Merwin Maier
American attorney and bridge player
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Merwin D. "Jimmy" Maier (August 14, 1908 – February 15, 1942)[1][2] was an American attorney and bridge player from New York City.[3][1] He was a member of the Four Aces from 1937 until his death from an unknown virus in New York in 1942.[3][4]
Maier was born into a Jewish family in Manhattan,[5][6] the son of Julius Maier and Lydia B. Maier. All four of his grandparents emigrated from Germany.[7] He attended Columbia Law School and was an editor on the Columbia Law Review.[8]
He died at age 33 after suffering from an illness for two months.[1] Maier was inducted into the ACBL Hall of Fame in 2004.[9]
Bridge accomplishments
Honors
- ACBL Hall of Fame, 2004[9]
Wins
- North American Bridge Championships (9)
- Masters Individual (1) 1939 [10]
- von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs (1) 1941 [11]
- Wernher Open Pairs (1) 1940 [12]
- Vanderbilt (2) 1937, 1938 [13]
- Spingold (2) 1935, 1937 [14]
- Spingold (2) 1938, 1939 [15]
