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...Unit Game Winners continuedJANUARY 30, 2003GNT Qualifying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(42 Teams)1 Ann Lindley - Kenneth Berg - Robert Ellis- Ralph Turner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66.002 Glenn Lublin - Barbara Shaw - Jeff Roman- Richard Allison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63.00FEBRUARY 6, 2003NVBA SECTIONALA/X Pairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (58 Pairs)1 Jean Levin - Zeke Letellier . . . . . . .244.772 Ed Lewis - Charles Yaple . . . . . . . .236.59B/C Pairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(49 Pairs)1 John Glynn - Ben Laden . . . . . . . . .174.002 Robert Henry - Kevin Barnes . . . . .169.00Stratified Pairs 200/100 . . . . . . .( 10 Pairs ) at WBL1 Albert Leon - Millie Reizenstein . . . .67.382 David Bort - Walter Mitnick . . . . . . .57.90FEBRUARY 13, 2003GNT A/X Qualifying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(24 Teams)1 Louis Stuckey - George Hershman - LynnJones - Joseph Trapani . . . . . . . . . . . .66.002 Steve Robinson - William Cole - EarlGlickstein - Steven Parker . . . . . . . . .56.00GNT B/C Qualifying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(15 Teams)1 Robert Stearns - Charles Young Jr - Bill . . .Gainer - Lynn Boardman . . . . . . . . . .61.002 Richard Levin - Neal Rosenthal - Ellen . . .Rosenthal - Steven Sacks . . . . . . . . . .52.00FEBRARY 20, 2003NVBA SECTIONALA/X Pairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .( 36 Pairs)1 Dalia Kende - Shou-Ling Wang . . . .238.502 William Gill - Michael Gill . . . . . . .220.47B/C/D Pairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ( 32 Pairs)1 Robert Stearns - Charles Young Jr . .175.002 Azmat Ali - John Verthelyi . . . . . . .151.00FEBRUARY27, 2003WBL SECTIONALThursday Evening A/X Pairs(WBL site) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (18 Pairs)1 Helene Bauman - Arnie Frankel . . .113.002/3 Richard Wegman - Robert Klein . . .102.50Thursday Evening Stratified Pairs(NVBA Site) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (14 Pairs)1 Melville Yudkin - Leo Cardillo . . . . .77.502 Janet Gookin - Robert Gookin . . . . . .68.50Thursday Evening B/C Pairs . . . . . . . . . . . (10 Pairs)1 William Kingery Jr - Daniel Koch . . .60.422 Ray Dodson - Rodger Kamuf . . . . . . .57.75MARCH 6, 2003Unit Charity Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (58 Pairs)1 John Sedgewick - Janet Dence . . . . .173.002 Keith Crank - Gregory Campbell . . .162.50Unit Charity Game - 0-200 . . . . . . . . . . . .(10 Pairs )1 Julie Oethinger - Joan Donoghue . . . .57.002 Ellen Lux - Jan Zaal . . . . . . . . . . . . .55.50- 23 -IN MEMORYOF KENNETHKATZNERKenneth Katzner, 72,passed away on May 25.He had been battling cancerfor 6 years, but his death at this time was neverthelessunexpected. Ken was a major authorityon the Russian language, and was the author ofan English-Russian Russian English dictionarywhich the Washington Post called “definitive”. In1999, he launched the company Wordfind whichproduced and sold the CD ROM version of hisdictionary. He was also the author of two additionalbooks, Languages of the World, the fourth editionwas published in 2002, and A RussianReview Text. He wrote numerous Op-Ed articlesfor major newspapers, articles for scholarly journalsand articles based on his world-wide travelsaccompanied by his photographs.A Washington resident since 1972, heapplied his skills as a Soviet expert for theCIA and Defense Department. Ken graduatedfrom Cornell University. He previouslylived in New York and worked as an editor forGrolier Encyclopedia, EncyclopaediaBritannica and the American HeritageDictionary of the English Language where hedeveloped his methodology for researchingand defining the different meanings of words.In 1964, Ken was introduced to New YorkTimes bridge editor Albert Morehead whowith his partner, the legendary bridge playerand ACBL President Emeritus, Waldemarvon Zedtwitz owned a small publishing companywhich produced dictionaries, crosswordpuzzle, bridge books and various other referenceworks. They hired Ken to work on anEnglish-Russian dictionary. After Mr.Moorehead’s death, Ken took over the projectand completed it in his spare time, and on hisown, 18 years later. Ken was completing workon the third edition at the time of his death.At the bridge table, Ken was a strong competitorand a pleasure as a partner, never losinghis composure after a bad result. Ken’s bridgecareer was quite successful, especially in lightof his many competing interests. He wasacquainted with many of the major NYC bridgefigures of the 1950’s and 1960’s, for exampleoccasionally partnering Jeff Rubens. In recentyears he rarely traveled to out-of-town tournaments,but he did play locally, and won severalsectional A events in the last year alone.Ken’s survivors include his wife of 36years, Betty, a brother Steve of New York andnumerous nieces and nephews.