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29th National Debate Tournament

University of the Pacific

Stockton, CA

April 18 – 21, 1975

 

Resolved: That the power of the Presidency should be significantly curtailed.

Winner: Baylor University – Jay Hurst & David Kent
Runner Up: University of Redlands – Greg Ballard & Bill Smelko

Top Speaker: Thomas Rollins – Georgetown University
Runner Up: Robert Feldhake – Augustana College (IL)

Copeland Award: Georgetown University – Thomas Rollins & Bradley Ziff
Runner Up: University of Redlands – Konrad Clark & Pat Webb

Host: Paul Winters – University of the Pacific
Director: Michael David Hazen – Wake Forest University

Ross K. Smith Coach of the Year Award: Chester Gibson – West Georgia University

Elim Seeds

  1. Augustana IL: Robert Feldhake & Richard Godfrey (7-1, 18)
  2. Redlands: Greg Ballard & Bill Smelko (7-1, 18)
  3. Southern California: Jack Martin & Larry Solum (7-1, 17)
  4. Georgia: Richard Bethea & Donald Lively (6-2, 19)
  5. Georgetown: Thomas Rollins & Bradley Ziff (6-2, 16)
  6. Kentucky: Gilbert Skillman & Mary Thomson McLean (6-2, 16)
  7. Dartmouth: Kent Dauten & Tom Foley (6-2, 15)
  8. Missouri State: Mike Franks & Jon Jackson (6-2, 14)
  9. Baylor: Jay Hurst & David Kent (5-3, 17)
  10. Northwestern: Erwin Chemerinsky & Alan Loewinsohn (5-3, 16)
  11. Redlands: Konrad Clark & Pat Webb (5-3, 16)
  12. Houston: Barbara Radnofsky & Philip Zelikow (5-3, 16)
  13. Boston University: Michael Heath & Ted Olsen (5-3, 15)
  14. Macalester: Jeanne Forneris & Richard Lesicko (5-3, 15)
  15. Baylor: Tom Doyle & Charles Kamasaki (5-3, 15)
  16. Harvard: Mark Helm & Jeffrey Pash (5-3, 14)

First Round At-Large Bids

  1. Georgetown: Thomas Rollins & Bradley Ziff (16)
  2. Redlands: Konrad Clark & Pat Webb (36)
  3. MIT: Jack Segal & Larry Summers (57)
  4. Northwestern: Erwin Chemerinsky & Alan Loewinsohn (59)
  5. Redlands: Greg Ballard & Bill Smelko (93)
  6. Southern California: Jack Martin & Larry Solum (98)
  7. Augustana IL: Robert Feldhake & Richard Godfrey (102)
  8. Baylor: Jay Hurst & David Kent (104)
  9. Wyoming: Dennis Dow & Doug Reeves (123)
  10. Boston College: John Meany & Mike Reilly (132)
  11. Kentucky: Gilbert Skillman & Mary Thomson McLean (175)
  12. Boston University: Michael Heath & Ted Olsen (194)
  13. Kansas: Frank Cross & Robin Rowland (206)
  14. West Georgia: George Knapp & Jean-Pierre Sakey (215)
  15. Macalester: Jeanne Forneris & Richard Lesicko (223)
  16. Wake Forest: Kevin Quinley & Roger Solt (260)

Speaker Awards

  1. Michael Higelin – University of Southern California
  2. Marvin Isgur – University of Houston
  3. Linda Listrom – University of Houston
  4. Richard Bethea – University of Georgia
  5. Erwin Chemerinsky – Northwestern University
  6. Joel Goldman – University of Kansas
  7. Ben Jones – University of Kentucky
  8. Charles Garvin – Harvard University
  9. Frank Kimball – University of California, Los Angeles
  10. Greg Rosenbaum – Harvard University

Trivia

First year that team initials were used instead of “A” and “B” or “X” and “O” to differentiate multiple teams.

  • 1975 Tournament Files