chairman & CEO, Utd. Missouri Bancshares
Parker S. Kennedy, Southern California70
// CEO American Corp.
J. Robert Killpack, Miami 46 (dec.)
// Chairman & CEO, National
City Corp.
Charles D. Koch, MIT 57 (dec.)
// Chairman & CEO, Koch
Industries
William Koch, MIT 62
// Skipper and
Champion Americas Cup
Carl A. Kroch, Cornell 35 //
Former Owner, Krochs & Brentanos Bookstore
Robert F. Lehman, Indiana 65
// President & CEO, Fetzer Institute
J. Hugh Liedtke, Amherst 42 (dec.) //
Former CEO/Board Member, Pennzoil Oil Co.
Howard M. Love, Colgate 52
// Chairman & CEO, National
Steel Corp
Robert H. Malott, Kansas 48
// Chairman & CEO,
FMC Corp.
Geoffrey S. Mason, Duke 63
// Executive
Producer, ESPN
Hugh L. McColl Jr., North Carolina 57
// CEO, Bank of
America
Charles S. Mechem Jr., Miami 52 //
Chairman, Taft Broadcasting/Commissioner L.P.G.A.
Stephen R. Miller, USC 66
// President, Dean
Witter Reynolds
Edward P. Morgan, Whitman 32 (dec.)
// News Commentator
Cruse W. Moss, Ohio 48 //
Chairman & CEO, General Automotive Corp.
Blake W. Nordstrom, Washington 82
// President, Nordstroms,
Inc.
Bruce A. Nordstrom, Washington 55
// CEO, Nordstroms,
Inc.
Erik B. Nordstrom, Washington 85
// Co-Chairman, Nordstroms,
Inc.
John N. Nordstrom, Washington 58
// Co-Chairman, Nordstroms,
Inc.
Peter E. Nordstrom, Washington 84
// Co-Chairman, Nordstroms,
Inc.
Raymond F. OBrien, Missouri 48
// Chairman, Consolidated
Freightways
Terrence OFlaherty, California 39
// TV Critic, San Francisco
Chronicle (ret.)
John Opel, Westminster
// Former
President, IBM
Russell E. Palmer, Michigan State 56
// Dean, Wharton School of
Business
William Pennington, Cal/Berkeley 45
// Co-founder, Circus
Circus
Donald E. Petersen, Washington 46
// Chairman & CEO, Ford Motor Co.
(ret.)
Loring P. Rixford, Cal-Berkeley 1894 (dec.)
// Architects
George A. Roberts, Carnegie Mellon 39
// Chairman, Teledyne Corporation
(ret.)
James Rootes, Clemson 88 //
GM, Columbus Crew Major League Soccer
Ed Roski Jr., USC 68 //
Owner, Los Angeles Kings Hockey Team/Realtor
James E. Sellers, Miami 86
// President, Wentworth
Military Academy
Theodore J. Semrod, Oklahoma 63
// Chairman, United Jersey
Bank
Charles E. Schroeder, Dartmouth 57
// Chairman, Blvd. Bank National
Association
Frank A. Shrontz, Idaho 53 //
Chairman/Emeritus and CEO, The Boeing Corp.
Lee H. Scott, Florida 49
// President &
CEO, Florida Power
Tom W. Scott Jr., Texas 62
// Chairman, Alabama
Hospital Assn.
Col. Richard (Misty) Shoop, Denison 41 (dec.)
// Composer, alumni volunteer, former Gen. Sec.
David A. Smith, Tennessee Tech 93
//
Educator
Robert M. Snow, Case 59
// President &
CEO, Infodex, Inc.
Warren Staley, Kansas State 65
// CEO,
Cargill, Inc.
Col. Charles R. Stribling III, Missouri 49
// President, Missouri Military Academy
(ret.)
Harold W. Sweatt, Minnesota 1913 (dec.)
// Founder, Honeywell
Richard L. Thomas, Kenyon 53
// President, First National
Bank of Chicago
G. Kennedy Thompson, North Carolina 73 // President,
CEO, Chairman of the Board, Wachovia Corp.
