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Lifetime Members

  • Addis, Bud
  • Ames, Bob*
  • Ashman, Curt [2013]
  • Buchanan, Les [2015]
  • Cornelius, Bud*
  • Cutting, Dave*
  • Cutting, Marian** [2016]
  • Detzer, Sue [2014]
  • Dykes, Ned [2017]
  • Graham, Phil [2016]
  • Grinnell, Stu [2015]
  • Knapp, Merrill*
  • McElwee, Ray*
  • Mintz, Arthur [2008]
  • Morse, Fleet*
  • Moore, Bill
  • Ostrom, Jack*
  • Perry, Monica
  • Scanlon, Don*
  • Scanlon, Ione
  • Stanton, Tina [2013]
  • Taber, George
  • Teeter, Mike
  • Wohlhueter, Dave [1998]
  • Yale, Dan ‘Doc’*
  • *In Memoriam | **Posthumously

CHA Life Member Bob Ames Passes 10/26/2009

Bob Ames. Life Member of the Cornell Hockey Association and long time hockey rink usher, passed away on October 26, 2009 at the age of 93.

Bob graduated from Cornell in 1938 with a degree in Ag Economics followed by employment with Cornell Cooperative Extension, College of Agriculture and Department of Communications. He also earned a Masters Degree from the Syracuse University Newhouse School of Communication, retired from Cornell in 1973 and was immediately named Professor Emeritus.

Bob served as an usher from 1973 until just a couple of years ago. He worked mainly at the rink entrance near the Zamboni door and loved the friendships developed over the years with the coaches, staff and officials, but more importantly the players and their families. Bob and his wife Eva were fixtures at CHA events like the Annual Picnic, Afterglows and annual banquet.

Bob’s family has requested that memorial donations be made to the Eva Ames Memorial fund. c/o Cornell Hockey Association, P.O. Box 4265, Ithaca, NY 14852. Bob will be missed by all who knew him. He is a legend in his support of the Cornell Hockey program.