Homer Schwartz
E-mail: homerschwartz@verizon.net
Where do you live? Annandale, Virginia Education: BES - Johns Hopkins University 1964 MS - Northwestern University 1966 Lacrosse experience/background: Played high school lacrosse at Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, 1958-60 - team captain, all MSA; Played college lacrosse at Johns Hopkins, 1961-64 – team captain, 1st team AA 1963 and 1964; Playedclub lacrosse at Carling / Chesapeake Lacrosse Club, 1966-1974 – team captain, All-Club player, USCLA Champions 1972; Grand Masters/World Games, 1998, 2002, 2006; Youth Lacrosse coach, 1992-96; Men’s lacrosse referee, 1996 to present – youth, high school, college, club Profession/Career: IBM Systems, Marketing, and Program Manager for 30 yrs. – retired Current lacrosse interests outside the Chapter: Past President of local referee association: member of Board of Directors of Johns Hopkins Blue Jays Unlimited Foundation, occasional Grand Masters player, referee, participant in coaching clinics; Washington Bayhawks Advisory Board Your favorite lacrosse memory: Great memories and stories are many. Favorites are stepping on Homewood Field to play first lacrosse game as member of the Hopkins team, winning the USCLA Club Championship in 1972, playing as a member of the Carling Lacrosse Club team that beat the visiting Australian National Team (many of whom were staying in our homes) in Baltimore in a night game after they had beaten Mt. Washington earlier in the week Additional comments: Lacrosse, and the coaches, players, officials, and friends that I have met in my lacrosse journey, are a major part of my life, and have shaped the values that by which I live. We get together and tell the same stories, and they get better as the years pass. Giving back to the game that has been such a big part of my life and that has given so much to me continues to be one of my greatest pleasures. |