General Electric College Bowl Teams: Fordham through Oregon State
| School: Fordham University |
| Dates appeared: 3/26/61; 9/21/68, 9/28/68, 10/19/68, 10/26/68, 11/2/68 |
| Opponents: 1961: Rensselaer (l 210-165); 1968: Memphis State (w 200-95), West Virginia Wesleyan (w 250-90), Illinois State (w 200-120), Moravian (w 230-145), Purdue (w 150-95) |
| Team: 1961: ???; 1968: Ed Leahey, Jr., ??? |
| Coaches: 1961: ???; 1968: ??? |
| Notes: |
| Where are they now?: ??? |
| Reported by: TFM |
| Source: http://www.fordham-tradition.org/sep94.htm |
| School: Georgetown University |
| Dates appeared: 1/25/59, 2/8/59, 2/15/59, 3/1/59, 3/8/59 |
| Opponents: Northwestern (w 170-120), Princeton (t 115-115), Princeton (w 215-70), Tulane (w 180-170), Notre Dame (l 230-110) |
| Team: John Dennis Duffy, Timothy Joseph Murphy, Thomas Anderson, Michael Murray Hughes, William Donovan (alt) |
| Coaches: Frank Evans (coach), Joseph Sellinger (selected team) |
| Notes: First TV season. Notre Dame game broadcast from McDonough Gymnasium on Georgetown campus. |
| Where are they now?: ??? |
| Reported by: TFM |
| Source: http://www.bellairsia.com/southbend/collegebowlpressrelease.html , http://www.bellairsia.com/southbend/collegebowl.html , http://www.bellairsia.com/southbend/1959-0312-guhoya.html , http://www.bellairsia.com/southbend/1959-0302-wpost.html |
| School: Gonzaga University |
| Dates appeared: 2/12/61, 1968-69 (once) |
| Opponents: 1961: Fairleigh Dickinson (l 220-120); 1968-69: Goucher (l 160-105) |
| Team: 1961: R. A. "Jim" Randall, ???; 1968-69: Frank Burke, R. Baldasty, E. Monasterio, Andrew Dzida |
| Coaches: ??? |
| Notes: |
| Where are they now?: Randall is a judge on the Minnesota Court of Appeals. |
| Reported by: TFM |
| Source: http://www.courts.state.mn.us/bios/ca_randall.htm ; clip of Goucher v. Gonzaga match |
| School: Goucher College |
| Dates appeared: 5/3/59, 5/10/59, 5/17/59. 5/24/59; 1968-69 (five appearances) |
| Opponents: 1959: Minnesota (w 140-125), Kentucky (w 190-175), Wayne State (w 250-35), City College of New York (l 240-155); 1968-69: High Point (w 135-125), Louisiana State - Baton Rouge (w 185-150), Wesleyan (w 215-210), Gonzaga (w 160-105), Sweet Briar (w 335-85). |
| Team: 1959: ???; 1968-69: Judy Podell, R. Korzec, Mina Risan, Sandy Moore |
| Coaches: ??? |
| Notes: |
| Where are they now?: ??? |
| Reported by: TFM |
| Source: clip of Goucher v. Gonzaga match |
| School: Hampden-Sydney College |
| Dates appeared: 3/15/64 |
| Opponents: Bard (l 185-160) |
| Team: Buck Davis, ??? |
| Coaches: ??? |
| Notes: Davis was given the semester off to prepare. |
| Where are they now?: Davis: lawyer in Detroit. |
| Reported by: TFM |
| Source: http://www.cvco.org/sigs/wcc65/1961/-tj.bios6.html |
| School: Hobart and William Smith Colleges |
| Dates appeared: 1/1/61, 1/8/61, 1/15/61, 1/22/61, 1/29/61 |
| Opponents: Beloit (w 220-160), Wesleyan (w 185-145), Carnegie Mellon (w 140-135), LSU-Baton Rouge (w 250-70), Baylor (w 245-140) |
| Team: Jerry Levy (C?), Marcia Berges Hodges, James Zurer, Joseph Rishel, Wayne Atwell (alt?) |
| Coaches: ??? |
| Notes: "The third game with Carnegie Tech of Pittsburgh was a squeaker with HWS winning 140 to 135. In the last five seconds, Zurer scored the win and then joyfully thanked his biology professor. He correctly identified the location of the pia mater and dura mater as belonging in: “The brain and spinal cord! Thank you Miss Nellis!”" A carving in St. John's Chapel on campus commemorates the team. |
| Where are they now?: Hodges: storyteller in Oregon. Levy: lawyer in New York. Zurer: retired, travel planner. Rishel: curator at Philadelphia Museum of Art. Atwell: retired from GTE. |
