Seniors' Service Award

PRESENTED AT

The USTA Annual Meeting and Conference.

ELIGIBILITY

See criteria.

CRITERIA

A nominee must show willingness, cooperation and/or participation, either in play or organizational work to benefit and improve adult and/or senior tennis.

SELECTION PROCESS

Application forms are sent by the USTA national office to the section offices for distribution.
The Adult Competition Committee selects the most deserving nominee.

TIMETABLE

Follows the Spring Awards Timetable - see Awards homepage for the Standard Timelines.

CONTACT

Milagros Sequera Huss, staff member

HISTORY

A person involved in adult and/or senior tennis play, activity or organizational work.

YEARBOOK DESCRIPTION

A trophy for service to senior tennis is awarded each year to the person the USTA Seniors’ Committee deems most deserving of the respect and honor of all seniors. It is awarded on the basis of the recipient’s willingness, cooperation, and participation, either in play or organizational work for the betterment and furtherance of senior competition.

YEAR RECIPIENT

1958 W. Dickson Cunningham

1959 William L. Nassau Jr.

1960 Henry L. Benisch

1961 Dr. Irving Bricker

1962 Monte L. Ganger

1963 Caspar H. Nannes

1964 Joseph Lipshutz

1965 Gardnar Mulloy

1966 J. Clarence Davies Jr.

1967 C. Alphonso Smith

1968 Col. Nicholas E. Powel

1969 Robert L. Galloway

1970 E. Jefferson Mendel

1971 Emery Neale

1972 Alvin W. Bunis

1973 W.E. Hester Jr.

1974 Richard C. Sorlien

1975 Jay Freeman

1976 Henry Crawford

1977 Not Awarded

1978 L. Roe Campbell

1979 A.W. “Buck” Archer

1980 John Powless

1981 Leslie J. Fitz Gibbon

1982 A.L. Zerbe

1983 Not Awarded

1984 Jack Blanton Sr.

1985 Not Awarded

1986 Dr. Alfred Mills

1987 Carol Schneider

1988 Jack Geisel

1989 Not Awarded

1990 Dr. William R. Owen

1991 Mildred Southern

1992 Jane Taylor

1993 Marian Baird

1994 Arthur Rondeau

1995 Margaret L. Newfield

1996 Eleanor Swann

1997 Carol Wood

1998 Nancy Reed

1999 William J. Tully

2000 Ben T. Ball

2001 Ned Mansfield

2002 Art Russo

2003 Patricia Graham

2004 William J. Kellogg

2005 Kathleen Checket

2006 Eddie Williamson

2007 Percy Hughes

2008 Patricia Graham (posthumously)

2009 Kathy Langer

2010 Carolyn A. Nichols

2011 Alice Lee

2012 Irving Levine

2013 Richard Walther

2014 * not awarded due to change in timeline

2015 Connie R. Ebert

2016 David Sommer

2017 Steve Solomon

2018 David Carey (posthumously)

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