[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 17]
[Senate]
[Page 22957]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   HONORING THE LIFE OF CHARLIE YATES

 Mr. ISAKSON. Yesterday, the city of Atlanta, the State of 
Georgia and the game of golf lost a legend and a friend, Charlie Yates.
  Charlie Yates won the national college golf championship in 1934, and 
was a Walker Cup competitor twice. In 1938 Charlie Yates won the 
British Amateur Championship at Royal Troon in Scotland.
  Charlie Yates was a close friend of the late Bobby Jones, and a 
constant playing partner with Jones at their beloved East Lake Golf 
Club. Yates played in eleven Masters tournaments, and was a member of 
the Augusta National Golf Club.
  Charlie Yates's contributions were not limited to the game of golf. 
He served as president of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra from 1962 to 
1965, and then chaired the Atlanta Arts Alliance which became the 
Woodruff Arts Center, one of America's great centers for the Arts.
  Under Yates's leadership the Woodruff Arts Center's overall budget 
rose from $3.8 million in 1973 to $163 million in 1983, and he led the 
effort that raised $5.4 million for the center's endowment.
  Charlie Yates touched the lives of many Georgians, including this 
Senator, through his efforts on behalf of our community and through his 
wonderful family. I am honored to pay tribute to a great American, 
Charlie Yates.

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