| Reported by: TFM |
| Source: http://campus.hws.edu/NEW/pss/win01_3.html , http://www.hws.edu/about/campusmap/stjohns.asp , http://nasaa-home.org/atwell.html |
| School: Kent State University |
| Dates appeared: 2/14/65 |
| Opponents: Portland State (l 315-35) |
| Team: Tony Welsh (C), Jack Cantwell, Bob Haley, Arnold Topp |
| Coaches: Lester G. Brailey, Assistant Professor of Education |
| Notes: |
| Where are they now?: ??? |
| Reported by: TFM |
| Source: film of Portland State v. Kent State game |
| School: Lafayette College |
| Dates appeared: 6/10/62, 9/23/62, 9/30/62, 10/7/62, 10/14/62 |
| Opponents: Rochester (w 200-150), American International (w 225-165), Cincinnati (w 300-100), Hope (w 370-15), California - Berkeley (w 325-105) |
| Team: Robert E. Jones, Steve Friedman, Robin Wolfe, Barry Wellman |
| Coaches: William W. Watt |
| Notes: Jones says he has a phonograph record with an audio recording of one of the wins. The four reunited at Lafayette in 2003. |
| Where are they now?: 2003: Wellman is a Professor of Sociology at the University of Toronto. Here's a link to his vita. Friedman became a plastic surgeon and is medical director of Wellpoint Life & Health. Jones is a Professor of History at the University of Massachusetts. While in law school at Columbia, Wolfe served as an assistant coach. He is now an attorney in NYC. |
| Reported by: TFM |
| Source: http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/103/ , http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/2077/ , http://www.lafayetteexperience.com/alumni/class_notes/1964.html , http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/2787/ , http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman/vita/photos-html/barry-college-bowl.htm , Raza Panjwani |
| School: Loyola University of Los Angeles / Loyola Marymount University |
| Dates appeared: 10/11/59; 4/21/68 |
| Opponents: 1959: Stanford (l 120-115); 1968: Chicago (l 160-120) |
| Team: 1959: Ted McNamara (C), Joe Bear, Joe Head, David Roberti; 1968: ??? |
| Coaches: 1959: Dr. Anthony Turhollow; 1968: ??? |
| Notes: 1959 match was broadcast from Stanford |
| Where are they now?: Ted McNamara is a musician/songwriter living in West Hollywood, CA. Joe Bear is Executive Director at the School of Engineering at the University of San Diego. Joe Head is Vice-President of Urban Development at Summerhill Homes in Palo Alto, CA. Dave Roberti served in the California State Senate, and rose to President of the Senate. He is now retired and living in Los Angeles. |
| Reported by: Ted McNamara, TFM |
| Source: Ted McNamara |
| School: Marietta College |
| Dates appeared: 3/16/66, 3/23/66, 3/30/66 |
| Opponents: Agnes Scott (w 230-115), Parsons (w 230-135), Williams (l 215-160) |
| Team: Stacy Evans (C), Constance Jones, George Golden, Mary Ann Tiffen, Christian Fry (alt), James Mathers (alt) |
| Coaches: Dr. Gerald "Jerry" Evans, William M. Sheppard |
| Notes: Prior to air on 3/23, two practice rounds were played and Parsons won both. In the actual match, Marietta opened up with a 90-0 run. While Parsons was later able to pull within 20, Marietta led all the way. |
| Where are they now?: ??? |
| Reported by: TFM, Mark Sheppard |
| Source: http://www.marietta.edu/~marc/99SP/history/66_quiz.html |
| School: Marymount College |
| Dates appeared: 3/29/64 |
| Opponents: Ohio Wesleyan (l 330-220) |
| Team: Mary Mulhern (C), Kathryn Murray, Jean Sicnolf, Kathleen Smith |
| Coaches: Dr. Bernard O'Halloran, Sister M. Daniel, RSHM |
| Notes: |
