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47-527: The MAC awards the annual Hermann Trophy , the highest award in American college soccer , and the Jack Buck Award (in recognition of enthusiastic and dedicated support of sports in the city of St. Louis). Notable members have included President Harry S. Truman , Charles Lindbergh , Stan Musial , and Alan Shepard . The American Legion was organized there in 1919. Membership was restricted to white men until

94-407: A law clerk . While there, he worked under district attorney J. Frank Coakley and future district attorney Delwen Lowell Jensen . Jensen received a LEAA grant to develop DALITE (District Attorney's Automated Legal Information System), a case management software program, like PROMIS (Prosecutor's Management Information System), developed by Inslaw . Meese prosecuted felony cases while maintaining

141-482: A basketball court and gymnasium, and a fitness center. Entrepreneur Charles Henry Genslinger came to St. Louis in 1903, during the lead-up to the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition . Having organized amateur athletic and social clubs in New York City and New Orleans , he persuaded local prominent citizens to fund a similar club. Boatmen’s Bank donated a seven-story building at Fourth Street and Washington Avenue to

188-553: A bicycle on a paper route and worked in a drugstore. At Oakland High School , Meese was involved in the Junior State of America and led his high school debate team to statewide championships. He was valedictorian of Oakland High School's class of 1949. Two weeks prior to graduation, Meese was accepted to Yale University and granted a scholarship. At Yale, Meese served as president of the Yale Political Union , chairman of

235-716: A distinguished visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University . He is a member of the national advisory board of the Center for Urban Renewal and Education and a member of the board of directors of the Federalist Society . He has served on the board of Cornerstone closed-end funds . Meese was born on December 2, 1931, in Oakland, California , the eldest of four sons born to Leone (née Feldman) and Edwin Meese, Jr. He

282-485: A member of both his Cabinet and the National Security Council from 1981 to 1985. On Monday, September 14, 1981, Meese chaired the first White House discussion of what would become Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), the missile defense program. Meese served as a liaison to the conservative evangelical community, arranging for meetings between social conservative leaders and the president. Meese

329-457: A nominating committee. Near the end of the collegiate regular season, 15 players whom the committee considers the best in Division I soccer are announced as semifinalists for the award. That list is then voted on through an online voting process by men's and women's Division I soccer coaches whose teams are current NSCAA College Services members. In early December the top three vote-getters for both

376-456: A private practice on nights and weekends, where he focused on civil law. During this service, he first drew the attention of Republican State Senator Donald L. Grunsky , who would later recommend him to governor-elect Ronald Reagan . In 1959, he married his high school sweetheart Ursula Herrick, daughter of Oakland's postmaster. Meese joined Ronald Reagan 's gubernatorial staff in 1967 as legal affairs secretary, serving in that role for

423-413: A reading room, a billiard parlor, a rooftop deck, more than 75 guest rooms, and full-service athletic facilities. The athletic facilities include weight training, a pro shop, whirlpools, tanning beds, saunas, trainers, pros, a masseuse, squash courts, racquetball courts, and handball courts. The Missouri Athletic Club has renovated and expanded its West Clubhouse numerous times over the years. Some of

470-580: A report by Archibald Cox to the Senate , which alleged that Meese had a "lack of ethical sensitivity" and "blindness to abuse of position". Meese was finally confirmed by a vote of 63–31, with more opposition than any other Attorney General nominee had received since the 1920s. He began serving as Attorney General in February 1985. In 1985, Meese received Government Executive magazine's annual award for excellence in management for his service in this role. In

517-463: A way that often mirrored Reagan's own speaking style and mannerisms, leading Reagan biographer Lou Cannon to describe him as "Reagan's geographer". After being named Reagan's chief of staff, Meese convinced his predecessor's deputy, Mike Deaver , to stay on with him, beginning a partnership that would last more than two decades. For his role in Reagan's office, Meese earned reluctant praise from across

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564-401: A year, until 1968. In 1969, he became Governor Reagan's executive assistant and chief of staff , and served in that capacity until 1974. Despite his later well-known reputation of being fond of Reagan, Meese was initially reluctant to accept the appointment. "I was not particularly interested", he later said of the position. Meese was known for his ability to explain complex ideas to Reagan in

611-849: Is awarded annually by the Missouri Athletic Club to the United States 's top men's and women's college soccer players. In 1967, Bob Hermann , the president of the National Professional Soccer League (NPSL) and the Chairman of the Executive Committee of the NPSL's successor, the North American Soccer League , established a trophy to annually recognize the top men's collegiate soccer player. The trophy, which

