Jane Brown Grimes
{{Short description|Tennis administrator (1941–2021)}}
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Jane Brown Grimes (born Trowbridge Gillespie; January 20, 1941{{snd}}November 2, 2021) was President of the United States Tennis Association from 2007 to 2008. Her tenure made Brown Grimes the second female president in USTA history. Brown Grimes was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2014.
Early life and education
Jane Trowbridge Gillespie was born on January 20, 1941, in Freeport, New York.{{Cite news|last=Sandomir|first=Richard|author-link=Richard Sandomir|date=2021-11-13|title=Jane Brown Grimes, a Rare Female Force in Tennis, Dies at 80|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/13/sports/tennis/jane-brown-grimes-dead.html|access-date=2021-11-14|issn=0362-4331}} After graduating from Wellesley College in 1962, she went to the Zicklin School of Business to earn a Master of Business Administration degree. Brown Grimes studied international relations at the University of Cambridge.{{cite web |title=Jane Brown Grimes '62 Honored for Multilayered Contributions to the Sport |url=https://www.wellesley.edu/news/2014/july/node/44151 |website=Wellesley College |accessdate=October 16, 2018 |date=July 14, 2014}}
Career
Brown Grimes started her career working at Life as a reporter. In 1977, she moved to tennis to start a New York City branch of the International Tennis Hall of Fame.{{cite web |title=McCarvel: The Amazing Jane Brown Grimes |url=http://www.wtatennis.com/news/mccarvel-amazing-jane-brown-grimes |website=WTA |date=July 13, 2014 |accessdate=October 16, 2018 |author1=Admin }} With the ITHF, she was named executive director in 1981 before leaving to work for the Women's Tennis Council in 1986. During her time with the WTC, she was managing director from 1986 to 1991.{{cite web|title=USTA Nominates Jane Brown Grimes As Chairman of the Board and President|accessdate=October 16, 2018|date=September 13, 2006|website=USTA Southern|url=http://www.southern.usta.com/News/2006_09/362917_USTA_Nominates_Jane_Brown_Grimes_As_Chairman_of_the_Board_and_President/}} In 1991, Brown Grimes returned to the ITHF and became president from 1991 to 2000.{{cite web |title=Jane Brown Grimes to be Honored by ITHF |url=https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Tennis/Features/2008/October/29/Jane-Brown-Grimes-to-be-Honored-by-ITHF |website=Team USA |accessdate=October 16, 2018 |date=October 29, 2008}}{{dead link|date=September 2023|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
In 2000, Brown Grimes began her executive career with the United States Tennis Association.{{cite web |title=Jane Brown Grimes |url=http://www.usta.com/About-USTA/Organization/Board-of-Directors/Bio/12725_Jane_Brown_Grimes/ |website=United States Tennis Association |accessdate=October 16, 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907064253/http://www.usta.com/About-USTA/Organization/Board-of-Directors/Bio/12725_Jane_Brown_Grimes/ |archivedate=September 7, 2015}} Brown Grimes was the First Vice President in 2005 before being promoted to president in 2007. When she became president, Brown Grimes was the second woman in USTA history to hold the position.{{cite web |last1=DeSimone |first1=Bonnie |title=New USTA president has plenty on her plate |url=http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/news/story?id=2724080 |website=ESPN |accessdate=October 16, 2018 |date=January 8, 2007}} Brown Grimes remained as president until she was succeeded by Lucy S. Garvin in 2009.{{cite web |title=USTA Presidents & Officers |url=https://www.usta.com/en/home/about-usta/usta-history/national/past-presidents---officers.html |website=USTA |accessdate=October 16, 2018 |date=January 1, 2017}}
Honors
Personal life and death
Brown Grimes was married to Olympic gold medallist Charles Grimes, who won gold at the 1956 Summer Olympics in rowing.{{cite news |title=Grimes dies; his crew won gold at 1956 Olympics |url=http://www.espn.co.uk/skiing/news/story?id=2757616 |accessdate=October 11, 2018 |work=ESPN |date=February 7, 2007}} She had three children. Grimes died in New York City on November 2, 2021.{{cite news |title=Jane Brown Grimes, tennis executive and Hall of Famer, dies |url=https://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/ts/sports/tennis/2021/11/03/jane-brown-grimes-tennis-executive-and-hall-of-famer-dies.html |access-date=November 3, 2021 |work=St Cahterines Standard |publisher=The Associated Press |date=November 3, 2021}}
References
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Category:Presidents of the United States Tennis Association
Category:International Tennis Hall of Fame inductees
Category:People from Freeport, New York