Lee Hazen
Lee Hazen was an American attorney, bridge player and baseball player from New York City.
Hazen graduated from Columbia University and received a J.D. from New York University.
Hazen was inducted into the ACBL Hall of Fame in 1997.
Hazen was a partner at the law firm Dannenberg Hazen & Lake, and had been associated with the firm and its predecessors for more than 40 years. As an attorney, he was active in supporting the American [Civil Liberties Union], handling many civil rights cases in the 1930s and 1940s. Hazen was also a founder of the National Lawyers Guild. He died at Mount [Sinai Medical Center] in Manhattan after suffering a heart attack.
Bridge accomplishments
Honors
- ACBL Hall of Fame, 1997
Wins
- North [American Bridge Championships]
- * Masters Individual 1941
- * Wernher Open Pairs 1945
- * Vanderbilt 1939, 1942, 1949, 1958
- * Marcus Cup 1953
- * Reisinger 1945, 1949
- * Spingold 1942, 1947, 1955
Runners-up
- Bermuda Bowl 1956, 1959
- North American Bridge Championships
- * Masters Individual 1940
- * von Zedtwitz [Life Master Pairs] 1946
- * Vanderbilt 1944, 1947
- * Reisinger 1941, 1942
- * Spingold 1945, 1958