GOLF, Illinois – The Western Golf Association, a national organization of golf clubs that conducts three national tournaments each year and provides full-tuition college scholarships to caddies at member clubs, has announced the election of 11 new board members from Illinois: Peter J. Bozzo of Flossmoor; Carmen G. Dodaro of St. Charles; Ronald M. Golden of Deerfield; Nancy Hanson of Naperville; Patrick Lederer of Glencoe; David Monson, M.D., of River Forest; John M. Piumbroeck of Crystal Lake; James E. Richmond of Mokena; Michael B. Solow of Deerfield; Paul F. Sullivan of Lincolnshire; and John F. Vitt of Kenilworth.
Bozzo, an Evans Scholar graduate of Purdue University, is vice president of the Chicago Meat Authority. He is a member of Flossmoor Country Club.
Dodaro, an Evans Scholar graduate of Northwestern University, is executive vice president of FCL Builders in Itasca. He is director of carts and caddies at St. Charles Country Club.
Golden, an Evans Scholar graduate of the University of Illinois, is a senior vice president of Cole Taylor Bank in Chicago. He is a member of Twin Orchard Country Club.
Hanson is a former first grade teacher and reading specialist and serves on the board of North Central College, the Michael Rolfe Pancreatic Cancer Foundation and the Greater DuPage MYM. She is a member of Stonebridge Country Club in Aurora and Forest Creek Golf Club in Pinehurst, North Carolina.
Lederer, a member of Lake Shore Country Club, is a principal of Korman/Lederer & Associates in Northbrook. He is a former caddie who caddied for Lou Graham in the 1982 Western Open. He serves on the Board of Directors for Chicago’s Porchlight Musical Theater.
Monson is a retired cardiac surgeon and is a member of Oak Park Country Club, where he has served on the board of directors.
Piumbroeck is vice president of distribution marketing with Motorola Inc. in Schaumburg. He is a past president of Crystal Lake Country Club.
Richmond is president of Meghan Development in Homewood. He is a past president and is currently treasurer of Idlewild Country Club.
Solow is a managing partner in the law firm of Kaye Scholer in Chicago. He is a director of Briarwood Country Club, where he is chairman of the caddie program and the grounds committee.
Sullivan is founder and president of Charter Trading Ltd. in Chicago. He is on the board of governors of the Beverly Country Club, where he is secretary and chairman of the grounds committee.
Vitt, an Evans Scholar graduate of Marquette University, is president of National Financial Consultants in Chicago and a member of Exmoor Country Club.
Since its founding in 1899, the Western Golf Association has conducted 293 championships for professional and amateur golfers from throughout the United States and worldwide. The three WGA-sponsored tournaments have featured the nation’s top professional, amateur and junior golfers. The 103rd Western Open will be held July 3-9, 2006, at Cog Hill Golf & Country Club in Lemont, Illinois. The WGA also sponsors the Western Amateur and Western Junior golf tournaments.
Since 1930 the WGA also has sponsored the nationally acclaimed Evans Scholars Foundation, which administers the nation’s largest privately funded college scholarship program. The Foundation, established by famed Chicago golfer Chick Evans, has provided college educations to more than 8,200 caddies while making tuition scholarship payments totaling more than $100 million through the 2005-2006 academic year.
This year 803 caddies are attending college on Evans Scholarships. Most Evans Scholars attend one of the 14 universities where the Foundation owns and operates a Scholarship House. The scholarships are funded through contributions from more than 100,000 golfers, including 35,000 WGA Par Club members. All proceeds from the Cialis Western Open also benefit the program.
For more information on the WGA and Evans Scholars Program, call (847) 724- 4600, write to the Foundation at 1 Briar Road, Golf, Illinois 60029, or visit the WGA web site at: www.westerngolfassociation.com.
Contact:
Gary Holaway
Western Golf Association
847-724-4600, ext. 221
