A NOTE OF GRATITUDE The UCLA Athletic Department and the women’s golf program sincerely thanks Carl and Bette McBain for their generous support of UCLA Athletics. The McBains have established five athletic endowments: football, men’s track and field, women’s gymnastics, women’s basketball and women’s golf. In addition, the McBains generously gave their financial support for the construction and renovation of the J.D. Morgan Intercollegiate Athletics Center. They are Hoopsters members, and have named the Administrative Suite in the Morgan Center. Carl was a three-year track and field lettermen from 1938-41 as one of the country’s best hurdlers. Some of his teammates included the late Tom Bradley, former mayor of Los Angeles, Kenny Washington, one of the first African-American to play in the NFL, and Baseball Hall of Famer Jackie Robinson, the first African-American to play Major League Baseball. In 1940, Carl earned All-America honors and won the AAU national championship in the 400-meter intermediate hurdles. His time of 51.6 was the world’s fastest that year and
stood as the American record for 12 years. Al- grandniece, Melissa McBain, competed for though voted by national sports writers as most the UCLA’s women’s cross country and track likely to win the Olympic gold medal in this and field teams from 2000-04. event, Carl didn’t compete because World War II caused the cancellation of the Games. He graduated from UCLA in 1941 with a degree in Psychology. Four days after graduation, Carl married Bette. After serving as an officer in the Navy, he returned to campus and served as Administrator of Medical Research for five years on the UCLA Atomic Energy Commission. In 1952, Carl founded McBain Instruments, which manufactures mechanical, optical and automated instruments for industry and medicine. If their financial support hasn’t been enough, the McBain’s legacy continued in another way: their Bette and Carl McBain
FRIENDS OF GOLF
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he Friends of Golf (FOG) organization has been a fixture of financial support for the UCLA golf program and collegiate and youth golf nationwide for four decades. The origins of this group come from former UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame golf coach Eddie Merrins, who served as Bel Air’s head professional for 50 years. Under his active leadership, the UCLA golf program has developed into one of the most successful in the country. To implement that program, Merrins pioneered the FOG organization to aid in fundraising activities for college and youth golf programs. FOG was incorporated in 1981 as a non-profit organization and has drawn enthusiasm from many prominent professionals in the business and sports communities. The annual FOG event is highlighted by an elaborate golf tournament and dinner held at Bel Air Country Club. Luminaries such as Dinah Shore, Digger Phelps, Rick Pitino, David Wolper and Richard Crenna distinguished the tournament in 1991. Highlighting the 10th annual tournament was the legendary Jack Nicklaus. Each year, FOG honors a member of the PGA Tour, which has enabled Friends of Golf to endow the Golf Scholarship Fund at UCLA. The late, legendary golfer Byron Nelson called the annual FOG event, “The best one-day golf tournament in the country.” At right is a list of the past Jack Nicklaus was the honoree at the 1991 FOG tournament. honorees:
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TBA Butch Harmon Luke Donald Ernie Els David Ledbetter Johnny Miller Annika Sorenstam Greg Penske, Johnny Miller Steve Pate, Kathy Whitworth, Gene Littler, John Wooden, Duffy Waldorf Al Geiberger, Dave Stockson Scott Simpson FOG Founders Tommy Bolt, Bob Rosburg Duffy Waldorf Gary Player, Amy Alcott Billy Casper, Tony Jacklin Payne Stewart Fred Couples, Corey Pavin Mark O’Meara Tom Lehman Jim Murray, Peter Jacobsen Sam Snead, Deane Beman Byron Nelson Ken Venturi Chi Chi Rodriguez Jack Nicklaus Hale Irwin Ben Crenshaw Greg Norman Arnold Palmer Byron Nelson Lee Trevino Raymond Floyd Ben Hogan Eddie Merrins