Richard G. Tilghman, Virginia 63
// President & CEO,
Crestar Bank
G. Robert Truex, Rutgers 49 (dec.)
// Chairman & CEO, Rainier
National Bank
Sam Walton, Missouri 40 (dec.)
// Founder,
Wal-Mart
Paul J. Weitz, Penn State 54
// Former astronaut/Space
Center Director
Robert M. Weller, Washington 72
// Host Entertainment
Tonight
Alfred P. West, Georgia Tech 64
// Chairman and CEO, SEI
Investments
Edward Whittemore, Columbia 45 (dec.)
// Chairman & CEO, American Brands
Thornton A. Wilson Jr., Iowa State 42 (dec.)
// Emeritus, The Boeing Co.
Alden P. Yates, Stanford 50 (dec.)
// President Bechtel
Group
Phil Yeckel, Missouri 32 (dec.)
// Owner, Hidden
Valley Ranch
Christopher Dewolfe, Washington 88
// CEO and Co-Founder, MySpace.com
Sports
Olympic Medal
Winners
Joe Bottom, USC
// 100
butterfly (1976 silver)
Harold Herman Brix, Washington 28 (dec.)
// shot put (1928 silver)
Peter Cipollone, UC-Berkeley 93
// rowing
(2004 gold)
Bob Clotworthy, Ohio State 54 //
springboard diving (1956 gold, 1952 bronze)
Don Cohan, Amherst 51
// yachting
(1972 bronze)
Leroy B. Cochran, Indiana 41 (dec.) //
440 hurdles (1948 gold), mile relay (1948 gold)
Mel Counts, Oregon State 64
// basketball
(1964 gold)
Charlie Doe, Stanford 20 (dec.)
// rugby (1924 and
1920 gold)
Eddie P. F. Eagan, Denver/Yale 20 (dec.) // boxing
178-lb. (1920 gold) and bobsleeding (1932 gold)
John Ferris, Stanford 71 // 200
M (1968 bronze), 200 butterfly (1968 bronze)
Jeff Float, USC 83
// 4x200
freestyle relay (1984 gold)
Bruce Furniss, USC 79 // 200 freestyle
(1976 gold), 4x200 freestyle relay (1976 gold)
Steve Furniss, USC 75
/ 200
IM (1972 bronze)
Dan Greenbaum, USC 92
// volleyball
(1992 bronze)
V. Arthur Griffin, Oklahoma State (A&M) 24
// wrestling coach (gold 1948)
Ed Hamm, Georgia Tech 29 (dec.)
// long jump (1928
gold)
George Harrison, Stanford 61
// 4x200 freestyle
relay (1960 gold)
Alan Helffrich, Penn State 25 (dec.)
// mile relay (1924
gold)
Brian Job, Stanford 73
// 200
breaststroke (1968 bronze)
George H. Kojac, Rutgers 31 (dec.) // 100
backstroke (1928 gold), 4 x 200 free relay (1928 gold)
Jerry Lucas, Ohio State 62
//
basketball (1960 gold)
Charles McGinnis, Wisconsin 27 (dec.)
// pole vault (1928
bronze)
John L. Miller, Yale 24 (dec.)
// rowing (1924
gold-eight oars)
Lowell O. North, Cal-Berkeley 71
// yachting 470 (1968 gold,
1964 bronze)
John Parker, Stanford 70
// water polo
(1972 bronze)
Bob Pearce, Oklahoma State 31 (dec.) //
wrestling 125-lb. (1932 gold)
Pat Powers, USC 80
//
volleyball (1984 gold)
Ed Rimkus, St. Lawrence 37 (dec.)
// bobsledding (1948
gold)
Murray I. Rose, USC 61 // 400 freestyle
(1956 gold), 1500 free (1956 gold, 1960 silver), 4x200
free relay (1956 gold, 1960 bronze)
Richard Roth, Stanford 69
// 400 IM
(1964 gold)
Harlow Rothert, Stanford 30 (dec.)
// shot put (1932
silver)
John Shadden, USC 87
//
yachting (1988 bronze)
Gary Sheerer, Stanford 68
// water polo
(1972 bronze)
Kevin Still, UCLA 82
// rowing-coxed
pairs (1984 bronze)
William G. Thompson, California-Berkeley 29 (dec.)
