Joseph E. Carrico
Joseph Carrico | |
|---|---|
| Born | c. 1925 Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Died | November 3, 1988 The Woodlands, Texas, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Miami University University of Illinois |
| Occupation(s) | Management consultant, tennis official |
Joseph E. Carrico (c. 1925 - November 3, 1988) was an American management consultant and tennis official. He was the president of the United States Tennis Association from 1979 to 1980. He was a strong proponent of letting the South African team compete in the Davis Cup despite anti-apatheid backlash. He was inducted into the Chicago Tennis Hall of Fame.
Early life
Joseph E. Carrico was born circa 1925 in Louisville, Kentucky.[1] He had four brothers. During World War II, he served in the United States Navy.[1] After the war, he graduated from Miami University in 1948, and he earned a master's degree in accounting from the University of Illinois.[1]
Career
Carrico was a partner at Arthur Andersen in Chicago, where he was on the team that first used computers for business purposes in 1952.[1] The team used the computer to make payroll for General Electric.[1] He retired in 1974.[1]
Carrico was the secretary of the United States Tennis Association from 1973 to 1974, its second vice president from 1974 to 1976, its first vice president from 1977 to 1978, and its president from 1979 to 1980.[2] In 1976, he said he found it "intolerable" for some countries to drop out of the Davis Cup to boycott South Africa's apartheid regime; he argued, "People who want to play politics should go play among themselves. And the people who want to play tennis should play among themselves."[3] When South Africa competed against the United States for the Davis Cup at Vanderbilt University's Memorial Gymnasium in Nashville, Tennessee in March 1978, Carrico blamed the low attendance on negative stories published by The Tennessean, even after a reporter was escorted out of the gym by the police.[4]
Carrico was also the president of the Western Tennis Association.[5] He was inducted into the Chicago Tennis Hall of Fame in 2004.[5]
Personal life and death
Carrico has a son, John and a daughter, Deborah Banta.[1] He resided first in Lake Forest, Illinois and later in The Woodlands, Texas, where he died while playing tennis on November 3, 1988.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h Heise, Kenan (November 9, 1988). "Joseph E. Carrico, 63, Arthur Andersen Exec". The Chicago Tribune. Retrieved July 9, 2017.
- ^ "USTA PRESIDENTS & OFFICERS". United States Tennis Association. Retrieved July 10, 2017.
- ^ Amdur, Neil (July 2, 1976). "U.S. Quits the Davis Cup In Dispute on Sanctions". The New York Times. Retrieved July 10, 2017.
- ^ Amdur, Neil (March 20, 1978). "U.S. Davis Cup Team Beats South Africa". The New York Times. Retrieved July 10, 2017.
- ^ a b "Hall of Fame: Joseph E Carrico". Chicago Tennis Patrons. Retrieved July 10, 2017.