Nathan SPINGOLD
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Nathan Breiter Spingold (nella foto accanto ritratto con la moglie Francis ed il loro cane) nacque nel 1886 a Chicago dove iniziò la sua vita professionale facendo il reporter per le maggiori testate locali fin quando, negli anni '30 si trasferì a New York ed entrò a far parte della Columbia Pictures della quale, dopo una brillante carriera, divenne Vice Presidente nel 1954.
Negli anni a cavallo tra la fine del 1930 e l'inizio del 1940, Nate fu una delle più eminenti figure nell'ambito dell'amministrazione del bridge americano e si rese promotore della fusione tra l'American Bridge League e la United State Bridge Association.
Da questa fusione nacque nel 1937 la odierna ACBL della quale Spingold fu il primo Presidente.
Nathan fu anche a lungo Presidente del prestigioso Cavendish Bridge Club di New York, città ove si spense nel 1958 ed è ricordato per aver donato lo Spingold Trophy che premia annualmente la squadra che vince i Knockout Teams ai Summer NABC's.
Nathan Spingold (1886-1958), a New York publicist, motion picture
executive and patron of the arts, was one of the most influential men in bridge
administration from 1937 to 1943.
Born in Chicago, he became a reporter on The Chicago Examiner, The Chicago Record Herald and The Chicago Tribune. Spingold’s interest in show business brought him to New York City in the Thirties.
In 1932 he joined Columbia Pictures in a public relations capacity. He was named to the board of directors in 1940 and three years later was appointed vice president in charge of advertising, publicity and development. He became a vice president of the company in 1954.
Active in bridge from its earliest days, Spingold was named ABL Honorary Member in 1936.
He was instrumental in effecting a peaceful merger between the American Bridge League and the United States Bridge Association in 1937 and became president of the newly formed American Contract Bridge League the following year.
He served for many years on the League’s Board of Governors and Board of Directors. Spingold was also president of the Cavendish Club in New York.
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