658-464: The 1969 election . "Ed had an uncanny ability to look down the road," said Pen James, Assistant to the President for Presidential Personnel . Meese's presidential transition team employed more than 1,000 individuals, with 311 being paid in federal funds, 331 working for a "token" $ 1, and the rest serving as volunteers. When accounting for inflation, the Reagan transition team spent slightly less money than

705-498: The 240 mm howitzer M1 . Meese completed active duty in 1956 and continued in the U.S. Army Reserve , specializing in military intelligence. Meese retired from the Army Reserve as a colonel in 1984. Meese returned to California, where he obtained a law degree from UC Berkeley School of Law in 1958 and was a state Moot Court champion. He accepted a position with the district attorney's office of Alameda County, California as

752-537: The Iowa caucuses, Meese joined the 1980 Reagan presidential campaign full-time as chief of staff in charge of day-to-day campaign operations and senior issues adviser. After the 1980 election , Meese headed Reagan's transition effort . At the advice of Meese, Reagan secretly allowed his campaign to establish a transition office to avoid difficulties similar to those faced by the Nixon administration in its transition following

799-729: The San Francisco Bay Area Bay Area Rapid Transit . He left Rohr to enter private law practice in San Diego County, California . After receiving a grant from the Sarah Scaife Foundation , Meese developed what he called "a plan for a law school center for criminal justice policy and management". The plan was accepted by the University of San Diego , a private Catholic school. From the fall of 1977 to January 1981, Meese served as professor of law at

846-611: The Speaker of the House of Representatives , compared Meese to Ebenezer Scrooge . Shortly after, Meese offered a tongue-in-cheek defense of Scrooge, saying that he "had his faults, but he wasn't unfair to anyone" and that he suffered from "a bad press". Reagan nominated Meese to be William French Smith 's successor as U.S. Attorney General on January 23, 1984. For more than a year, Democrats repeatedly charged Meese with unethical conduct to bar his confirmation as attorney general, including

893-512: The White House Chief of Staff position, but James Baker was chosen instead. Meese was eventually appointed and confirmed as the 75th United States Attorney General (1985–1988), a position he held until resigning in 1988 amidst the Wedtech scandal . Meese currently serves as a member of the board of trustees for The Heritage Foundation , a Washington, D.C. –based think tank . He was also

940-466: The Carter transition team, $ 1.75 million versus $ 1.78 million. On November 17, 1980, Meese and James Baker held a meeting to divide their list of White House responsibilities, since both saw the potential for future conflict because of their positions being somewhat similar in nature. The one-page memorandum listed Meese's responsibilities as: Meese became Counselor to the President, who appointed him as

987-747: The Club, which adopted “Missouri Athletic Club” as its name. More than 3,200 members enrolled before to Club opened in September 1903. Upon its founding, the MAC joined the Amateur Athletic Union , which allowed its members to participate in the 1904 Summer Olympics , also held in St. Louis. As part of the AAU, the MAC formed basketball, swimming, track, baseball, boxing, wrestling, bowling, and billiards teams which competed throughout

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1034-599: The Conservative Party, chairman of the Yale Debate Association , and a member of the secret society Spade and Grave . Meese made the dean's list, and graduated with a B.A. in political science in 1953. At Yale, Meese was a member of ROTC . Upon graduating in 1953, he obtained a commission in the U.S. Army as a Second Lieutenant . He spent 24 months at Fort Sill near Lawton, Oklahoma . Meese worked in logistics, conducting installation and operations of

1081-712: The MAC's oldest "Club Within the Club." In the late 1960s, the all-white, all-male club voted to allow Black men to join. In 1987, the MAC began awarding the Hermann Trophy to the United States's top male and female college soccer players. This is the highest player's award in college soccer, equivalent to the Heisman Trophy for college football . In 1988, the Club’s members voted overwhelmingly to admit female members. The vote came after John C. Shepherd, whose membership in

1128-581: The McDonnell Athletic Center at MICDS in Ladue, Missouri. The original trophy was donated to the school by Hermann in 2003. The current MAC Hermann Trophy is on display in the lobbies of the Missouri Athletic Club's Downtown and West County Clubhouses. Today, the process of selecting a winner begins at the start of the college soccer season when a list of potential nominees is compiled by

