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Pre-Shortz constructors

Virginia P. Abelson Cathy Allis Alan Arbesfeld Jules Arensberg Alvin Ashby Martin Ashwood-Smith Nancy W. Atkinson Paula Bauersmith Ralph G. Beaman Sam Bellotto Jr. Janet R. Bender Evelyn Benshoof Harold T. Bers Alex F. Black Alexis P. Boodberg Jeanette K. Brill James A. Brussel William Canine Anthony B. Canning Tanaquil Le Clercq Bette Sue Cohen Betty Jane Cometa Harriot T. Cooke Roger H. Courtney Walter Covell Hume R. Craft Chet Currier Mabel C. Daggett Judith C. Dalton Jean J. Davison Gayle Dean Charles M. Deber Elio Desiderio Daniel Deutsch Martha J. DeWitt Mark Diehl Louise Earnest Charles Erlenkotter Herbert Ettenson Grace Fabbroni Margaret P. Farrar Josephine A. Felker Jane S. Flowerree Anne Fox Harold P. Furth Charles E. Gersch Bernice Gordon Peter Gordon John Greenman Frances Hansen Jack R. Harnes Kenneth Haxton Regina M. Heil James E. Hinish Jr. Henry Hook Maura B. Jacobson Reginald L. Johnson Nancy Nicholson Joline Willard N. Jordan Betty Jorgensen Joli Quentin Kansil Robert Katz Lester Keene Ted Kern Isaac Kert Albert J. Klaus I. Judah Koolyk Archie S. Kreiling Joel D. Lafargue Joseph LaFauci Jordan S. Lasher Betty Leary Lynn Lempel Eileen Lexau Bob Lubbers William Lutwiniak Jack Luzzatto Eugene T. Maleska Charles J. Matonti Michael S. Maurer Wilson McBeath Charles Merz Alfio Micci Michael W. Miller Jim Modney Anthony Morse Roberta H. Morse Stanley Newman Derrick Niederman Manny Nosowsky Mary Virginia Orna Tap Osborn Jim Page Marjorie Pedersen Patterson Pepple Judith Perry Helen Pettigrew Merl Reagle Warren W. Reich Paul G. Remley Christy Ridley Herb L. Risteen Sidney L. Robbins Robert Vaux Roop Mel Rosen Bert Rosenfield Nancy S. Ross Randolph Ross Lou Sabin John M. Samson A. J. Santora Guido N. Scarato Arthur Schulman Nancy Schuster Paul Schwarzbaum Diana R. Sessions Mike Shenk Will Shortz Lois Sidway Richard Silvestri Ruth Smith Irene Smullyan Stephanie Spadaccini Barbara Springer Jay Spry Ed Stein Arthur Hays Sulzberger Peter Swift Alma Talley Mel Taub Ernst Theimer Judson G. Trent Tom Underhill Charles B. Waffell Jeffrey Wechsler Will Weng Eli Wesoff Bryant White Robert H. Wolfe Joy L. Wouk

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ConstructorPre-ShortzModern EraTotal
Virginia P. Abelson1111
Mona Abramesco11
Adams22
Laird C. Addis11
Anne V. Ahern11
Jackie Aidieur11
Marvin Aledort22
Charles C. Allen88
Hilda E. Allen44
Peter Allen22
Ronnie K. Allen33
Allis, Cathy48488
Bernice B. Amron11
Anderson11
DeWitt Anderson1717
Ralph Anderson1919
C. J. Angio9393
Anstey11
Arbesfeld, Alan9123132
Herbert Arensberg11
Jules Arensberg9595
George Arguimbau11
Armstrong11
Arnold11
Michelle Arnot44
Elizabeth Arthur11
Alvin Ashby55
Ashwood-Smith, Martin78087
Asnas22
Nancy W. Atkinson1616
Avery55
David P. Babcock11
Baird11
Rachel F. Baker44
