General Jean
Wuarin
Male
Switzerland
1905-00-00
Geneva, Switzerland
1980-04-02
Geneva, Switzerland


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From the Journal de Genève, 11 April 1980:

A Tribute to Jean Wuarin

By Fernand Dominicé

It was on the occasion of a tennis tournament organized by our secondary school, in the Parc des Eaux-Vives, that we really got to know each other. Fate had been unkind to me and I suffered a crushing defeat without, at the time, being able to benefit from the extenuating circumstances. And yet Jean Wuarin was a budding Swiss champion! Great skills and quick reactions – these were the same qualities he demonstrated in his professional career and while fulfilling his political mandates. But there was more to him. He was kind and loyal, with a nice smile, sometimes a little sly, which said a lot about his feelings.

Like many of us, Jean Wuarin had learned a lot from his time as a scout with the Carouge Troop in Geneva. This training taught him an understanding of others, which is so necessary in human relationships. He was listened to on the City Council and on the Grand Council/Grand Conseil because of the charming way in which he expressed himself, combined with his sense of persuasion in defence of the causes to which he devoted himself, such as, in particular, that of small- and medium-sized businesses.

Professionally, he actively collaborated in the establishment of the “Swiss legal files” of which his brother, Albert Wuarin, also a lawyer, had been one of the initiators. More recently, Jean Wuarin had been called upon to sit on the Board of the Martin Bodmer Foundation, where his legal skills were a great contribution. Stopped too early in his activity as a lawyer, he nevertheless had the joy of seeing his eldest son enter the firm founded by his father and thus continue his family’s professional activity.

But it was during the many months that he had to live deprived of speech that the nobility of Jean Wuarin’s nature manifested itself. A husband and father of great quality, he accepted his infirmity with a class and a generosity of character which, through the courage and heart he displayed, revealed his deep nature. To his valiant wife, sons and sister, we offer our message of heartfelt sympathy.



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Archive statistics 1925 - 1969
11
97
50


Tournament wins 1937 - Geneva Cup (Amateur)
1932 - Geneva Spring Tournament (Amateur)
1931 - Swiss National Championships (Open)
1931 - Geneva Spring Tournament (Amateur)
1931 - Bad Ragaz ()
1929 - Geneva Covered Courts (Amateur)
1928 - Swiss National Championships (Open)
1928 - Bern Championships (Amateur)
1927 - Swiss National Championships (Open)
1927 - Swiss International Championships (Amateur)
1925 - Criterium de Suisse (Open)


Tournaments Champéry - 1969 Swiss International Covered Courts - 1949 Wengen - 1949 Geneva International Championship - 1948 Swiss International Covered Courts - 1947 Swiss International Covered Courts - 1946 Neuchâtel - 1944 Coupe Suisse-Zermatt - 1944 Swiss National Championships - 1943 Lausanne - 1943 Geneva Spring Tournament - 1943 Geneva Cup - 1942 Swiss National Championships - 1942 Geneva Spring Tournament - 1942 Lausanne Autumn Meeting - 1941 Geneva Covered Courts - 1941 Geneva Second Meeting - 1941 Geneva International Championship - 1940 Geneva International Championship - 1938 Geneva Cup - 1937 Swiss International Covered Courts - 1937 Lenzerheide - 1937 Geneva International Championship - 1935 Geneva International Championship - 1934 Arosa - 1934 Cup of the Spa Association of Arosa - 1934 Geneva Spring Tournament - 1933 German International Championships - 1932 French Switzerland Championships - 1932 Évian-les-Bains - 1932 Geneva Spring Tournament - 1932 Montreux Autumn Meeting - 1932 German International Championships - 1931 Hungarian International Championships - 1931 Bad Ragaz - 1931 Swiss National Championships - 1931 Swiss International Covered Courts - 1931 Championships of the Slovakian Tatra - 1931 Zurich Covered Courts - 1931 Geneva Spring Tournament - 1931 Hyères - 1930 Swiss National Championships - 1930 Hyères - 1929 Zürich Baur du Lac LTC - 1929 Swiss National Championships - 1929 Geneva Covered Courts - 1929 Swiss National Championships - 1928 Lac Léman Championships (Grand Hôtel) - 1928 Bern Championships - 1928 Roland Garros - 1927 Swiss International Championships - 1927 Swiss National Championships - 1927 Swiss National Championships - 1926 Berliner Schlittschuh-Club - 1926 Homburg Cup - 1925 Swiss National Championships - 1925 Geneva Covered Courts - 1925 Criterium de Suisse - 1925

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