Clarence McDonald England Jr. ’39

DING DIED while playing golf at Gulf Shores (Ala.) Country Club on Oct. 12, 1989. His home was in Hunlington, W.V., where he was chairman of the board of Logan Corp. and president of Mingo Wyoming Coal Land Co. As a civic and business leader in Hunlington, he had served on a wide variety of city and state boards, was president of the Chamber of Commerce and a charter board member of the Cabell Huntington Hospital Foundation. But throughout his life he took a special interest in the Rules of Golf, of which he was a widely acknowledged expert. He served with distinction on the Rules Committee of the U.S.G.A., the Advisory Committee of the P.G.A. of America and the Faculty of the P.G.A./U.S.G.A. Rules Workshops. He officiated at championships conducted by the U.S.G.A., the P.G.A. and both P.G.A. Tours (regular and senior.) Uniquely he enjoyed a special relationship with golf's young people who sensed his good will and liked his candor.

Ding and the former Chloe Miller were married in 1940. Her death in 1982 he put down as the only regret in his life which was otherwise blessed with "good health, good friends, healthy children and grandchildren." To his son Clarance (Joe) McDonald III, daughter Deborah (Mrs. Michael A. Prestera Jr.), and five grandchildren we extend our heartfelt sympathy.