Ruth Ball11
Bamby11
Samuel H. Barkan88
Paul R. Barnes99
Edward Barnett11
Baron22
Charles Baron55
Louis Baron3939
Stephen Barr11
James Barrick1313
James and Phyllis Barrick88
Bartholomew11
Agnes W. Bartlett11
Dorothea Bauer44
Paula Bauersmith88
Sylvia Baumgarten11
William Baxley2020
Bert Beaman4646
Beaman, Ralph G.718
Beatty, James L.18220
Bellotto Jr., Sam10515
Catherine Benante11
Bender, Janet R.22729
Arthur Bennett33
Evelyn Benshoof7171
Benson77
Beresin11
Berg11
Emanuel Berg99
Harvey Berg11
Bob Berman11
Jim Bernhard11
Bernstein11
Margery Bernstein44
Harold T. Bers138138
Bevington11
Hamilton Bidwell11
Elsie Bishop77
Bitoni11
Black, Alex F.12113
Victoria Black and Alex F. Black55
Allan Blackman1717
Philip Blair11
Keith Blake66
Blakeburn, Mark415
Brett A. Blaylock88
Albert V. Blum1717
Esther Blum22
Sidney Blum11
Walter H. Blum22
Edward Bobb77
Jo Bodle44
June A. Boggs2828
Thomas Bohm33
Bolognese-Lo11
Bonin, Karen Young21113
Alexis P. Boodberg44
S. E. Booker22
Lucile H. Bowers11
Kevin Boyle3232
Bradford11
Bradshaw11
Barbara Brasure33
Braun, Morton B.13114
Lewis C. Breaker11
Brill, Jeanette K.79281
Brink11
John Brobst22
Christine F. Brooks11
Gerald Brooks55
Brown77
Martha Brownlee66
Brumbauch22
James A. Brussel1313
Martin Bryan33
Edward J. Buckler2626
George Buckler11
William F. Bulow77
Dale O. Burgener1616
Sandra Burlingame22
James R. Burns3636
Burns, Rand H.62127
Alberta N. Burton1818
Christopher Busch11
Eileen Bush11
Butler11
G. O. Butler11
Virginia Butler2222
James Byrne11
John F. Byrne1010
Thomas P. Byrne11
Willemain O. Cable22
Emory H. Cain1010
Mary Owen Cameron11
Richard Camp33
Canine, William65267
Dorothy Cannan1212
Anthony B. Canning2626
Harold D. Cannon22
Edward Canstein33
Manuel Canyes11
Carduff22
Philip Carlyle22
Albert Carroll55
Darrell J. Carter11
Stephanie Caruana22
Dan Caywood66
Cerasoli11
Patricia A. Cevaal1010
Jack Chaikin22
William A. Chambrun11
D. B. Chapman11
Helen H. Chapman55
John Chervokas44
Mildred Church11
Civen11
Mary M. Clark33
Walt Clark1616
Clavan33
Tanaquil Le Clercq44
Clinch11
Clonick, Joe20222
Fletcher Coates55
William Coburn22
Mary Ann Code11
Cohen22
Barry L. Cohen66
Cohen, Bette Sue41647
Coleburn22
Colebury11
Marjorie K. Collins22
Walter Colt22
Betty Jane Cometa55
Marjorie M. Connelly44
Agnes Cook22
Alice H. Cook2525
G. Gordon Cook22
Harriot T. Cooke1010
Jane Coon22
Copps11
Corbett, Nancy A.112
David L. Corbin22
Madeline Corse3939
Harold B. Counts2424
Courtney, Roger H.10313
Covell, Walter33134
Sally Coyle22
Hume R. Craft3535
Lucy H. Creedon11
Betty C. Crisman22
Cromwell11
Aida Cromwell33
David Crosatto99
C. W. Cross11
Charles Cross2525
Jackson Cross11
Jonathan Cross22
Joseph Crowell1111
Currier, Chet12618
Dave Cuzzolina11
Mabel C. Daggett22
Judith C. Dalton88
Eileen Daly11
Daniels22
Alexander Daniels11
Datterlie11
Daubert11
Daughdrille33
Davajan, Joel279
Dorothy N. Davis1414
