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Robert W. Knight Jr. Memorial Trophy

This trophy was presented to the Riverton Yacht Club by the Knight family in memory of their son Robert W. Knight Jr. who was one of the 10,000 that perished during the Bataan Death March , World War II. Robert Jr. along with his brothers and sisters were all active members of the Riverton Yacht Club. They are the grand children of Charles Wright who joined RYC in June of 1888 and the children of our Past Commodore Robert W. Knight (1930-31). The trophy is presented each year for the most significant contribution to the Riverton Yacht Club by a member.

1944 Robert Lippincott 1945 Robert Lippincott 1946 John D. Knight 1947 Robert Lippincott 1948 Robert Lippincott 1949 Ralph Swope 1950 Howard F. Lippincott 1951 Robert L. Lippincott 1952 John S. Carhart 1953 John S. Carhart 1954 John S. Carhart 1955 John S. Carhart 1956 Butts Carhart 1957 Helen Andrews 1958 Charles Knight 1959 Ogden Mattis 1960 Jack M. Williams, Jr. 1961 William Mann 1962 John Morton 1963 Robert Andrews 1964 Robert Andrews 1965 John Parker 1966 Betty Allen 1967 Tom Rice 1968 Richard Lippincott 1969 Irene Rice 1970 Richard Lippincott & John Martin 1971 John Martin & Dr. John Bryfogle 1972 Dr. Lewis Mills & Ted Hunn 1973 Dr. and Mrs. Lewis Mills &          Dr. and Mrs. John Bryfogle 1974 Rodrick Farmer 1975 Lenard Johnson 1976 John Haag 1977 John Martin 1978 Bill Graff 1979 John and Barbara Martin 1980 Jeff Jones

1981 Jeff Jones 1982 Howard & Skip Lippincott 1983 Nick Mortgu 1984 Jeff Jones 1985 Richard Martin 1986 Ted Hunn 1987 Mike Breton 1988 Ron Bower 1989 Bill Hagan 1990 Howard Lippincott & Don Ney 1991 Mark and Cindi Schneider 1992 1993 John G. Haiges 1994 Dan Curran 1995 Sterling Bush 1996 Maury and Bonnie Benbow 1997 Glenn Smyth 1998 Claire Campbell 1999 Russell Young 2000 Mark Evans 2001 Richard Headley 2002 Walter Holl 2003 Beth Lippincott 2004 Roger Pritchard 2005 Mark Horger 2006 Kate Hickey 2007 Clint Neuman 2008 Robert Martin 2009 Robb Graham 2010 Walt Holl 2011 Barbara Martin 2012 Greg Maute 2013 Suzanne Vollmer 2014 Amy Maute 2015 Roger Prichard 2016 Jonathan Hickey 2017 Lynn Mills 2018 Ryan Lippincott