The first organizational meeting of The University Club of Washington, DC was held at the new Willard Hotel on February 22, 1904. A historic spot in its own right, the Willard had just reopened (the first time). Sixty-six university and college alumni gathered to form The University Club - 24 other cities had already formed such clubs. The first Clubhouse was located at 1726 I Street, NW. On the evening of March 11, 1904, the first President elected was then Secretary of War, William Howard Taft, an active Club member. Later the Club moved into its new quarters, a brownstone at 930 Sixteenth Street, NW. The Club developed a most appropriate theme: "Enter all of ye who have a degree of good fellowship and learning."
In 1936, it merged with the Racquet Club of Washington, and moved to its current location at 1135 Sixteenth Street NW, approximately three blocks north of the White House.[1]
The Club has reciprocal agreements for its members with approximately 200 other athletic, country, and city clubs around the United States and the world.[2]
AthleticsEdit
The Club contains a health and fitness center including two international squash courts where it hosts the annual Mosquito Open.[3] The Tewaaraton Award was founded at the Club in 2000 and is presented annually to the NCAALacrosse player of the year.[4] It is the lacrosse equivalent of football's Heisman Trophy. The trophy is presented jointly by The Tewaaraton Foundation and the University Club of Washington, D.C.. One trophy is presented to the top men's player, and one trophy is presented to the top women's player each year.
university, club, washington, university, club, washington, american, private, club, downtown, washington, united, states, university, club, washington, typeprivate, clublocationwashington, serviceshotel, dining, athletics, meetingswebsitewww, universityclubdc. The University Club of Washington D C is an American private club in downtown Washington D C United States University Club of Washington D C TypePrivate clubLocationWashington D C ServicesHotel Dining Athletics MeetingsWebsitewww universityclubdc com Contents 1 History 2 Reciprocity 3 Athletics 4 Notable members 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksHistory EditThe first organizational meeting of The University Club of Washington DC was held at the new Willard Hotel on February 22 1904 A historic spot in its own right the Willard had just reopened the first time Sixty six university and college alumni gathered to form The University Club 24 other cities had already formed such clubs The first Clubhouse was located at 1726 I Street NW On the evening of March 11 1904 the first President elected was then Secretary of War William Howard Taft an active Club member Later the Club moved into its new quarters a brownstone at 930 Sixteenth Street NW The Club developed a most appropriate theme Enter all of ye who have a degree of good fellowship and learning In 1936 it merged with the Racquet Club of Washington and moved to its current location at 1135 Sixteenth Street NW approximately three blocks north of the White House 1 During the Warren Court justices Earl Warren and Hugo Black would often use the Club s facilities to informally discuss and gather 1 Reciprocity EditThe Club has reciprocal agreements for its members with approximately 200 other athletic country and city clubs around the United States and the world 2 Athletics EditThe Club contains a health and fitness center including two international squash courts where it hosts the annual Mosquito Open 3 The Tewaaraton Award was founded at the Club in 2000 and is presented annually to the NCAA Lacrosse player of the year 4 It is the lacrosse equivalent of football s Heisman Trophy The trophy is presented jointly by The Tewaaraton Foundation and the University Club of Washington D C One trophy is presented to the top men s player and one trophy is presented to the top women s player each year Notable members EditNotable past and current Club members include former Speaker of the House Tip O Neill 1 former President Richard Nixon 5 numerous Supreme Court Justices 5 former Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge and former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld 6 See also EditCosmos Club List of American gentlemen s clubs Metropolitan Club Washington D C Sixteenth Street Historic DistrictReferences Edit a b c History University Club of Washington DC Universityclubdc com Retrieved 2022 11 23 Reciprocal Clubs University Club of Washington DC Universityclubdc com Retrieved 2022 11 23 Mosquito Open July 13 15 deadline July 9 National Capital Squash Nationalcapitalsquash org 2012 05 28 Retrieved 2013 12 05 Tewaaraton Award Tewaaraton com Retrieved 2013 12 05 a b Supreme Court justices lose freebie memberships Muckety See the news News muckety com Retrieved 2013 12 05 Zakheim Roger I 2007 11 13 Rummy is a University man WashingtonExaminer com Retrieved 2013 12 05 External links Edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to University Club of Washington DC University Club of Washington DC38 54 17 7 N 77 02 09 5 W 38 904917 N 77 035972 W 38 904917 77 035972 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title University Club of Washington DC amp oldid 1162362892, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