Samuel Davis11
Jean J. Davison6262
John de Cuevas11
Dean, Gayle29534
Deber, Charles M.182038
Deitmer11
Helen Delpar11
Richard E. Dempsey11
Deolise11
Joan DeRosso55
Elio Desiderio1111
Daniel Deutsch11
Peggy Devlin99
Thomas E. Devlin33
Martha J. DeWitt7272
Diehl, Mark86674
Dillman, Robert101626
Kirk Dodd11
J. C. Doesburg55
Ted Dombras55
Lois Donald11
Mary Dorman66
Dowdall11
J. P. Downes22
John Dreyer55
A. H. Drummond Jr.6969
Jan Dubin33
Jan and Mike Dubin1212
Michael Dubin1515
Frederick Duda22
Betty Duffy22
Olive Dunn11
Carol Dutting1010
Dwyer11
Edward Early77
Louise Earnest7979
Joanne Edwards11
Michael Eisenberg11
Raymond F. Eisner3636
Elliott, Dorothy11112
Lita M. Elvers55
Joseph C. Emidy11
Charles Engler1313
Charles Erlenkotter88
Herbert Ettenson8787
Jules Arensberg and Herbert Ettenson33
Gloria Evans1010
Hugh P. Evans22
Exman11
Fabbroni, Grace20121
C. M. Fair11
Helena Farmer11
Farrant22
Margaret P. Farrar44
Ghulam Y. Faruki11
Martin Fass22
Helen Fasulo9494
Federing22
Phyllis Fehringer22
Josephine A. Felker55
Fennessy33
Ferreira11
Sophie Fierman2424
John Finch66
Fincus11
Finn11
Ben Finn22
Bettie Lou Fisher11
Caroline G. Fitzgerald1212
Samuel K. Fliegner3636
Jane S. Flowerree44
William H. Ford22
Teresa Forestall22
Anne Fox4646
Fraas66
George W. Frank33
Sidney Frank22
Marie C. French11
Martin W. Frey11
Ronald Friedman11
Frank Fry11
Furtado, Ernie181230
Harold P. Furth11
Gaarder11
Violet Gale22
David Galef22
E. R. Galli22
Yael Gani11
Gans11
Sandra Gast11
Frank Geary2727
Geher22
Max Geist11
Wells Gemberling22
Elaine George1919
Anne Gerlach22
Gersch, Charles E.311748
Fay L. Gieschi11
Barbara Lunder Gillis1818
Daniel Girardi4141
Israel Gitter3434
Marcia Gladstone55
Stanley Glass2626
Glasser11
Amy L. Glazier11
Gleasser11
Harry Gluck11
Virginia Godwin44
Leonard Goldberg2121
Victor Goldfarb1717
Larry Goldhirsch1212
Goldmann22
Barbara L. Golub88
Cora Goodman5050
Gordon, Bernice12621147
Gertrude Gordon11
Grace M. Gordon11
John Gordon11
Gordon, Peter11109120
Katherine Gould11
Helen Gowin11
Sandy Graf22
Ben Graham22
Greene11
R. W. Greenleaf44
Greenman, John521264
Don Groat1212
Mary Grow66
Maxwell D. Gunther22
Gurner33
John H. Hales44
Hall11
Dorothy M. Hall11
Wayne Hall-Eastman66
Hammond11
Orrie Hancock11
Natalie Hankemeyer77
Hansen, Frances8140121
Jack R. Harnes66
Harris11
Mary Harris33
Bill Hartman22
Virginia Hassinger33
Haxton, Kenneth19120
W. W. Hayward11
Teresa Healy33
Robert Hegler66
Regina M. Heil11
B. A. Heimbinder11
William E. Heinemann2121
Arthur S. Heiser33
Janis Heller33
George Henderson1414
Ralph Henderson22
Herrig, Robert415
Herrington, Jeff16521
Hess11
Hickmott88
Higgins11
Lois Hillis1919
James E. Hinish Jr.1616
Betty Hinman1010
Ronald C. Hirschfeld2525
Norma Hitch11
David S. Hogmer11
Hugh P. Holland33
Hal R. Hollinger1010
John M. Holmes Jr.66
Hook, Henry332558
Yurie Horiguchi11
Hosler33
Grace Hoster44
Timothy Hoy77
