Ed Hale

I started playing duplicate bridge while in college at the University of Maryland. I also played a little while in graduate school at Purdue. I did not have time to play much bridge during my academic years as a Professor and then Chairman of the Physics Department at the University of Missouri - Rolla.  I did, however, pass the ACBL's Director's test in the mid-1970's.

When I retired in the summer of 1998, I had about 100 points, but was still working part-time. I became a Life Master at the Cincinnati Regional in March, 2000. In 2000 I no longer was working (just playing at various things) and now I am a Silver Life Master. My biggest win was in the Sunday Swiss Team Game at the 1999 Dayton Regional where my partner, Paul Yu, & I met another pair at the partnership desk and won the event (1st out of 47 teams for 17.2 golds).

In 1998 I helped organize the Rolla Duplicate Bridge Club and served as it first Manager and Director.  A few years later, I had the Club take a vote and we voted to move from the Springfield Unit to the St. Louis Unit (143) since many of us play in St. Louis from time to time. I stepped down from Director several years ago, but requested and become the first Out of Metro member of the Unit 143 Board in many years.