// rowing-eight oars (1928 gold)
Professional
Baseball
Eddie Collins, Columbia 1907 (dec.)
// Hall of Fame/career .333
hitter
Ethan Allen, Cincinnati 26 (dec.)
// Career .300
hitter
Leland (Larry) MacPhail, Beloit 1910 (dec.) // Brooklyn Dodgers
Owner/GM; Hall of Fame/Introduced night games
Bill Veeck, Kenyon 36 (dec.) // (Called baseballs great
innovator) Hall of Fame/Owner of several franchises
William H. Stoneman, Idaho 66 // former VP Operations,
Montreal Expos/Pitched first two no-hitters for Expos
Michael J. Schmidt, Ohio 71
// Hall of Fame/548
home runs
Professional
Basketball
John Bunn, Kansas 1920 (dec.) // Hall of Fame,
basketball inventor, American Ambassador of Basketball
Mel Counts, Oregon State 64
// Hall
of Fame
Edgar Diddle, Centre 1919 (dec.) // Hall of Fame; Coach,
Western Kentucky; first college coach to coach 1,000 games)
Gail Goodrich, UCLA 65
// Los
Angeles Lakers
Richard Harter, North Carolina 52 // Coach,
Charlotte Hornets; Current assistant, Philadelphia 76ers
Jerry Lucas, Ohio State 62
// Former
Basketball Star
David R. Peterson, Western Ontario 64
// Chairman, Toronto Raptors,
NBA
Jerry Sichting, Purdue 79
// Coach, Minnesota
Timberwolves
John R. Wooden, Purdue 32
// UCLA Coach (10
National Titles)
Professional
Football
Mike Brown, Dartmouth 57
// President & GM,
Cincinnati Bengals
George S. Buehler Jr., Stanford 69
// Los Angeles
Raiders
Berlin Guy Chamberlin, Nebraska 1916 (dec.) // Hall of Fame;
(cont'd) Coach,
Canton Bulldogs, Chicago Staleys, Cleveland Bulldogs, Frankford
Yellowjackets, Chicago Cardinals
Ronald W. Coder, Penn State 76
// Baltimore
Stars
Donald D. Coryell, Washington 47
// Former San Diego Chargers
Coach
Robert G. Douglass, Kansas 69
// Los Angeles
Raiders
Keith V. Fahnhorst, Minnesota 74
// San Francisco
49ers
Jay Fiedler, Dartmouth 94
//
Miami Dolphins
Mark Jerue, Washington 82
// New
York Jets
Jeffrey A. Kemp, Dartmouth 81
// Los Angeles
Raiders
Ryan Kuehl, Virginia 95
// San
Francisco 49ers
James M. Mandich, Michigan 70
// Miami
Dolphins
Matt Monger, Oklahoma State 84
// New York
Jets
August (Gus) Otto, Missouri 65
// Oakland
Raiders
Pete Pihos, Indiana 45 //
Hall of Fame; Philadelphia Eagles; 6 Pro Bowls
James M. Schnietz, Texas 73
//
B.C. Lions
David Shula, Dartmouth 81
// Former Head Coach,
Cincinnati Bengals
Robert Stein, Minnesota 69
// Kansas
City Chiefs
Richard R. Volk, Michigan 67
// Miami
Dolphins
Brian White, Dartmouth 95
// New
England Patriots
Professional
Golfers
Jim Benepe, Northwestern 86
Dow H. Finsterwald, Ohio 52 (ret.)
Brandt Jobe, UCLA 89
Grier S. Jones, Oklahoma State 68 (ret.)
Scott McCarron, UCLA 89
Larry M. Nuger, Illinois 01
Larry Romjue, Nebraska 60 (ret.)
Bill Tindall, Washington 65
Web Wilder, Oklahoma 31 (dec.)
Professional Hockey
Fred Ahern, Bowdoin 74 //
California Seals, Cleveland Barons, Colorado Rockies
Michael Antonovich, Minnesota 73 // Minnesota North
Stars, Hartford Whalers, New Jersey Devils
David Gagnon, Colgate 91 // Detroit
Red Wings
Professional Tennis
Stan R. Smith, Southern California 69
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