Edward Hubert11
C. W. Hudson11
Francis Huether11
Jean M. Hunt66
Claire Hunter11
Ann R. Hunton11
Jan Hurschmann11
Margaret W. Huskey1919
Fletcher Ingalls33
S. Courtney Izsak22
Elizabeth Jackson44
Thomas Jackson11
Jacobs22
D. Jacobs11
Jacobson, Maura B.63366
James33
Ross L. Jamison Jr.33
Janke33
William Jarvis1515
Fred C. Jaschob55
Ann Jenkins2323
Louis Jenkins2323
Johnson2929
Reginald L. Johnson3636
Threba Johnson3131
Joline, Nancy Nicholson6148109
Jones2222
D. Jones22
Lee Jones11
R. S. Jones1111
W. E. Jones9595
Willard N. Jordan3939
Jordyn11
Jorgensen, Betty69877
Rosa Josephs11
Edward Julius11
Jack Jumonville22
Justin, Alex K.51419
Philip K.-Youritzin11
Steven Kahan11
Helen H. Kamerling55
Joli Quentin Kansil66
Jamie Kaplan11
R. Kaplan33
Katz, Robert73376
Alice H. Kaufman99
S. A. Kay118118
Martin L. Keen11
Lester Keene3535
Vaughn Keith1212
Herman Keld44
Fred Keller22
J. F. Kelly2525
Edith Kennedy11
H. M. Kennedy66
Melvin Kenworthy2323
Ted Kern22
Isaac Kert3030
Killian11
B. C. King11
C. V. King11
Geraldine W. King77
Margaret Kingman22
James E. Kisner22
Klaus, Albert J.1154119
Audrey Koch55
Lee Koch33
Elissa Koolyk22
I. Judah Koolyk4040
Gene Kosic11
Spiro K. Kostof11
Olga Kowals33
Rhonda Kraus3838
Gertrude Krauskopf11
Archie S. Kreiling1010
Bert H. Kruse6363
Mark Krusemeyer11
Charles Kuhls11
Stanley A. Kurzban88
Lacks11
George Laczko3737
Lafargue, Joel D.51253
Joseph LaFauci7070
John C. Laflin11
Elizabeth Laing11
P. Joseph Lamanna2626
Sidney Lambert114114
John Landenberger22
William Landis22
Lansing11
Jordan S. Lasher6060
Laufer22
Lavengro11
Richard E. Lawlor22
A. Lazare11
Lazer33
Betty Leary77
Jack Lechner22
Donald V. Lee II22
Joan P. Leemhorst11
Margaret Leggett11
Mike Leifer22
Lempel, Lynn2100102
Andrew Lesko22
Leslie11
Ethel LeStrange66
Sam Levine11
Lewis11
William A. Lewis Jr.4545
Adelyn Lewis99
Arthur Lewis22
Barbara H. Lewis33
Lewis, Timothy S.437
Lexau, Eileen171027
Robert Lieblich11
Dennis Listort88
Melville P. Liverance44
Livingston, Jay448
Liwer, Jacques516
Annamarie Lobb55
W. J. London11
Lubbers, Bob145
Calista Luminati1010
William Lutwiniak304304
Jack Luzzatto293293
Albert E. Lytle44
Mary Mackay11
George Madrid1212
Madura33
Eugene T. Maleska411411
Merryl Maleska22
Maloney44
Louis C. Mandes Jr.33
Mary S. Manning1414
Maramarco11
Edward J. Marchese1111
Margetts44
Dortha F. Marks11
Marston11
Josephine Martin11
Massi22
Zelma Masters22
Charles J. Matonti88
Paul Matwychuk11
Maurer, Michael S.61925
Maver44
Robin D. Mayer11
Mazarakes11
McAulay22
Wilson McBeath2828
McCain44
Nancy McCarthy4747
Cecil McCormick22
Anna McDannell11
McDermott11
McDowell11
Hugh McElroy2020
William S. McIlrath1919
C. McInerney1111
Katherine McKenna11
McKeon22
Alice McKinley11
Joseph McLaughlin33
Oliveros McLloyd11
Walter McSherry11
Ruth M. McWhirk11
Thomas Meekin202202
Meisler55
Meltzer22
Jeffrey A. Mercer88
Bernard Meren2929
