Stanley Richard Woolley
1916 - 1990
Born: July 18, 1916
Birth Place: Brooklyn, New York
Nick Name: Dick
Parents: Richard Henry Woolley (d. 1922) & May (Caroli) Woolley
(3/19/1890 -1974). Possible heritage from Germany,close to
the southern border towards Italy,
Grandparents on Mother's side: John & Mathilde Caroli
Aunts on Mother's side: Tillie (Caroli) Conlin, Anna Caroli
Uncles on Mother's side: George Caroli, John and Stanley Caroli
Siblings: Dorothy & Cliff
Married: to Sigrid Bayer on June 27, 1965
Children: Doug, Craig, Brad
Education: City College of New York and Brooklyn College
Employment: 35 years at Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Manhattan,
NY(Retired June 3, 1976; Project Supervisor of Group Electronics, Research
Associate of Electronic Installations)
Memberships: American Rocket Society, American Institute of Aeronautics
and Astronautics, Westchester Grand Jurors Association, Our Savior Lutheran
Church
Award: Winner of The Metropolitan table tennis A. A. competition
for doubles & singles
Died: 1990 of Emphysema
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Sigrid and Dick Woolley
Christmas 1987
Uncle George Caroli, baby Doug, mother May (Caroli) Woolley in 1967
Doug: Since my grandfather (Richard H. Woolley) died when my
father (Dick) was only 6,
my father's Uncle George was like a father to him.
Uncle George was May's brother.
Sigrid, Uncle George, mother May, in 1967
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Dick, baby Brad, Alice Herber, Sigrid, John Herber,
in 1969
John was Dick's best man at his wedding.
Alice & John were/are Brad's God-parents.
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Baby Brad, Alice & John Herber
1969
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John & Alice Herber with the Woolley boys:
Doug, Brad, Craig, in 1973
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Alice Herber and daughter Carol
Alice has been a close friend to the family for many years.
Doug took this picture outside Alice's home in NY when he visited them in
June of 1984. |
Tournament Games, 1951, at Metropolitan Life
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The men's doubles team. Left to right-Stan Woolley, John
Herber, Victor Bullen, and Clifford Orselli. Mr. Herber and Mr.
Woolley won.
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The mixed doubles team. Playing at the left are Jeanne
Corbett and John Thompson, and at the right are Stan Woolley and
Audry Haddock. |
There were 102 entries in the annual
table tennis tournament, which ended on April 20th. The men's doubles
title was won by John Herber, Standardization, and Stan
Woolley, Actuarial, who defeated Victor Bullen, Real Estate
Accounting, and Clifford Orselli, Ordinary Change, in three out of four
games. Stan Woolley was again victorious as he bested Victor Bullen,
3-0, in the men's single.
In the mixed doubles, Stan Woolley and
Audry Haddock, Ordinary Renewal B&K, wound up with a 3-1 victory over
John Thompson and Florence Corbett, both of Actuarial.
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August, 1952
The Metropolitan table tennis stars who won in the recent A.A.
competitions. Standing, left to right--Evelyn Cannon, Louise Gladwin,
John Herber, Clifford Orsellie, and Audrey Haddock. Seated--Jeanne
Corbett, Ruth Groh, Victor Bullen, and Stanley Woolley. |
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