General Electric College Bowl Teams: United States Military Academy through Yeshiva University
| School: United States Military Academy |
| Dates appeared: 11/29/59; 11/27/60; 12/3/61 |
| Opponents: 1959: U. S. Naval Aacademy (l 270-65); 1960: U. S. Naval Academy (l 295-100); 1961: U. S. Naval Academy (w 195-95) |
| Team: 1959: ???; 1960: ???; 1961: Dave Armstrong, Jan Molvar, Jim Ruth, Dave Riggs |
| Coaches: 1959: ???; 1960: ???; 1961: ??? |
| Notes: The West Point cadets played three annual matches against the Annapolis midshipmen. The third in the series 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: United States Naval Academy |
| Dates appeared: 11/29/59; 11/27/60; 12/3/61 |
| Opponents: 1959: U. S. Military Academy (w 270-65); 1960: U. S. Military Academy (w 295-100); 1961: U. S. Military Academy (l 195-95) |
| Team: 1959: ???; 1960: ???, 1961: Mike Corgan, Andy Sundberg, Roy Wallace, Ted Warner |
| Coaches: 1959: ???; 1960: ???; 1961: ??? |
| Notes: The Annapolis midshipmen played three annual matches against the West Point cadets. The third in the series 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: University of Arizona |
| Dates appeared: 3/1/64; 4/13/69 |
| Opponents: 1964: Massachusetts-Amherst (l 360-35); 1969: Davidson (l 250-130) |
| Team: 1964: ???; 1969: Randy Holdridge (C); Steve Crafton, Jr., Ray Poliakoff, Scott Schaefer |
| Coaches: 1964: ???; 1969: Donald Graham, Lecturer in English |
| Notes: 1969 team led Davidson 140-110 early in second half. |
| Where are they now?: ??? |
| Reported by: TFM |
| Source: videotape of Davidson v. Arizona game |
| School: University of California - Los Angeles |
| Dates appeared: 4/5/64 |
| Opponents: Ohio Wesleyan (l 285-125) |
| Team: David Cross, Joe Goldberg, Arthur Harris, Charles Silver |
| Coaches: ??? |
| Notes: Match is preserved in UCLA Film & Television Archives |
| Where are they now?: ??? |
| Reported by: TFM |
| Source: UCLA Film & Television Archives http://cinema.library.ucla.edu |
| School: University of Detroit - Mercy |
| Dates appeared: 10/21/62, 10/28/62 |
| Opponents: Northeastern (w 285-100), Brooklyn College (l 240-110) |
| Team: Dennis Gannon, Jack Hussey, Robert Pearl, Regina Stefaniak |
| Coaches: ??? |
| Notes: Match v. Brooklyn College is preserved in UCLA Film & Television Archives |
| Where are they now?: ??? |
| Reported by: TFM |
| Source: UCLA Film & Television Archives http://cinema.library.ucla.edu |
| School: University of Louisville |
| Dates appeared: 4/14/63, 4/21/63, 4/28/63, 5/5/63, 5/12/63 |
| Opponents: Kenyon (w 225-125), Idaho (w 270-140), Delaware (w 370-135), Iona (w 285-115), Yeshiva (l 335-140) |
| Team: Frank Krull (C), Evelyn Feltner, Anne Groves, Michael "Giles" Kotcher, J. Daryll Powell (alt) |
| Coaches: ??? |
| Notes: |
| Where are they now?: ??? |
| Reported by: TFM |
| Source: http://www.louisville.edu/ur/ucomm/mags/summer2000/cover_story.html |
| School: University of Massachusetts - Amherst |
| Dates appeared: 1/26/64, 2/2/64, 2/16/64, 2/23/64, 3/1/64 |
| Opponents: Dayton (w 150-125), Rollins (w 310-150), Iowa State (w 285-140), St. John's (w 245-150), Arizona (w 360-35) |
| Team: Wiiliam J. "Bill" Landis (C), Mike Berrini, Susan Tracy Grant, Dave Mathieson |
| Coaches: Albert Medeira, Dan Melley |
| Notes: First match was originally scheduled for 11/24/63, but President Kennedy's assassination changed the schedule. Coach Madeira died of a heart attack while shoveling snow in mid-January 1964, and Coach Melley stepped in. The $10,500 won was used to create the Albert P. Madeira Scholarship Fund. |