Mermelstein22
Charles Merz11
John D. Messenheimer11
Brice Metcalfe1919
Valerie Meunier44
N. M. Meyer1212
Micci, Alfio9111102
Frank Miceli66
Gladys V. Miller1010
Manny Miller3232
Michael W. Miller22
C. Hartley Mills11
Ruth Minary33
Albert L. Misenko55
Tom Mixon99
Modney, Jim14115
Marian Moeser2222
Marion Moeser1515
Mimi Moody22
Mike Moore11
Anthony Morse3535
Marjorie Morse22
Roberta H. Morse6464
Harriette Moskowitz11
Arnold Moss2828
E. H. Mudge11
Mary M. Murdoch2222
Murphy11
David A. Murray22
Timothy Murrett11
Corinne J. Naden22
Bertha Nelson11
Sidney Nelson44
James Nesi11
Newell33
George Newkirk11
Newman, Stanley22325
Niederman, Derrick41014
C. E. Noel11
Frank Nosoff33
Nosowsky, Manny8246254
Edward J. O'Brien1010
Robert O'Malley11
Mike O'Neill11
Mary E. Oberlander11
Ochrymowych, Julian527
Ruth H. Oliver77
Mary Virginia Orna2828
Osborn, Tap1111112
Vincent L. Osborne2020
A. B. Overholt11
James R. Overholt22
John D. Owens11
Page, Christopher9817
Page, Jim8470154
Palmer, Arthur W.38139
Michael J. Parris1111
Hallie and Gerald Parsons2828
Jon Patashus11
Elizabeth Patterson2323
Rosalind Pavane33
Marian Pearce11
Marjorie Pedersen1212
Patterson Pepple3737
Perry, Judith22325
Perryman11
Petersen11
Petschke22
Helen Pettigrew11
Jack Philbrick22
Jim Plackner55
Richard N. Platt Jr.55
Plesinger11
Pollard33
Bill Polvogt44
Brenda Pomerance11
Peter E. Price22
Michael J. Priestley77
Catharine Y. C. Probst33
John R. Prosser1010
Prystowsky, Bonnie S.123
John Prytz1111
Elizabeth M. Quackenbush22
Quivey11
Louise Rabb1414
Ronald Rabinowitz66
Rae44
Michael A. Rampino3333
Waldo Ranson55
Rash11
George Raventos66
Geraldine Rayment11
Reagle, Merl3710
H. Hastings Reddall2727
Jean Reed4646
Macon Reed22
Reich, Warren W.13114
Reichert44
Reid11
Rein11
Harold Rein22
Katherine Gould and Chris Remignanti11
Paul G. Remley66
Lawrence M. Rheingold44
Norton Rhoades2424
Maria G. Rice22
Kay Richman11
Kim Richman11
John S. Richter, Sr.11
Rickert44
Christy Ridley5454
Margaret Rigby22
Kathryn Righter6363
Risley11
Herb L. Risteen244244
Jesse Roarke4848
Robbins, Sidney L.15350203
Robert11
Argero P. Robertson11
Roby11
Rogers11
John Roget11
Jorgen Rohleder11
Robert Vaux Roop55
George W. Root11
Philip G. Rosemond22
Rosen, Mel241438
Harriet Gilson Rosenberg2424
Bert Rosenfield6060
Alfred Rosenheim11
Irving L. Rosenheim44
Evelyn B. Rosenthal99
Jack Rosenthal22
Louis Rosner11
Ross, Nancy S.342256
Ross, Randolph2115117
Rubin22
Clara Rushe33
Russell55
John Russell11
Kathryn Russo11
Ruth L. Rutkay22
Sabin, Lou10829137
Samalin33
David J. Pohl and John M. Samson33
Samson, John M.49150
Santora, A. J.18568253
Eugene Sard11
Churchill Satterlee11
Sawikin44
Guido N. Scarato33
Norma Schier22
Schier, Thomas W.111728
Virginia W. Schneider55
Frances K. Schnitzer44
William Schopp22
Elaine D. Schorr4949
Schulman, Arthur80181
Ruth N. Schultz2121
Schuster, Nancy10212
F. D. Schwarz11
