General Clarence Phelps
Dodge
Male
United States of America
1877-07-26
Honolulu, Hawai, United States of America
1939-07-29
Denver, Denver County, Colorado, United States of America


About

He was born in Honolulu in 1877, and attended Westminister School, Phillips Academy, and Yale University, from which he graduated in 1899. He lived in Connecticut before moving to Colorado Springs, where he engaged in real estate before becoming a reporter for the Evening Telegraph, eventually buying it and the Gazette and starting the Herald. He served one term in the Colorado House of Representatives and was chairman of the Progressive Party of Colorado during 1914-1916. He volunteered as a member of the National War Work Council and International Committee of the YMCA during World War I. Dodge was chairman of the state committee of the YMCA for several years and president of Colorado Springs group. He belonged to numerous clubs, including the Chicago Club, the Denver Club, Elks Club, and Broadmotor Golf Club. He pursued public welfare work and philanthropic activities after selling the Gazette. About 1900 Dodge married Regina Lunt, daughter of Judge Horace G. Lunt, in Colorado Springs; the society column of the New York Times announced the wedding. The Dodges moved to Washington, D.C., in the 1930s.



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Archive statistics 1893 - 1914
1
70
47


Tournament wins 1897 - US Open Consolation (Open)


Tournaments French Switzerland Championships - 1914 French Covered Court Championships - 1911 German International Covered Court Championships - 1911 Dinard - 1911 Lyon Covered Court Championships - 1908 French Covered Court Championships - 1908 Lille - 1908 Wiesbaden Cup - 1908 Wiesbaden Championships - 1908 British Covered Court Championships - 1908 New England Championships - 1899 US Open - 1897 Canadian International Championships - 1897 Longwood Bowl - 1897 Middle States Championships - 1897 New England Championships - 1897 Maine State Championships - 1897 Intercollegiate Championships - 1897 US Open Consolation - 1897 New England Championships - 1896 Intercollegiate Championships - 1896 Tuxedo Tournament - 1896 US Open - 1893 New England Championships - 1893

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