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American attorney and bridge player
Merwin D. "Jimmy" Maier (August 14, 1908 – February 15, 1942)
[1]
[2] was an American
attorney and
bridge player from
New York City .
[3]
[1] He was a member of the
Four Aces from 1937 until his death from an unknown virus in New York in 1942.
[3]
[4]
Maier was born into a Jewish family in
Manhattan ,
[5]
[6] the son of Julius Maier and Lydia B. Maier. All four of his grandparents emigrated from
Germany .
[7] He attended
Columbia Law School and was an editor on the
Columbia Law Review .
[8]
He died at age 33 after suffering from an illness for two months.
[1] Maier was inducted into the
ACBL Hall of Fame in 2004.
[9]
ACBL Hall of Fame, 2004
[9]
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"Merwin D. Maier, Bridge Expert, 33". The New York Times . February 16, 1942. Retrieved 2014-11-13. Quote: "died yesterday morning".
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"Maier, Merwyn" . Hall of Fame . ACBL. Retrieved 2014-11-13.
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b Francis, Henry G.;
Truscott, Alan F. ; Francis, Dorthy A., eds. (1994).
The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge (5th ed.). Memphis, TN:
American Contract Bridge League . p. 685.
ISBN
0-943855-48-9 .
LCCN
96188639 .
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"A Long-Delayed Honor for an All-Too-Brief Career". Alan Truscott. The New York Times . August 9, 2004. Page E4.
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"In Memorium" (PDF) . Rodeph Sholom Chronicle . February 13, 1947. p. 2. Retrieved July 7, 2017 .
^ Merwin D Maier in the New York, New York, Birth Index, 1878-1909
^ New York, New York, Manhattan Assembly District in
1920 United States Census .
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"Editorial Board" (PDF) .
Columbia Law Review . XXX (1): 1. January 1930.
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"Induction by Year" . Hall of Fame . ACBL. Retrieved 2014-11-13. With linked citations.
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b "List of Previous Winners". American Contract Bridge League.
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"von Zedtwitz LM Previous Winners" (PDF) . American Contract Bridge League. 2014-06-18. p. 6. Archived from
the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-17 .
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"Wernher Open Pairs Winners" (PDF) . American Contract Bridge League. 2014-07-22. p. 4. Archived from
the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-17 .
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"Vanderbilt Previous Winners" (PDF) . American Contract Bridge League. 2014-03-24. p. 6. Archived from
the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-17 .
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"List of Previous Winners" (PDF) . American Contract Bridge League. 2014-07-21. p. 12. Archived from
the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-17 .
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"Spingold Previous Winners" (PDF) . American Contract Bridge League. 2014-07-21. p. 12. Archived from
the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-17 .
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"Reisinger Winners" (PDF) . American Contract Bridge League. 2013-12-06. p. 6. Archived from
the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-17 .