THE PASSING OF MIDTAC'S OWN, RICHARD BRADLEY

MIDTAC is in mourning over the lost of one of our most stalwart leaders, Richard Bradley, who passed in Chicago, Illinois on Sunday, February 28, 2010 after a battle with Lou Gehrig's Disease. He leaves to mourn his wife, Melba Bradley, and a host of family and loving friends. Services were held at St. Columbanus Parish in Chicago, Illinois on Saturday, March 6, 2010.

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Richard served as President of the American Tennis Association (ATA), Midwestern Tennis Association (MIDTAC), Chicago Prairie Tennis Club (CPTC) and Greater Chicago Community Tennis Association (GCCTA), as well as having been a dedicated volunteer for the USTA Midwest Section's Board of Directors from 2000-2003 as Secretary and Treasurer and a member of several Section Committees and locally for the Chicago District. There isn't a Chicago tennis organization that wasn't affected by the influence and help of Richard Bradley, Love To Serve Tennis Academy being one of his most outstanding contributions.

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He attended Rushville Public Schools, Rushville, Indiana and graduated with Honors from Rushville High School in 1953. In 1957, he graduated with Honors from Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, and he received a Masters of Arts Degree in Educational Administration and Supervision from Roosevelt University, Chicago, Illinois, in 1962. While attending Indiana University, he pledged into the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity. In 1957, he became a Chicago Public Schools elementary teacher and subsequently became a teacher of adults, assistant principal and principal. He retired from Oliver Wendell Holmes Elementary School as Principal in August, 1993. To celebrate his accomplishments in the tennis world, the city of Rushville (his hometown) named the high school tennis courts, "The Richard Bradley Tennis Center."

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Richard was also an avid golfer, he participated in the Better Love Yourself organization, providing trunks containing vital supplies for incoming college fresmen in the Chicagoland area, #1 supporter of singer, Terisa Griffin, and a major supporter of the Chicago Assembly.

Richard will be missed by all who knew him and a blessing to all who will benefit from the years of commitment that he poured into the development of the game of tennis and every other area of interest that he participated in.

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Please continue praying for the Bradley clan, who has lost their hero and we say to RIchard,

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Midwestern Tennis Association Family"