1175-625: The People's Park protest, during which law enforcement officers killed one student, on his way to class, who was not a protester and injured hundreds of others, including bystanders. Meese advised Reagan to declare a state of emergency in Berkeley, contrary to the recommendation of the Berkeley City Council. That resulted in a two-week occupation of People's Park by National Guard troops. The first governor to turn to Meese for advice on riot control

1222-623: The United States. In 1914, the MAC's clubhouse was destroyed by a fire that killed 30 members, guests, and staff. The club decided to construct a new building in its place, which opened in 1916. This has been the clubhouse ever since. From 1916 to 1939, the MAC was renamed the Missouri Athletic Association. In 1943, the Missouri Athletic Club Apollos (Often referred to as the MAC Apollos ) were founded, making them

1269-715: The Year Player of the Year Edwin Meese Edwin Meese III (born December 2, 1931) is an American attorney, law professor, author and member of the Republican Party who served in Ronald Reagan 's gubernatorial administration (1967–1974), the Reagan presidential transition team (1980–81), and the Reagan administration (1981–1985). Following the 1984 presidential election , Reagan considered him for

1316-509: The aisle. Bob Moretti , a Democrat and former Democratic Speaker of the Assembly, said, "Were I in the governor's seat, I would want someone like [Ed Meese] on my side." As Reagan's chief of staff, Meese was instrumental in the decision to crack down on student protesters at People's Park in Berkeley, California , on May 15, 1969. Meese was widely criticized for escalating the official response to

1363-588: The all-male MAC and the all-white Bellerive Country Club had drawn national scrutiny and criticism, withdrew from his nomination to be Attorney General Edwin Meese III 's deputy at the U.S. Justice Department . In 1995, the MAC bought the Town and Country Racquet Club in West St. Louis County. The club spent $ 2 million to upgrade the facilities and reopened them as the Missouri Athletic Club's West Clubhouse. The West Clubhouse

1410-454: The allegations "are purely political." When asked about soup kitchens, he said that "some people are going to soup kitchens voluntarily.... I know we've had considerable information that people go to soup kitchens because the food is free and that that's easier than paying for it." Democratic leaders and social welfare activists called his comments "disgraceful," "an outrage," "unkind," "mean-spirited," and "absolutely ridiculous". Tip O'Neill ,

1457-610: The board. He's one of the men who has known [the President] so long and so well he's become almost an alter ego of Ronald Reagan." Meese created a storm of controversy in December 1983 after his responses to questions about hunger in America. In response to a question about balancing spending cuts against the need to feed hungry children, he said that he had seen no "authoritative" evidence that children in America were going hungry and that some of

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1504-440: The company Wedtech. (E. Robert Wallach worked as a lobbyist for the company and sought help from Meese on Wedtech contract matters.) McKay never prosecuted or sought indictment of Meese, but in his official report, which is still confidential, he was highly critical of Meese's ethics and urged further investigation of Meese's role in that scandal and others such as Meese's efforts to help Bechtel Corporation . Meese described it as

1551-457: The largest projects took place in 1998, 2004, and 2016. In 1995, the Missouri Athletic Club purchased the Town and Country Racquet Club, which was built in 1975, and opened it as the MAC's West Clubhouse on June 16 of that year. The sprawling facility, with more than 178,000 square feet of space, has a 25-meter outdoor swim and dive pool, two restaurants and bars, private event spaces, eight indoor tennis courts, squash courts, racquetball courts,

1598-577: The late 1960s and men until 1988. The Missouri Athletic Club opened its doors on Sept. 13, 1903, in the Boatman's Bank Building at 4th Street and Washington Ave. in downtown St. Louis. Founder Charles Henry Genslinger had opened clubs in New Orleans and New York. A fire destroyed the original clubhouse in March 1914. Within two weeks, a committee was appointed to design and erect a new and more elaborate clubhouse on

1645-595: The late-1980s, Meese was investigated for his role in covering up the Iran-Contra affair to limit damage to Reagan. Although evidence supporting this accusation came to light, Meese was ultimately not charged with any obstruction. In February 1987, James C. McKay was named independent counsel in the Wedtech case . The investigation centered on actions Meese took that benefited him and his longtime friend and former lawyer, E. Robert Wallach. McKay looked into Meese's involvement, while Attorney General, in negotiations involving

1692-405: The men's and women's trophy are announced as finalists for the award. These six individuals are invited to an annual banquet held at the Missouri Athletic Club of St. Louis . That evening, the winners of the two awards are announced and receive a 10-pound crystal replica soccer ball made by Tyrone Crystal of County Tyrone , Northern Ireland . Player of the Year Player of the Year Player of