| Where are they now?: O'Halloran went on to teach at the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio. Mulhern retired from teaching at Drexel, and now researches the history of logic as a Senior Fellow at the Brookside Institute. Sicnolf is deceased. |
| Reported by: Mary Mulhern, TFM |
| Source: Mary Mulhern, http://www.drexel.edu/academics/engineering/faculty.asp?ID=145 |
| School: McGill University |
| Dates appeared: 10/23/66 |
| Opponents: Oklahoma (l 225-95) |
| Team: Ray Lukens (C), Julius Grey, Sema Penner, Ken Piafsky |
| Coaches: ??? |
| Notes: |
| Where are they now?: ??? |
| Reported by: TFM |
| Source: http://www.archives.mcgill.ca/public/exhibits/life/social19501969.htm |
| School: Northwestern University |
| Dates appeared: 1/4/59, 1/11/59, 1/18/59, 1/25/59; 1/7/68 |
| Opponents: 1959: Brown (Brown/Pembroke) (w 145-135), Columbia (w 165-130), Pittsburgh (w 165-50), Georgetown (l 170-120); 1968: Brown (l 335-65) |
| Team: 1959: Fred Browne, Ric Ferrari, John Wilkins, Roger Yurchuck; 1968: Bill Franklin, Lynne Graham, David Pollack, George Rocourt |
| Coaches: 1959: ???; 1968: ??? |
| Notes: The 1959 team appeared in the very first GE College Bowl match on CBS, and may be the first racially integrated team and include the first African-American to appear on a network quiz show.. The 1968 match v. Brown is preserved in the UCLA Film & Television Archives. That special "10th Anniversary" match featured interviews with the 1959 team, and a prize of $10,000 for the winner and $5,000 for the loser. |
| Where are they now?: ??? |
| Reported by: TFM |
| Source: UCLA Film & Television Archives http://cinema.library.ucla.edu |
| School: Ohio State University |
| Dates appeared: 11/15/59; 1967-68 (show #319) |
| Opponents: 1959: Swarthmore (l 305-130); 1967-8: Barnard (l 295-145) |
| Team: 1959: ???; 1967-8: Steve Broidy, John C. Deal, John Kizer, Tom Smith, Lee Bard (alt) |
| Coaches: 1959: ???; 1967-8: ??? |
| Notes: |
| Where are they now?: John C. Deal is an attorney in Columbus, OH. |
| Reported by: John C. Deal |
| Source: John C. Deal |
| School: Ohio University |
| Dates appeared: 12/16/62 |
| Opponents: Virginia (l 315-70) |
| Team: David Orr, Jon Miller, George Murphy, Steven Estven |
| Coaches: ??? |
| Notes: |
| Where are they now?: ??? |
| Reported by: TFM |
| Source: Cavalier Daily 12/18/62, p. 1., "Foursome Held the Buzzer: College Bowl Team Trounces Ohio, 315-70; Will Face Maine Quartet" |
| School: Ohio Wesleyan University |
| Dates appeared: 3/22/64, 3/29/64, 4/5/64, ?/?/64, ?/?/64 |
| Opponents: Bard (w 230-115), Marymount (w 330-220), UCLA (w 285-125), Michigan Tech (w 170-145), Alfred (w 265-95) |
| Team: Ann Hofstra, Kathy Leshy, Richard Pepp, Bill Shaffer |
| Coaches: ??? |
| Notes: Match v. UCLA is preserved in the UCLA Film & Television Archives |
| Where are they now?: ??? |
| Reported by: TFM |
| Source: UCLA Film & Television Archives http://cinema.library.ucla.edu |
| School: Oregon State University |
| Dates appeared: 11/25/62, 12/2/62, 12/9/62 |
| Opponents: Manhattanville College (w 245-145), New Mexico (w 145-100), Virginia (l 205-135) |
| Team: Judy Wicks Torgerson (C), Clifford R. Dempster, Gary Ford, Fran Freeman |
| Coaches: ??? |
| Notes: The Oregon State library may have a film of one of the games! See http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/archives/archive/film/P017inv.html . |
| Where are they now?: ??? |
| Reported by: TFM |
| Source: http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/archives/exhibits/yrspast/1997ann.htm#35 |
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