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Ray Doyle Satterlee (1936-2005) by Bill Brock(This tribute originally appeared in the Chicago Tribune) Ray Doyle Satterlee, 68, of Wheaton and formerly of Lombard, Elmhurst and Chicago, died Friday, August 12, 2005, in Alexian Hospice, Elk Grove Village. Mr. Satterlee was born December 4, 1936, in Slayton, TX, the son of the late Russell Otis and the late Zena Alta, nee Hudson, Satterlee. The family moved to Chicago from the southwest in the late 1940s and to Elmhurst in the early 1950s. He graduated from York Community High School in 1955. In 1959, he earned an undergraduate degree in Business Administration from Elmhurst College; worked for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad from 1959 through 1961; and in 1964 earned a Masters Degree in American History and completed his education certification at Northwestern University. He taught in Queen Bee School District 16 for almost 30 years retiring about 10 years ago. While at District 16, he developed and coached scholastic chess (fourth and fifth grade) from 1976 through 2000; with his 1984-85 team winning the Illinois State Championship in the fifth grade and below division, his 1988-89 team finishing second in state and his 1989-90 team finishing third in state and winning two local scholastic events. Mr. Satterlee's personal chess accomplishments include: he began playing in 1946 and played tournament chess for 53 years, including 25 U.S. Open Tournaments, his highest rating was 2,180 (in the top 2 percent of rated players in the U.S.) in his first U.S. Chess Federation Tournament in 1953, he won the U.S. Junior Open Championship; he was the Correspondence (postal) Chess League of America U.S. Junior Chess Champion in 1953 and 1956. He tied for first in three U.S. Senior Opens (1987, 1991, and 1994); won the Illinois Senior Open in 1998 and 1999; in 1998 he was awarded the Natalie Broughton Life Achievement Award for accomplishments in Illinois chess. He defeated the present (2005) U.S. Champion Hikaru Nakamuru in 1998 and defeated six Grandmasters in simultaneous exhibitions in 1999. In addition, Mr. Satterlee was a member of MENSA, a world traveler and fan of the Indianapolis 500. Survivors include the students, parents and staff of Queen Bee District 16, particularly those of Americana School and his many fellow chess players from throughout the Chicago area, Illinois and U.S. |
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