| Where are they now?: In 1999: Berrini performs energy audits and marketing in Pennsylvania. Landis chairs a department at the medical school of Northeastern Ohio University. A link to his vita. Mathieson volunteers at a soup kitchen. Grant teaches science at Holyoke Community College and has authored numerous books. |
| Reported by: TFM |
| Source: http://www.umass.edu/umassmag/archives/1999/fall_99/fall99_headjocks.html , |
| School: University of Missouri-Kansas City |
| Dates appeared: 2/24/63, 3/3/63 |
| Opponents: Norwich (w 190-135), Wake Forest (l 275-215) |
| Team: Elbert Hayes (C), Alvin Easter, Phil Marcus, Bill Williams |
| Coaches: Dr. Walter Murrish |
| Notes: The first racially integrated squad to appear on NBC, the team received death threats because of their ethnic diversity. The school was a last-minute substitute, and only had six weeks to choose their team and practice. Upon their return from New York following the Norwich victory, a crowd greeted them at the airport with a hero's welcome. The win was the first national publicity the school, then the University of Kansas City, ever received. |
| Where are they now?: Hayes, a chemist who later taught at Missouri-Kansas City, died in 1992. 2003: Easter retired from "a 30-year career in civil service" with the University of Minnesota. Marcus is Professor Emeritus at Cornell and a professor at Florida International University. Williams became education editor at the National Gallery of Art, and is now retired. |
| Reported by: Alvin Easter, TFM |
| Source: http://www.umkc.edu/umkc/perspectives/alumnivoices9.asp |
| School: University of Nebraska |
| Dates appeared: 5/8/60; 9/30/67 |
| Opponents: 1960: Colgate; 1967 (l 245-95): Wisconsin-Milwaukee (l 240-95) |
| Team: 1960: ? Nelsen, Jon Froemke, Walter Ross, R. Rassmussen; 1967: ??? |
| Coaches: 1960: ???; 1967: ??? |
| Notes: |
| Where are they now?: ??? |
| Reported by: TFM |
| Source: 60 second promotional film of 10/9/60 Colgate-Nebraska game |
| School: University of Nevada |
| Dates appeared: 5/19/63 |
| Opponents: Yeshiva (l 285-185) |
| Team: David Cooper, Carl Dale Donathan, Judy Garwood, Steve Miller, Lynn Gerow (alt) |
| Coaches: Harold L. Kirkpatrick |
| Notes: CB Database says UNLV, but info comes from an archive at UNR. |
| Where are they now?: ??? |
| Reported by: TFM |
| Source: http://www.library.unr.edu/univarch/colls/ac105.html |
| School: University of Notre Dame |
| Dates appeared: 3/8/59, 3/15/59; 10/21/67 |
| Opponents: 1959: Georgetown (w 230-110), Barnard (l 230-110); 1967: Bryn Mawr (l 225-185) |
| Team: 1959: Thomas Banchoff (alt 3/18), John Bellairs, Andrew Connelly, Brian Moran, Phillips Gibson (alt 3/15); 1967: Gregory Adolf, Richard L. Libowitz, William Luking, Thomas W. Spinard |
| Coaches: 1959: Rev. John E. Walsh; 1967: James J. Carberry (?) |
| Notes: Second 1959 show broadcast from Washington Hall on Notre Dame campus. Story of 1959 team at http://www.bellairsia.com/southbend/collegebowl.html . |
| Where are they now?: Bellairs became a teacher of Middle English and a noted author of gothic books for young adults. He died in 1991. Moran died in 1999. |
| Reported by: Walter Lornten, TFM |
| Source: http://www.archives.nd.edu/findaids/ead/index/DIS120.htm , http://www.bellairsia.com (numerous articles) |
| School: University of Oklahoma |
| Dates appeared: 4/3/60; 9/18/66, 9/25/66, 10/2/66, 10/16/66, 10/23/66 |
| Opponents: 1960: New York University (l 170-150); 1966: Drury (w 265-95), Scranton (w 320-95), North Dakota State (w 375-45), Auburn (w 290-125), McGill (w 225-95) |
| Team: 1960: ???; 1966: ??? |
| Coaches: 1960: ???; 1966: John Randolph Morris, Jr. |
| Notes: |
| Where are they now?: Morris: served as interim president of Oklahoma twice. Retired in 1994. Has a Professorship in Psychology named for him. |
| Reported by: TFM |
