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President/Partnerships/IN
Ron Ignelzi. 2009-2011 Term.
Fondly remembers when he was in grade school, the Thursday bridge nights hosted by his Mom, an avid life-master. Began playing duplicate in the 1990s, as a way to get his snowbird Mom out to the Soledad Club for her favorite pastime. As a more serious player, he won the La Jolla Mini McKinney in 2004 (5-20 MP) and 2005 (20-50 MP) and placed in many regionals and sectionals. A retired neurosurgeon, he chairs two national panels that guide research funding.
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Vice-President/Education
Randy Fadem. 2009-2011 Term.
I was drafted in college to learn bridge when the others were short one bidding fiend. Picked it up again thirteen years later and haven’t stopped. Coming here, new to San Diego, bridge has been a gift for meeting people and becoming acclimated and more comfortable in my new surroundings.
I enjoy the game; its challenges, rigors, the competitiveness; working with a partner (or sinking with a partner). I’ve also taught a lot of beginner’s bridge back East; the bidding is different here; so it’s opportunity to open up and re-think some of the basic ingredients of bidding. I've also been invited to participate in the Mentor Program at Adventures and have enjoyed that the past several months.
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Secretary/Membership
Gary Mollenkopf. 2010-2012 Term.
Grew up in Ohio where he watched his parents play “auction bridge”. He attended Bowling Green State University where he earned both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in music. From Ohio he moved to Wisconsin where he began his career in education. While there he got his first introduction to contract bridge—all Goren and very social. When he moved to California in 1983 he continued teaching for a while but then took a break from it and owned and operated two antique malls before returning to teaching in 2000. It was then that he became interested in learning to play duplicate bridge. Now as he is looking at retirement, he sees a great opportunity to work on his game.
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Treasurer
Chuck Wilson. 2010-2012 Appointment.
Born and educated in Kansas, where I still have a 500-acre farm inherited from my parents. A mechanical/nuclear engineer, I worked for 20 years in support of the U.S. nuclear testing operation at the Nevada Test Site northwest of Las Vegas from 1972-1992. Since then have been employed at 3 different San Diego technical/engineering companies, currently SAIC. Started playing bridge in 1952, learning from my parents who played party bridge, but they never played duplicate. Have served 2 different stints on the La Jolla bridge unit board: the first from ~1980-88, the second from 1996-2003.
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