Hermine Baron

Hermine Baron (November 1, 1912 – September 27, 1996) was inducted into the ACBL Hall of Fame in 2002. — the most of any woman in the U.S. at the time of her death in 1996 Helen Sobel Smith Trophy: Life Master's Women's Pairs winner in 1963 with Anne Burnstein McKenney Trophy (now the Barry Crane Top 500): won in 1964 and 1970. Her 1964 winning total of 1370 masterpoints was an all-time record subsequently broken in 1969 Sternberg Trophy (formerly the Coffin Trophy): Women's Board-a-Match Teams winner in 1964 with Mary Jane Farell, Bee Schenkin and Peggy Solomon and in 1968 with Mary Jane Farell, Sally Johnson, Bee Schenkin, Peggy Solomon and Rhoda Walsh; runner-up in 1967 with Mary Jane Farell, Bee Schenkin and Peggy Solomon and in 1974 with Carol Greenhut, Trudi Nugit, and Kerri Shuman Von Zedtwitz Gold Cup: Life Master Pairs winner with Meyer Schleifer in 1966 Whitehead Trophy: Women's Pairs winner in 1968 with Rhoda Walsh and in 1982 with Beverly Rosenberg; runner-up in 1967 with Marilyn Johnson, in 1975 with Carol Greenhut and in 1977 and 1980 with Beverly Rosenberg Cavendish Trophy: Blue Ribbon Pairs runner-up in 1971 with Michael Lawrence Represented the United States in world competition in 1968, 1978, and 1982

Bridge accomplishments

Honors

ACBL Hall of Fame, 2002

Wins

North American Bridge Championships (7) von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs (1) 1966 Whitehead Women's Pairs (2) 1968, 1982 Smith Life Master Women's Pairs (1) 1963 Wagar Women's Knockout Teams (2) 1964, 1968 Keohane North American Swiss Teams (1) 1979

Runners-up

North American Bridge Championships (8) Whitehead Women's Pairs (4) 1967, 1975, 1977, 1980 Blue Ribbon Pairs (1) 1971 Hilliard Mixed Pairs (1) 1961 Wagar Women's Knockout Teams (2) 1967, 1974