1739-691: The mid-1980s, there was a federal investigation into Meese's connections and alleged financial improprieties related to his efforts to help the Bechtel Corporation build a pipeline in Iraq . The pipeline was to extend from Iraq to Jordan and was negotiated by Meese, Shimon Peres , Bruce Rappaport , Robert C. McFarlane , and others. A report by special prosecutor James C. McKay cleared Meese of criminal wrongdoing but criticized him for ethical lapses, especially regarding bribes to Israel not to attack an Iraqi oil pipeline that benefited associates of Meese. In

1786-410: The same location. The project was funded with bonds sold to prominent St. Louis businessmen, including August A. Busch . Designed by William B. Ittner , the present-day Downtown Clubhouse opened on March 1, 1916, with a gala celebration attended by 5,000 people. The 10-story facility was grander than the original, with contains two restaurants, a ballroom, a barber shop, numerous private meeting rooms,

1833-687: The trial of Berkeley demonstrators. Meese was recognized as one of five "Outstanding Young Men of California" by the California Junior Chamber of Commerce for his role in countering the Berkeley demonstrators. Meese's role in quelling the riots at UC Berkeley has been identified by critics and supporters as an example of a conservative law-enforcement philosophy at work. From January 1975 to May 1976, in Chula Vista , San Diego County, California , Meese served as vice president for administration of Rohr Industries , manufacturer of railcars for

1880-584: The university, where he also directed the Center for Criminal Justice Policy and Management. During the same time, Meese served as vice chairman of California's Organized Crime Control Commission and participated in the California Bar Association 's criminal law section. Defunct Newspapers Journals TV channels Websites Other Economics Gun rights Identity politics Nativist Religion Watchdog groups Youth/student groups Miscellaneous Other Following

1927-570: The year award. These three competing awards began merging three years later when the NSCAA and MAC agreed to cooperate on naming a combined collegiate player of the year. Finally, beginning in 2002, the MAC/NSCAA and Hermann Trophy organization merged to create a unified trophy for the top college soccer player of the year. The original Hermann Award Trophy is on display in the Hermann Atrium located in

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1974-406: Was Democrat Edmund (Pat) Brown , who first telephoned Meese seeking advice on how to best handle the situation. "I told him," Meese said, "that the people in that building should be arrested and taken out of there. I told him that if they were allowed to stay, there would be another mob scene, even bigger, the next day." Meese and Deputy District Attorney Lowell Jensen later served as co-counsels in

2021-616: Was first announced in the December 9, 1967 issue of The Sporting News , was named the Hermann Trophy and has been awarded each year since. In 1988, a second Hermann Trophy was inaugurated to recognize the top women's collegiate player of the year. In 1986, the Missouri Athletic Club (MAC) began naming an annual player of the year as a rival to the Hermann Trophy. Then in 1996, the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) initiated its own annual player of

2068-637: Was lauded by social conservatives for his address to the Congress on the Bible in March 1982, when he said, "Someone has estimated that throughout the course of history man has adopted over four billion laws. It seems to me, with all that effort, we haven't improved one iota on the Ten Commandments." Near the end of Reagan's presidency, Meese's involvement in the Iran–Contra affair as a counselor and friend to Reagan

2115-540: Was raised in a practicing Lutheran family, of German descent. His father was an Oakland city government official, president of the Zion Lutheran Church, and served 24 years in the non-partisan office of Treasurer of Alameda County . At age 10, Meese published along with his brothers a mimeographed neighborhood newspaper, the Weekly Herald , and used the proceeds to buy a war bond . The young Meese also rode

2162-432: Was re-renovated for $ 8 million in 2003. By 2006, St. Louis Magazine reported, "The Missouri Athletic Club, one of the largest clubs in the country, lost cachet after admitting first women and then anybody who could pay." Missouri Athletic Club Hermann Trophy 38°37′48″N 90°11′14″W  /  38.629965°N 90.187165°W  / 38.629965; -90.187165 Hermann Trophy The Hermann Trophy

2209-489: Was scrutinized by the independent counsel for Iran/Contra Matters, which stated in its official report that Meese's knowledge of the 1985 HAWK transaction "raised serious legal questions". Meese was considered a powerful and influential figure in the White House . Former Reagan advisor and journalist David Gergen said, "He's a tremendously influential and highly valued adviser to the President who advises on issues all across

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