Melvin C. Spence Jr. Memorial Trophy
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In 1950, Lake Geneva Yacht Club members donated a brass ship’s wheel clock and barometer on a mahogany base. The trophy, which was made by Spaulding & Co. Chicago, honors the memory of Melvyn C. Spence Jr., who had been a member of the Class E fleet. It is a perpetual trophy for a Class E race to be sailed on the Fourth of July.
- 1950 William C. Grunow Jr.
- 1951 Rain, no race [as engraved]
- 1952 George H. Kiefer Jr.
- 1953 M. E. Mogg
- 1954 Tom Ferris
- 1955 Buddy Melges
- 1956 Tom Ferris
- 1957 Tom Ferris
- 1958 William H. Freytag Jr. / John M. Perrigo
- 1959 William H. Freytag Jr. / John M. Perrigo
- 1960 Buddy Melges
- 1961 Robert E. Pegel
- 1962 George Eddy
- 1963 No race
- 1964 Robert E. Pegel
- 1965 Buddy Melges
- 1966 Clayton Gaylord
- 1967 Robert E. Pegel / Jane Pegel
- 1968 Clayton Gaylord
- 1969 Robert E. Pegel / Jane Pegel
- 1970 Robert E. Pegel / Jane Pegel
- 1971 Robert E. Pegel
- 1972 Kay Larkin
- 1973 Robert E. Pegel
- 1974 Frederick S. Brennan
- 1975 Robert E. Pegel / Jane Pegel
- 1976 Frederick C. Brennan
- 1977 John Porter
- 1978 Charles Colman / Jeff Colman
- 1979 John Gluek
- 1980 Jim McGinley
- 1981 Jim Smith
- 1982 Brian Porter
- 1983 Jim McGinley
- 1984 No race
- 1985 No race
- 1986 Brian Porter
- 1987 Howard Ferguson
- 1988 No race
- 1989 No race
- 1990 No race
- 1991 Brian Porter
- 1992 Brian Porter
- 1993 Brian Porter
- 1994 No race
- 1995 No race
- 1996 No race
- 1997 David Wall
- 1998 Harry Melges III
- 1999 Buddy Melges
- 2000 Wendell Sherry
- 2001 Art Larson
- 2002 No race
- 2003 No race
- 2004 Andy Burdick
- 2005 No race
- 2006 No race
- 2007 No race
- 2008 No race
- 2009 No race
- 2010 Brian Porter
- 2011 No race
- 2012 No race
- 2013 No Race
- 2015 No Race
- 2016 No Race
- 2017 No Race
- 2018 No Race
- 2019 No Race
- 2020 No Race
- 2021 No Race
- 2022 No Race
- 2023 No Race