one of “2000 Outstanding Scientists of the 20th Police Department. John Henderson and Jim Century” in honor of an outstanding contribution O’Sullivan were also born and schooled in the Bay in the field of Earth Physics and nuclear non- Area, and are original members of Tres Montes proliferation and world peace. He was featured in G.C. as well. So is Tim Reyes of Corte Madera, Opposite page, left to right; Dr. Dae Chung, of Napa, Who’s Who in the World back in 2000. The Wine who is noted by the club as the “low-handi” (lowest Bill Coll, Keith Wenquist, Bill Lucid, Bill Warnke, Jack & Business section of the St. Helena Star featured handicapped) golfer and a role model. Doran (President), Bob Nielsen, Tim Reyes. Missing a multi-page write up on him in both 2003 and The loyal members of the Monday G.C. take members: John Henderson, Rod Larratt, Jim O’Sullivan, Pete Wynne. in the sights and the sounds around them as2008, recognizing Danny for his importation of wine to his birthplace of South Korea. they amble to the next tee in their seventy-plus This page, top, left: John Henderson, Bob Nielsen. Of the twelve golfers Danny is the only one who years of friendship in harmony with nature. Bottom left: Jack Doran, Pete Wynne, Bill Lucid, resides in Napa. The other men live in different This is the Monday G.C.’s style of life, and these Bill Warnke. Right: Dr. Dae “Danny” Chung. twelve members today returned, as they do eachparts of the Bay Area. It’s dedication that each Danny’s zest for life inspired him to share a poem: “A snowy egret extends his elegant neck to a turquoise sky. chattering ducks groom their feathers beneath a glistening waterfall. A jack-rabbit darts behind a live california oak tree as a majestic eagle flies by.” and a prayer: The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labor and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away. ~Psalm 90 and six more years at Massachusetts Institute of drives up to fifty miles away to meet for golf on Monday, to the fountain of their youth. As they Technology (MIT). He received the nickname a weekly basis. With over 900 combined years walked along, Danny murmured a paraphrase of “Danny” from one of his mentor professors, Dr. invested in their careers, twelve years of consecutive Samuel Ullman, “Youth is a state of one’s mind Frank Press, the chairman of MIT’s Department weekly golf meeting, and many barrels of laughs, and it is indeed a matter of will, a quality of the of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Over the course they each share a multitude of professionalism, imagination, a vigor of the emotion; and it is the of his professional life Danny had several mentors, dedication, and passion for life. freshness of the deep springs of life.” and Dr. Frank Press, who served as Science Advisor The Monday G.C. president, Jack Doran, is a (This article is dedicated to Ralph from Arizona. in 1985–89 to President Jimmy Carter and was retired sheriff of thirty-four years. Rod Larrett, Keith Ralph, one of the first founding members of the president (1980–90) of the U.S. National Academy Wenquist and Jack Doran were members the original original Tres Montes G.C., who moved to Arizona of Sciences, was the most influential. Tres Montes G.C. All grew up and went to school a few years ago and just recently suffered a stroke. As a nero physiologist, he is unlike any together in San Francisco, and have been friends The men of the Monday Golf Club remember stereotypical “neuron physiologist” and all his/or for more than seventy years. Keith Wenquist is a Ralph each week as they continue to play the game her traits. He shares the wisdom of a scientist and distinguished member of International Brotherhood he loved so much.) the insight of a Master Sommelier, but combined of Electrical Workers (Local 6) of San Francisco, with the love and heart of a man of the cloth. retired in 1996. Robert Nielsen, a former business Nicole Marino is a Boston native and Napa-based Danny embraces each and every person every time executive of Montgomery Wards, Major Lines of documentarian and owner of BigShot in WineCountry. as he would his dearest family members. California, just retired in 2010. Her photography has appeared in many national Throughout his life, Danny has always had a love Accuracy-minded golfers Pete Wynne, Bill publications. Websites: www.bigshotinwinecountry.com. for wine, which brought him to the Napa Valley. Lucid, Bob Nielsen, Bill Coll and Bill Warnke all Twitter: @nicolalilylou @BigShotIn. Facebook: https:// Back in 1977 Danny was recognized as a Master grew up together and schooled in San Francisco. www.facebook.com/BigShotIn Radio Show: “BigShot in WineCountry” can be heard on Mondays at noon at Sommelier. In 1999, the International Biographical Bill Warnke served in the U.S. Army and retired http://tradiov.com/sf/. Centre (Cambridge, England) elected Danny as in 1997 after thirty-one years in the San Francisco S E P T E m B E R / o c T o B E R 2 0 1 2 59
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