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Claude Robert Cloninger (born April 4, 1944) is an American psychiatrist and geneticist noted for his research on the biological, psychological, social, and spiritual foundation of both mental health and mental illness.
The Cavendish Club was a prestigious contract bridge club founded in 1925 by Wilbur Whitehead in association with Gratz M. Scott and Edwin A. Wetzlar. Initially located at the Mayfair House (65th and Park Avenue) in New York City, it relocated several times [1] with a final address in a townhouse on 73rd.
The Young Lions Fiction Award is an annual US literary prize of $10,000, awarded to a writer who is 35 years old or younger for a novel or collection of short stories. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The award was established in 2001 by Ethan Hawke , Jennifer Rudolph Walsh , Rick Moody , Hannah McFarland, and the New York Public Library .
The first bridge Hall of Fame was inaugurated by The Bridge World in 1964 and invested nine members between then and 1966 after which it ceased sponsorship. The American Contract Bridge League adopted the concept to recognize the achievements and contributions of those residing in its territory (USA, Canada, Mexico and Bermuda) and inaugurated its own Hall of Fame [4] in 1995 by accepting the ...
He was a bridge expert when he graduated from City College of New York in 1933, and was then "immediately hired by Ely Culbertson". [3] He soon became well known as a bridge writer and editor. He started work as an editor for Culbertson's monthly magazine The Bridge World from 1934 to 1963 [ 1 ] as technical editor, then managing editor, and ...
Alan M. Sontag (born May 2, 1946) [1] is an American professional bridge player. He won six world championships, including two Bermuda Bowl wins. Sontag is also known for his book The Bridge Bum, a book "on everybody's list of the top ten bridge books ever written."
Eddie Condon's was the name of three successive jazz venues in New York run by jazz banjoist, guitarist, and bandleader Eddie Condon from 1945 until the mid-1980s. [1] In 1975, Red Balaban took over the management of the club. [2] Ed Polcer was also a part-owner at the time of the club's closing. [1]
The Savoy Club was a contract bridge club established in May 1966 on Sunset Strip, [1] Hollywood, California. Founded by Frank Van Haraz, acquired a year later by the group of Lorne Greene , Lew Mathe , Norman Moss and George Bassman , it quickly came under the sole ownership and control of George Bassman.