Lee Hazen (April 2, 1904 – February 13, 1991)
["Hazen, Lee"]
. ''Hall of Fame''. ACBL. Retrieved 2014-11-16. was an American attorney,
bridge
A bridge is a structure built to span a physical obstacle (such as a body of water, valley, road, or rail) without blocking the way underneath. It is constructed for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle, which is usually somethi ...
player and baseball player from New York City.
Hazen graduated from
Columbia University
Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhatt ...
and received a J.D. from
New York University
New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded by a group of New Yorkers led by then-Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin.
In 1832, the ...
.
Hazen was inducted into the
ACBL Hall of Fame
This list is a compilation of contract bridge players, writers, administrators and personalities who have been recognized for their skills, achievements or contributions to the game as identified by various specific sources.
People recognized by ...
in 1997.
[
Hazen was a partner at the law firm Dannenberg Hazen & Lake, and had been associated with the firm and its predecessors for more than 40 years. As an attorney, he was active in supporting the ]American Civil Liberties Union
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1920 "to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to every person in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United States". T ...
, handling many civil rights cases in the 1930s and 1940s. Hazen was also a founder of the National Lawyers Guild
The National Lawyers Guild (NLG) is a progressive public interest association of lawyers, law students, paralegals, jailhouse lawyers, law collective members, and other activist legal workers, in the United States. The group was founded in 19 ...
. He died at Mount Sinai Medical Center
Mount Sinai Hospital, formerly at times known as Mount Sinai Medical Center, is a 319-bed major urban hospital in Chicago, Illinois, with its main campus located adjacent to Douglass Park at 15th Street and California Avenue on the city's West Sid ...
in Manhattan after suffering a heart attack.
Bridge accomplishments
Honors
* ACBL Hall of Fame, 1997["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 ...
(12)
** Masters Individual (1) 1941
** Wernher Open Pairs
The Wernher Open Pairs national bridge championship is held at the summer American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC).
Typically starting on the Tuesday of the NABC, the Wernher Open Pairs is a four session ma ...
(1) 1945
** Vanderbilt (4) 1939, 1942, 1949, 1958
** Marcus Cup The Marcus Cup was a two-session open team event contested by Senior Masters at the American Contract Bridge League’s summer North American Bridge Championships
North American Bridge Championships (NABC) are three annual bridge tournaments spon ...
(1) 1953
** Reisinger
The Reisinger national bridge championship is held at the fall American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC).
The Reisinger is a board-a-match event.
History
The event is contested for the Reisinger Trophy ( ...
(2) 1945, 1949
** Spingold
The Spingold national bridge championship is held at the summer American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC).
The Spingold is a knock-out team event that attracts the top contract bridge players in the world. T ...
(3) 1942, 1947, 1955
Runners-up
* Bermuda Bowl
The Bermuda Bowl is a biennial contract bridge world championship for national . It is contested every odd-numbered year under the auspices of the World Bridge Federation (WBF), alongside the Venice Cup (women), the d'Orsi Senior Bowl and the W ...
(2) 1956, 1959
* 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 ...
** Masters Individual (1) 1940
** 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) 1946
** Vanderbilt (2) 1944, 1947
** Reisinger
The Reisinger national bridge championship is held at the fall American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC).
The Reisinger is a board-a-match event.
History
The event is contested for the Reisinger Trophy ( ...
(2) 1941, 1942
** Spingold
The Spingold national bridge championship is held at the summer American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC).
The Spingold is a knock-out team event that attracts the top contract bridge players in the world. T ...
(2) 1945, 1958
References
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1904 births
1991 deaths
American contract bridge players
Bermuda Bowl players
Columbia University alumni
New York University School of Law alumni
Lawyers from New York City
20th-century American lawyers