ACBL Goodwill Committee
50 Years of Goodwill
We know our members spread goodwill every day, but there are three special days each year when goodwill rates an even higher priority. And 2005 makes those days particularly special as it represents the 50th anniversary of the ACBL Goodwill Committee.
The committee was organized in 1955 with John E. Simon as chair and Louise Durham as co-chair. Aileen Osofsky became chair in 1985 and has expanded the committee's endeavors, taking on promotion of active ethics, awareness of those with disabilities such as hearing loss, support for junior programs and naming of a goodwill member of the year.
Each member of the ACBL Board of Directors is entitled to appoint two lifetime members from his or her district annually. Goodwill Day is celebrated the Monday of each NABC. Districts and units are encouraged to establish and recognize their own Goodwill Committees.
We encourage clubs to use the anniversary to promote special goodwill activities.
Goodwill Day Bonus Tip
When passing your boards at a tournament, introduce yourself to the passee and ask how the player would like the boards placed: on the table, on the floor, etc. Always stand and move the boards; whacking them against someone's shoulder is frowned upon!
District 16 Appointees to the ACBL Goodwill committee
| 2010 | James Bauer, Dallas, TX Gary King,Houston,TX Eddie Wold,Houston, TX |
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| 2009 | Joyce Ryan, Houston, TX Dorsey Shaw, Dallas, TX |
2008 | Gay Roach, Nacogdoches TX Jolie Hess, Houston TX Marsha Bernstein, Houston TX Bob Gerberich, Corpus Christi, TX |
| 2007 | Martha DeCou, Corpus Christy TX Larry Davis, Austin TX Mildred Breed, Austin TX |
2006 | Cisse Horton, San Antonio, TX |
| 2005 | Steve Bruce, Austin Barbara Nance, Bryan Marilou Powell, Round Rock Shawn Quinn, Richmond |
2004 | Donna Compton, Dallas Chris Compton, Dallas |
| 2003 | Judy McDonald, Laredo Toni Snow, Houston |
2002 | Dorsey Shaw, Plano Joe McKee, Houston Darlene, Shirey, Fort Worth John Watkins, San Antonio |
| 2001 | Guillermo Poplawsky, Mexico City Richard Kiepfer, Boerne Tom Corlett, Waco Richard Hess, Houston |
2000 | John Sullivan, Corpus Christi Kathleen Brown, Wichita Falls |
| 1999 | Donald Timko, Houston Dewitt Hudson, Arlington Fran Hillin, Corpus Christi Ross Robbins, Port Isabel |
1998 | Louise Childs, Garland Sue Davis, Dallas Al Lochli, San Antonio Carol Schoenhals, Lubbock |
| 1997 | Cindy Snider, San Antonio Charles Price, Sachse |
1996 | Tom Hughes, Fort Worth Scott Humphrey, Austin Howard Wilkins, Abilene Mike Graham, Ore City |
| 1995 | Eric Snow, Houston Seymon Deutsch, Laredo |
1994 | Bob Black, Beaumont Sylvia Besing, Dallas |
| 1993 | Henry Baer, Dallas Mary Williams, Leander Phillip Grothus, San Antonio |
1992 | Edith Rosenkranz, Mexico City Carol Wood, Houston Leah Olivarri, Corpus Christi George Olivarri, Corpus Christi |
| 1991 | Sherill Headrick, Fort Worth Joe Vanham, Kerrville |
1990 | Jo Sykes, Houston Joy Williamson, Addison |
| 1989 | Margie Whitworth, Rocksprings Jan Wendell, Rockport |
1988 | Dan Morse, Houston Joan Morse, Houston Alan Copeland, Odessa Charlotte Copeland, Odessa Shirley Pagan, Corpus Christi Beth Jenkins, Austin |
| 1987 | Terry Riely, San Antonio Darlene Riely, San Antonio |
1986 | Leonard Jefferson, Arlington Joyce Cook, Houston |
| 1985 | Ann Carb, Fort Worth Col. Lawrence Malone, Arlington |
1984 | Billie Kitchens, Houston W.B. Pruet, Corpus Christi |
| 1983 | Arlene Thompson, Fort Worth Bob Norwood, Austin |
1982 | Bob Kerns, Houston Mrs. Norman Caruthers, San Antonio |
| 1981 | Marilyn Johnson, Houston Tom Peters, Houston |
1980 | Cisse Horton, San Antonio, McAllister Smith, Chireno |
| 1979 | Hal Keller, Arlington Mrs. J. Van Dewalli, Galveston |
1978 | Jim Downs, Houston Carol Klar, Houston |
| 1977 | Mrs. Charles E. Weed, Lake Kiowa Eric Hilton, Houston |
1976 | Mrs. Wm. E. Collins, Dallas, George Finley, San Angelo, |
| 1975 | Shirley Dillon, Beaumont Eugene Sanger, Dallas |
1974 | Esta Van Zandt, Houston Max W. Hochema, Kilgore |
| 1973 | B.J. Wilson, San Antonio Sam J. Beard, Jr., Dallas |
1972 | Mrs. L.T. Barber, San Angelo Barry Hagedorn, Houston |
| 1971 | Mrs. L.B. Swan, Houston Ed Allen, Beaumont |
1970 | Mrs. J.N. Allison, Midland Tom La Rocca, El Paso |
| 1969 | Mrs. L. Storr, Tyler Russell Smith, Dallas |
1968 | Mrs. Robert Freeberg, Houston Bill Granberry, Houston |
| 1967 | Margaret Muirhead, Dallas Rufus Rush, Lubbock |
1966 | Mrs. John J. Chauncey, Jr., Lubbock Dr. John Fisher, Dallas |
| 1965 | Mrs. L.H. Lundy, Jr., Houston Col. W.K. Alston, San Antonio |
1964 | Mrs. Percy Jones, Abilene Steve Lawrence, El Paso |
| 1963 | Mrs. Jerry M. Lewis, Dallas Arthur Stone, Houston |
1962 | Mrs. Jack Hammond, Wichita Falls Clarence Grunsfeld, Dallas |
| 1961 | Pidgeon Davis, Beaumont Paul Hodge, Abilene |
1960 | Mrs. Paul Hodge, Abilene R.Y. Barrett, Houston |
| 1959 | Mrs. Charles Coleman, Corpus Christi John Gerber, Houston |
1958 | Emma Jean Hawes, Fort Worth Dr. George Rosenkranz, Mexico City |
| 1957 | Garner McDaniel, Houston Oswald Jacoby, Dallas |