Paul Schwarzbaum22
Bill Scollon33
Scott11
Jay Scott22
David A. Scully55
Sefick, Bob2810
Diana R. Sessions6969
Beverly J. Seward1717
Stephen Rosskamm Shalom11
James V. Shannon11
Bruce R. Shaw22
Thomas Sheehan1111
Jay Sheldon99
Shenk, Mike178
Christopher Sherwood2222
Louis Shields99
Bill Shipp11
Shipp, Dorothea E.63164
John Shipp11
R. Shoemaker11
Catherine Shogry11
Charlotte Shore1313
Will Shortz22
Sidway, Lois671885
Silverstein11
Silvestri, Richard4684130
Anne Simons11
Sinnreich11
Alice Skodzus44
J. Samuel Smart99
Helen Smathers1313
Dorothy E. Smith1010
Ellsworth Smith44
Evelyn E. Smith88
George Rose Smith1010
Howard O. Smith22
Ruth Smith33
Ward W. Smith11
Smitonick, Dorothy17118
Irene Smullyan1919
Jessie M. Snow11
Peter G. Snow2929
Mary S. Snyder2121
Shirley Soloway3434
William Spaar Jr.22
Spadaccini, Stephanie83644
George P. Sphicas1313
Barbara Springer11
Jay Spry1616
Eileen St. Clair22
Steele22
Stein, Ed167
Steinberg, Norma351752
Jack L. Steinhardt3939
Edrico Stern11
Sterner22
Charlotte Stickney11
Gene Stone22
Bert Storey66
Stout11
Henry V. Straka33
Strassheim22
Floy Stryker44
Robert W. Sturges55
Kay Sullivan1919
Charles Merz and Arthur Hays Sulzberger11
Leonard Sussman4040
G. A. K. Sutton11
Peter Swift7979
Art Sylvester11
Alma Talley11
Tangredi44
Eva Pollack Taub33
Taub, Mel441054
Phyllis Taub11
Peter L. Tea Jr.33
Maurice J. Teitelbaum99
Nikki Tenfelde1111
Ruth Lake Tepper55
Theimer, Ernst50151
Peter T. Thornton11
Christine Tilgner22
Beverly Tivin33
Fred Toole2828
Elmer Toro66
Torrey11
Jonathan J. Towle44
Judson G. Trent5151
Treusch22
Tripp11
Deborah Pelkey Trombley11
Troxell33
Trussel22
Sara V. Tuckerman4040
Tyler, Brian G.415
Eleanor Tyler11
Ullmen11
Underhill, Tom11112
Unknown4,8404,840
Christine R. Valence1515
Ed Vander Noot11
Thomas J. Varner1212
Verdesca, Arthur S.281442
John Vezendy11
Geraldine Von Maluski22
Waffell, Charles B.314
Walker11
Waltuch11
Martin J. Wargo11
Mary D. Warnock11
Cornelia Warriner88
Fawn Watson11
Edgar Watts11
Barbara J. Weakley1919
Webb, Walter224
W. W. Webster1212
Wechsler, Jeffrey11920
Weil44
Mary D. Weisser55
Will Weng2424
Wesoff, Eli93194
E. J. West11
Marie West2121
Arthur M. Whelan33
Jack Wherry55
Whit11
White, Bryant112940
Helen K. Whitman44
Joan Whitman66
Whitten4646
Mary Cee Whitten1212
Whitten, Stanley B.9918
Whitworth11
Wilbur11
S. E. Wilkinson1616
Elizabeth Williams11
J. R. Williams11
John Willig88
Wilson11
Jeanne Wilson2626
William D. Wilson22
Carl H. Winston11
Witte, Kenneth30333
Wittes11
Wizer, Norman S.181432
Henry A. Wolfe1212
Wolfe, Robert H.236083
Nancy A. Wood33
Pamela V-W Wood11
Charles Woodard11
William S. Woods33
J. P. Worden11
Worthing22
Woss11
Wouk, Joy L.1249133
Kevin Wray55
Elizabeth A. Yaro88
Virginia L. Yates3838
Rita Yelle1010
Deborah York11
Young66
William J. Yskamp33
Zimmerman, Robert21214
Alda F. Zimpel77
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