Samuel P. Howe, III
(1938- 2022)
Sam Howe died on September 15, 2022 at the age of eighty-four. Beginning in the mid-1960s, he was a leader on and off the tennis court. He won the U.S. Open doubles in 1972 (with Ed Noll) and 1974 (with Gene Scott). With his brother Ralph he captured the U.S. Amateur doubles in 1974 and the World Masters 50+ doubles in 1992 and 1994; with Julian Snow he won the British Amateur doubles in 1996. A dominant masters player, he won the U.S. 40+ singles in 1994; the 50+ singles in 1993, 1996, 1998, 2002 and 2004; the 55+ doubles in 1999 and 2004; and the 60+ singles in 2002 and 2003. With grace and passion, he guided the Racquet Club of Philadelphia for decades, including serving as president, and was a critical member of the Board of Governors of the USCTA. When he wasn’t able to play, he was a passionate observer of tennis, always in the dedans.
A brilliant athlete, Howe was a top squash and tennis player at Haverford School and Yale. He won two rounds and almost the necessary third in the qualifying at Wimbledon in 1967 and was a national squash champion in singles and doubles. He was inducted into the College Squash Association Hall of Fame in 1994, the U.S. Squash Hall of Fame in 2002, the Haverford School Athletic Hall of Fame in 2011 and the International Court Tennis Hall of Fame last December.
The memorial gathering for Sam Howe will take place on Sunday, October 9 at Merion Cricket Club from 1:00 to 3:00pm.
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