James F. Vernon of Pasadena, Calif., has been nominated to serve a second one-year term as President of the United States Golf Association (USGA) by the organization’s Nominating Committee. The election of officers and the full 15-member USGA Executive Committee will take place February 7, 2009, at the USGA’s Annual Meeting in Newport Beach, Calif.
As President, Vernon, 58, will lead the association’s professional staff and nearly 1,400 volunteers who serve on more than 30 committees. He will begin his seventh year as a member of the Executive Committee, a term that has included two years as Vice President of the USGA and four years as Chairman of the Equipment Standards Committee.
The other nominated officers of the Executive Committee are: James B. Hyler, Jr. of Raleigh, N.C., and Cameron Jay Rains of San Diego, Calif., as Vice Presidents; James T. Bunch of Denver, Colo., as Secretary; and Irving Fish of Wayzata, Minn., as Treasurer.
There are three new nominations to the Executive Committee for 2009: Glen D. Nager of Washington, D.C.; Christopher A. Liedel of Vienna, Va.; and Gene B. McClure of Atlanta, Ga.
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