THE PRESIDENT’S GAVEL
Presented to The Ozone Club by Ken Greer and Billy Tennant
Merion 2009
1976-1978 MALCOLM R. LONGSHORE
1979-1981 RICHARD C. UNGER
1982-1984 WALTER SMEDLEY JR.
1985-1987 CHARLES P. CRYER
1988-1990 JOSEPH W. STRODE JR.
1991-1993 PETER L. MILLER
1994-1996 EDWARD T. TISDALL
1997-1999 CHARLES B. HUMPTON JR.
2000-2002 CARL P. BERLINGER
2003-2005 RICHARD C. UNGER JR.
2006-2008 N. HARLAN SLACK III
2009-2011 WALTER SMEDLEY III
2012-2014 THOMAS M. BALDERSTON
2015-2017 THOMAS H. LEE II
2018-2020 WILLIAM H. GIESE
2021-2023 JOSEPH W. STRODE III
2024-2026 ROBERT P. ROCHE JR.
The President’s Gavel
Description
Wooden Gavel engraved with Ozone Logo and mounted on mahogany base with bronze plaque inscribed with the names ove every Ozone president from its inception in 1901
History
THE GAVEL. In September of 2009 on the occasion of the Walker Cup at Merion, Walter Smedley III and Bill Giese hosted two guests from Royal Portrush Golf Club, Billy Tennant and Ken Greer. As a token of appreciation Ken handed a gift to Captain Carl Berlinger. Claiming that the item housed in a shoebox was obtained from a “car boot sale” Ken presented a superb gavel to the Ozone Club. After safely residing for sixteen years on a shelf at Penncrest Farm henceforth it shall be the symbol of the office of President of the Ozone Club.
How is it won
Not so much a prize, it is rather an honor. It is to be passed down from the outgoing president to his successor.
1901-1903 WALTER P. STOKES
1904-1906 SAMUEL L. ALLEN
1907-1909 EDWARD S. WOOD
1910-1912 MORRIS E. LEEDS
1913-1915 GEORGE S. MORRIS
1916-1918 WALTER BRINTON
1919-1921 SAMUEL MASON
1922-1924 WALTER J. BUZBY
1925-1927 HENRY W. LEEDS
1928-1930 J. HAINES LIPPINCOTT
1931-1933 CHARLES J. ALLEN
1934-1936 JOSEPH H. WILLITS
1937-1939 CHARLES F. HUMPTON
1940-1942 FRANK AYDELOTTE
1943-1945 EDWARD W. MARSHALL
1946-1948 C. CANBY BALDERSTON
1949-1951 E. LEROY MERCER
1952-1954 CHARLES K. HALLOWELL
1955-1957 JOHN H WEBSTER III
1958-1960 CHARLES G. THATCHER
1961-1963 LAWRENCE A. YEARSLEY
1964-1966 THEODORE WIDING
1967-1969 BARCLAY WHITE JR.
1970-1972 RICHARD O. SMITH
1973-1975 AUGUST L. MARTIN