USPC Legends

Pony Club celebrated its 50th anniversary at the Annual Meeting and Equine Symposium held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 2005. As part of this Jubilee celebration Pony Club recognized many of the incredible volunteers who have made an impact on the organization over these past 50 years. The selection of the Jubilee Legends was based on an objective process of documenting involvement in Pony Club over a twenty-year period. More than 200 Legends were nominated, and categorized into the areas of their involvement including: National, Instruction, Activities, and Regional Legends.

Note: (d) denotes the individual was deceased at the time the award was presented.

National Legends

Elizabeth Alexander	Elizabeth “Sis” Gould (d)	James K. Ligon	Susan Smith
Marylou Anderson	Sally Graburn (d)	John L. Love	Barbara Brewster Taylor (d)
Mr. & Mrs. Dean Bedford, MFH (d)	Helmut Graetz	Alexander MacKay-Smith, Ex-MFH (d)	Margaret “Peg” Taylor
Major General Jonathan R. Burton	Corinne Gray (d)	Drusilla Malavase	Marcia Todd
Larry E. Byers, Ex-MFH	Sherman P. Haight, Jr., Ex-MFH	Cooky McClung	Margaret Lindsley Warden
J. Clarke Cassidy (d)	Kay Hales	Louisa McKown	Elisabeth F. Wesson (d)
Beverly Chester	Joan B. Hamill, Ex-MFH (d)	Spencer McLean	Rufus Wesson (d)
The Chronicle of the Horse	Doris Bixby Hammett, MD	Col. Howard J. Morris (d)	Jim Winsor
Nathaniel Clark, MFH (d)	Melanie M. Heacock	Harry I. Nicholas, Jr., Ex-MFH (d)	Marilyn Yike
Elizabeth Coester, Ex-MFH (d)	George Helwig	Dolores Parker	Roger Yike
Georgia “Maisie” Compton	Mary Hofmann (d)	Emsie Parker
Jan Royce Conant	Suzette Alger Howard	Alburta “Allie” B. Pierson (d)
Olive Overly Cook (d)	Diane Hunter	Cynthia Piper
John Doolittle	Ginevra Hunter, Ex-MFH	Deirdre Pirie
H. Benjamin Duke III	Joan Ketcham	Paula Raye
Howard C. Fair (d)	Millie Kopperl	Betsey Gould Reeves, Ex-MFH
W. Sidney Felton (d)	Robert J. Kutil	Alice Sherburne Reidy (d)
Hermann Friedlaender (d)	Margo Leithead	Elizabeth Searle
John H. Fritz	Roger Leithead, Ex-MFH	Jean D. Shehan, Ex-MFH
Patricia “Trish” Gilbert	Robin Lightner	Margaret Smith (d)

National Instruction Legends

Ann Baker	Nancy Grout	Susan Powers
Mrs. Frank Balboni	Edith Ann Cassidy Hanley	Cornelia “Mickey” Presnikoff
Marie-Louise Brodnax	Frederick Harting, Jr	Tony Provencher
Trish Buckwalter, Ex-MFH	Ruth Ring Harvie	Betsy Raine (d)
Darryll-Ann Buschling	Alita “Bunny” Hendricks	Jessica Ransehousen
Maggie McAleer Cappelli	Virginia Heyward	Dorothy Renfro (d)
Laurie Chapman-Bosco	Ruth Hoskinson	Anne Rieley
Kathy Connelly	Anne Hunt	Kathie Robertson
Eileen McAleer Hawley Corl	Dr. Elinor Jenny	Betty Provencher Staten
Peggy Entrekin	Gary Keating	Kim Lowman Vollmer
Tom Eversole	Marge Kittredge
Judy Fannin	Jeannie McAleer Knowlton
Cathy Frederickson	Richard Lamb
Susan Giddings	Patricia Mansmann
Brad Gordon	Pat Maykuth
Lendon Gray	Deb McKenzie-Willson
Marshall Gray	Susan Gould McLean