| Source: http://www.ou.edu/education/BridgesSpr2001.pdf |
| School: University of San Francisco |
| Dates appeared: 1/31/65 |
| Opponents: Portland State (l 300-155) |
| Team: Donald Lamp, James Dawe, Steve Kennedy, Forrest Boomer |
| Coaches: Father John Fisher |
| Notes: |
| Where are they now?: ??? |
| Reported by: TFM |
| Source: film of Portland State v. San Francisco match |
| School: University of Virginia |
| Dates appeared: 12/9/62, 12/16/62, 12/23/62, 12/30/62, 1/6/63 |
| Opponents: Oregon State (w 205-135) , Ohio (w 315-70), Maine (w 215-210), Drake (w 240-165), Washington State (w 350-90) |
| Team: Mike Bennett (C), Richard Greer, John Mortenson, Talmadge "Tal" Wyatt, Gene Blumenreich (alt) |
| Coaches: Graham Hereford, Robert Scholes, Alan Williams, Ruth Peyton? |
| Notes: a web page on this team is under construction |
| Where are they now?: ??? |
| Reported by: TFM |
| Source: Cavalier Daily 12/7/62, p. 1., "Bowl Team Challenges Oregon State Sunday On CBS-TV Program," Cavalier Daily 12/18/62, p. 1., "Foursome Held The Buzzer: College Bowl Team Trounces Ohio, 315-70; Will Face Maine Quartet" |
| School: University of Wisconsin - Madison |
| Dates appeared: 3/21/65, 3/28/65, 4/4/65, 4/11/65, 4/18/65? |
| Opponents: Utah State (w 250-125), Susquehanna (w 305-160), Wilson (w 345-185), Clarkson (w 250-115), Bethany (w 230-100) |
| Team: Peter Hoff, Donald Zillman, ??? |
| Coaches: ??? |
| Notes: |
| Where are they now?: 2002: Hoff: President, University of Maine. Zillman: Dean of Law School, University of Maine. |
| Reported by: TFM |
| Source: http://www.umaine.edu/umainetoday/Magazine/UMaineToday.2.5.pdf , p. 21 |
| School: Ursinus College |
| Dates appeared: 4/30/67 |
| Opponents: Colorado (l 330-100) |
| Team: Willis G. Frick, Jr., Elise B. Kabcenel, Allen G. Miller, Herbert C. Smith |
| Coaches: ??? |
| Notes: though they only appeared once, an endowed scholarship established from their prize winnings still endures. |
| Where are they now?: ??? |
| Reported by: TFM |
| Source: http://www.ursinus.edu/resources/endowed.pdf |
| School: Virginia Military Institute |
| Dates appeared: 11/64, 12/64 |
| Opponents: Queens (w 400-180), Lawrence (l 170-150) |
| Team: J. M. Marshall, Jr., Robert I. Morgan, Robert C. Randolph, Jr., Frederick "Hank" Wittel |
| Coaches: James W. Vardaman, Associate Professor of History |
| Notes: The 400 points scoreed against Queens set a new record for most team points scored in a match, and is 9th highest team score for the show. |
| Where are they now?: Marshall is a Municipal Judge in Texas. He says College Bowl "was the springboard for a lot of things in my life." Robert Morgan left VMI to join the Marine Corps, made First Lieutenant, and served in Vietnam for a tour-and-a-half, including the siege of Khe Sanh. He is now an attorney in Claremont, New Hampshire. |
| Reported by: TFM |
| Source: http://www.vmi.edu/show.asp?durki=3547 , private communication |
| School: Wake Forest University |
| Dates appeared: 3/3/63, 3/10/63, 3/17/63 |
| Opponents: Missouri-Kansas City (w 275-215), Emory (w 315-80), Kenyon (l 275-245) |
| Team: Frank Wood (C), Diana Gilliland, Jim Shertzer, Florence Wisman |
| Coaches: Professor David Hills |
| Notes: On March 25, 1963 the team was honored by resolution of the Board of Alderman of Winston-Salem, North Carolina. |
| Where are they now?: ??? |
| Reported by: TFM |
| Source: http://www.wfu.edu/Student-organizations/debate/PhotoGallaries/MiscellaneousPhotos/1960s/1963CollegeBowl.htm |
| School: Washington University - Saint Louis |
| Dates appeared: 1961 |
| Opponents: Pomona (l) |
| Team: Tom Hanks (C), Holden Baker, Marcella Milcic, Valerie Rudolph |
| Coaches: ??? |
| Notes: No, not *that* Tom Hanks |
