Hermine Baron (November 1, 1912 – September 27, 1996)''Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014''.

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. was an American contract bridge player who was a Grand Life Master. A native of

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, she moved to Los Angeles in the mid-1940s. Having contracted

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at an early age, she played the game from a wheelchair. At her death, she had accumulated 22,654 masterpoints, the most of any woman in the USA. Winner of several national titles and over 100 regional events, she also represented the USA internationally in 1968, 1978 and 1982. Baron died in

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, in 1996.''Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014''.

. was inducted into the

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in 2002.

Playing record

* Grand Life Master with 22,654.52 masterpoints — the most of any woman in the U.S. at the time of her death in 1996 *

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Trophy: Life Master's Women's Pairs winner in 1963 with Anne Burnstein * McKenney Trophy (now the

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Top 500): won in 1964 and 1970. Her 1964 winning total of 1370 masterpoints was an all-time record subsequently broken in 1969 * Sternberg Trophy (formerly the Coffin Trophy): Women's Board-a-Match Teams winner in 1964 with Mary Jane Farell, Bee Schenkin and Peggy Solomon and in 1968 with Mary Jane Farell, Sally Johnson, Bee Schenkin, Peggy Solomon and Rhoda Walsh; runner-up in 1967 with Mary Jane Farell, Bee Schenkin and Peggy Solomon and in 1974 with Carol Greenhut, Trudi Nugit, and Kerri Shuman * Von Zedtwitz Gold Cup: Life Master Pairs winner with Meyer Schleifer in 1966 * Whitehead Trophy: Women's Pairs winner in 1968 with Rhoda Walsh and in 1982 with Beverly Rosenberg; runner-up in 1967 with Marilyn Johnson, in 1975 with Carol Greenhut and in 1977 and 1980 with Beverly Rosenberg * Cavendish Trophy: Blue Ribbon Pairs runner-up in 1971 with Michael Lawrence * Represented the United States in world competition in 1968, 1978, and 1982

Bridge accomplishments

Honors

* ACBL Hall of Fame, 2002"Induction by Year"
. ''Hall of Fame''. ACBL. Retrieved 2014-11-16.

Wins

North American Bridge Championships North American Bridge Championships (NABC) are three annual bridge tournaments sponsored by the American Contract Bridge League (ACBL). The "Spring", "Summer", and "Fall" NABCs are usually scheduled in March, July, and November for about eleven da ...

(7) **

von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs The Von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs national bridge championship is held at the summer American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC). Usually called simply the "Life Master Pairs" or "LM Pairs", this is a six-ses ...

(1) 1966 **

Whitehead Women's Pairs The Whitehead Women's Pairs bridge championship is held at the spring American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC). The Whitehead Women's Pairs is a four-session matchpoint (MP) pairs event with two qualifying ...

(2) 1968, 1982 **

Smith Life Master Women's Pairs The Smith Life Master Women's Pairs North American bridge championship is held at the fall American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC). The Smith Life Master Women's Pairs is a four session MP pairs event, two ...

(1) 1963 **

Wagar Women's Knockout Teams The Wagar Women's Knockout Teams national bridge championship is held at the summer American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC). The Wagar Women's Knockout Teams is a knock-out team event. The event is restric ...

(2) 1964, 1968 **

Keohane North American Swiss Teams The Keohane North American Swiss Teams bridge championship is held at the fall American Contract Bridge League The American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) is a governing body for contract bridge in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Bermuda. I ...

(1) 1979

Runners-up

(8) **

(4) 1967, 1975, 1977, 1980 **

Blue Ribbon Pairs The Edgar Kaplan Blue Ribbon Pairs (or simply the Blue Ribbon Pairs) is a national bridge championship held at the fall American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC). The event is restricted to those that have wo ...

(1) 1971 **

Hilliard Mixed Pairs The Hilliard Mixed Pairs national bridge championship was last held at the spring American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC). History This was the original national mixed pairs event. It was contested at the ...

(1) 1961 **

(2) 1967, 1974

Notes

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Baron, Hermine 1912 births 1996 deaths American contract bridge players People from Los Angeles People from Omaha, Nebraska