National Activities Legends

Neil Ayer, Ex-MFH (d)	Mrs. Gilbert Humphrey, Ex-MFH	Sharon Saare
Kevin Bowie	Sally Ike	Margo Sachey
Mrs. T.V.W. Cushny, Ex-MFH	Amy Lewis	Abby Shultis
Col. Charles Dalton (d)	Nancy Lindamood	Ian Smith
Beth Dowd	Dr. Matthew MacKay-Smith	John Strassburger
Col. Clarence Edmunds	Dorothy Maxfield	Virginia Thorndike
Margaret Good	Elliott “Buzz” Moriarty, Ex-MFH	Mary Ann Turner
Hilda Gurney	Jan Nestrud	Colonel Paul Wimert
Roger Haller	Carol Noggle	Brig. Gen. F.F. Wing, Jr. (d)
Trip Harting	Beverly Patrick	Georgine Winslett
Reese Howard	Laurie Ridge

Regional Legends

Alane Alchorn – Middle California	Mrs. Donald Hebb – Maryland	Lana duPont Wright – Delmarva
Mrs. Herbert Alward (d) – Middle California	Alicia Henderson – Carolina	Peggy Young (d) – Middle California
Mrs. Keith (Catherine) Anderson – Rocky Mountain	Kathy Horner – Middle California	Anne Zimmerman – Eastern Pennsylvania
Mrs. Gordon (Jane) Auchincloss – New York/Upper Connecticut	Barbara Kil – New York/Upper Connecticut
Marge and Jim Beardsley – Northwest	Charlotte Mason – Metropolitan
Joy Post Bennett – MidSouth	Helen McAleer – Eastern Pennsylvania
Jane Bingham – Carolina	Mr. And Mrs. Arthur McCashin – New Jersey
Elizabeth “Libbitts” Bland – Western New England	Sylvia McDonald – Rocky Mountain
Elizabeth Booth (d) – Western New England	Connie McElhinney (d) – Virginia
Bobbi Coffin – Northwest	Barbara Meyer – New York/Upper Connecticut
Phyllis Corl (d) – Eastern Pennsylvania	Suzi Moery – Northwest
Deanna Courreges – Red River	Bubbles Moore – Eastern Pennsylvania
David and Melissa Crystal – Western New York	Mrs. W. R. Pape – Red River
Jacquelyn “Tammy” Davis – Eastern Pennsylvania	Alta Pederson – Red River
Grace Dawson – Virginia	Rachel Pemstein (d) – MidSouth
Norma Jean Dee – Southeastern New England	Michael Ragland – Maryland
Claudia Rupp Deffenbaugh – Middle California	Bodgie Read – Delmarva
Anne Donahoe – North Central	Mary Lou Reese – Middle California
Kathy Dougherty – Capital	Major General Roger Reynolds (d) – Western New York
Shelley Drake-Kincaid – Southern California	Gloria Ripperton – Carolina
Maureen Dunham – North Central Prairie	Hildegard Neill Ritchie (d) – Rocky Mountain
Patricia duPont – Delmarva	Rowena Rogers – Rocky Mountain
Leona Dushin – New York/Upper Connecticut	Henry Schurink – Western New England
Sue Elliott – Virginia	Tuke Shoemaker – Red River
Ellen Holdsworth Fischer – Tri-State Ex-MFH	George Simmons – Carolina
Eve Fout – Virginia	Mickey Skipper – Maryland
Thanna Franey – North Central Prairie	Margot Szabo – Middle California
Doug and Lorna Garron – Central New England	Becky Thompson – Virginia/Old Dominion
Barb Germann – North Central Prairie	Bud Thorp – Midwest
Anthony and Sally Grassi – Metropolitan	Betty Tukey – Northwest
Mrs. John B. Hannum, Ex-MFH – Eastern Pennsylvania	Jenny Williams – White Mountain
Marjorie Harwood – Midwest	Susie Williams – Red River
George and Iola Hatley – Northwest	Shirley Winer – New York-Upper Connecticut