Acknowledgments The following individuals have devoted many hours to gathering all the details and pulling them together as a historical document for the Metropolitan Club Managers Association and Foundation: Jay Mottola, Eugene Westmoreland, and hard-working MCMA Recording Secretary Ineke Pierpoint – Metropolitan Golf Association; Chris Weldon, Debbie Van Cura – Association for the Advancement of Blind and Retarded (AABR); Juergen Schumann – Pathfinder Village; James B. Singerling – Club Managers Association of America; Frank Tuma, Sheila Ray – Montauk Historical Society; Photography – Derek’s Photography; Photography – Nathan Beck’s Photography; Diana M. Simone – Executive Secretarial services; the many clubs for providing their interesting histories; Scott P. Burne and we would be remiss if we didn’t acknowledge our past presidents and members of our Chapter who, years ago, prepared MCMA for the next millennium. Special thanks to James Glover for his unyielding efforts researching special stories. John Bladt, Bill Quirin, and Jim Glover.
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A Heritage of Service