| Where are they now?: ??? |
| Reported by: TFM |
| Source: http://record.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/1384.html |
| School: Wellesley College |
| Dates appeared: 4/18/70, 4/25/70, 5/9/70, 5/16/70, 5/23/70 |
| Opponents: Wyoming (w), Middlebury (w), Randolph Macon Woman's College (w), Taylor (w), South Florida - Tampa (w) |
| Team: ??? |
| Coaches: ??? |
| Notes: Contrary to myth, Senator Clinton did not play on this team. |
| Where are they now?: ??? |
| Reported by: TFM |
| Source: http://www.wellesley.edu/Activities/homepage/legenda/gallery/events.html |
| School: Wesleyan University |
| Dates appeared: 1/8/61; once early in 1969 and 4/20/69 |
| Opponents: 1961: Hobart & William Smith (l 185-145); 1969: Goucher (l 215-210, see Notes), Davidson (l 415-50) |
| Team: 1961: ???, 1969: Robert Oresko (C), Allan Gray, Roger Jackson, Mark Nagelberg |
| Coaches: 1961: ???, 1969: Steven Dyson, Assistant Professor of Classics |
| Notes: After the close loss to Goucher in 1969, an acceptable answer on one part of a four part bonus was protested. Because "experts disagree" on whether the answer given was correct, the team was brought back a second time that season to face Davidson. Robert Earle briefly explains the situation, without giving any details of the protest, at the start of the Davidson match. |
| Where are they now?: ??? |
| Reported by: TFM |
| Source: videotape of Davidson v. Wesleyan match |
| School: Williams College |
| Dates appeared: 3/13/60; 3/30/66, 4/?/66, ?/?/66, ?/?/66, ?/?/66 |
| Opponents: Dartmouth (l 315-160); Marietta (w 215-160), Northern Illinois (w 290-120), Saint Joseph (w 305-200), Air Force (w 300-100), Brown/Pembroke (w 285-120) |
| Team: 1960: ???; 1966: John L. Goodbody (C), Thomas A. Basnight, Thomas E. Foster, O. Lee Haynes, Jr. |
| Coaches: 1960: ???; 1966: Ralph Renzi, director of the college news bureau, Ed Rea, student coach |
| Notes: 1966: team was selected from the best contestants on "College Forum," a quiz show on the Williams College radio station WMS-WCFM. |
| Where are they now?: ??? |
| Reported by: TFM |
| Source: http://www.marietta.edu/~marc/99SP/history/66_quiz.html |
| School: Wilson College |
| Dates appeared: 1964-65 (one appearance) and 4/4/65 |
| Opponents: Lawrence (l 215-210), Wisconsin (l 345-185) |
| Team: Betsy Gaston, Cordelia Stone, Chris Tweddle, Cynthia ? |
| Coaches: ??? |
| Notes: During the 1/31/65 Portland State v. San Francisco match, it was announced that the team from Wilson College would be brought back on April 4th, 1965 due to a "procedural error" that effected the outcome of their match against Lawrence University. |
| Where are they now?: ??? |
| Reported by: TFM |
| Source: film of Portland State v. San Francisco game |
| School: Worcester Polytechnic Institute |
| Dates appeared: 1964 |
| Opponents: Illinois Institute of Technology (l 155-135) |
| Team: ???, Dennis Simanaitis (alt) |
| Coaches: Nick Onorato, Economics Professor |
| Notes: the team was put up at the Waldorf, and given tickets to the Broadway show Dylan, about Dylan Thomas. |
| Where are they now?: After taking a Ph. D. from the merged Case Western Reserve University in math in 1969, Cleveland, OH native Simanaitas is now Engineering Editor at Road & Track magazine. |
| Reported by: Dennis Simanaitis |
| Source: Dennis Simanaitis |
| School: Yeshiva University |
| Dates appeared: 5/12/63, 5/19/63, 5/26/63 |
| Opponents: Louisville (w 335-140), Nevada-Reno (w 285-185), Temple (l 280-235) |
| Team: Sheldon Fink, Esther Jungreis, Asher Reiss, ??? |
| Coaches: ??? |
| Notes: |
| Where are they now?: ??? |
| Reported by: Joe Okon |
| Source: Joe Okon |
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