Mary Joe Fernandez wedding
Mark Prenty
Lewisohn Godsick, a sports agent, were married last evening at the Roman
Catholic Cathedral of St. Mary in Miami. The Rev. Thomas O'Dwyer
performed the ceremony, in which Rabbi Jonathan S. Kaplan took part.
Miss Fernandez, 28, will continue to use her name professionally.
She won gold and bronze medals in tennis in the 1992 Olympics in
Barcelona, Spain, and another gold medal in the 1996 Olympics in
Atlanta. The bride is also a tennis commentator on ESPN, the cable
sports network, and is on the board of the Women's Tennis Association.
She is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jose Hernandez-Pena of Miami. Her
father retired as a real estate investor in Miami.
Mr. Godsick, 29, is a vice president for racquet sports at the
International Management Group in New York. He graduated from Dartmouth
College.
He is the son of Dr. and Mrs. Peter A. Godsick of New York. His
father is an orthopedic surgeon in private practice in New York. The
bridegroom's grandfather the late RIchard Lewisohn Jr. was the New York
City finance administrator during the Lindsay administration. His
great-grandfather the late Dr. Richard Lewisohn developed the means to
preserve blood and prevent it from clotting during transfusions.
Robert B. Waltz
> Mary Joe Fernandez, the professional tennis player, and Anthony
> Lewisohn Godsick, a sports agent, were married last evening at the Roman
> Catholic Cathedral of St. Mary in Miami. The Rev. Thomas O'Dwyer
> performed the ceremony, in which Rabbi Jonathan S. Kaplan took part.
[ ...Etc... ]
Thanks for posting this. Several interesting points here.
First, despite a rumour or two, it looks like Fernandez is *not*
a Christian Scientist (whew! :-).
Nice to see that the fellow really *is* her own age, too. Not
the same religion (which statistically reduces the odds of the
marriage succeeding), but you can't have everything.
And she won't be changing her name in the rankings. Quite a relief
for us database freaks. :-)
BTW -- Daily Tennis reports that Fernandez is still talking about
coming back for the French Open. I wonder if there is any real point....
--
Robert B. Waltz
waltzmn...@skypoint.nospam.com (you know what to take out)
"There are two things, science and opinion; the former begets
knowledge, the latter ignorance." -- Hipparchus
juliusa
Mark Prenty wrote:
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> Miss Fernandez, 28, will continue to use her name professionally.
Nothing wrong with becoming Mrs. "Mary-Joe Godsick", especially since she is
out of top-performance, except the confused mentality of this generation.
Casius Clay changed his name and re-established himself as Muhammed Ali.
History alone reminds us that the same old Casius Clay is Muhammed Ali. She
can do likewise in another field - sports commentary etc.
vo...@ihatespam.com
wrote:
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>Mark Prenty wrote:
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>> Miss Fernandez, 28, will continue to use her name professionally.
>
>Nothing wrong with becoming Mrs. "Mary-Joe Godsick", especially since she is
He should become Mr. Fernandez in my opinion. It's a much better
surname.
Robert B. Waltz
> Mark Prenty wrote:
>
> >
> > Miss Fernandez, 28, will continue to use her name professionally.
>
> Nothing wrong with becoming Mrs. "Mary-Joe Godsick", especially since she is
>
> out of top-performance, except the confused mentality of this generation.
> Casius Clay changed his name and re-established himself as Muhammed Ali.
> History alone reminds us that the same old Casius Clay is Muhammed Ali. She
>
> can do likewise in another field - sports commentary etc.
Of course, there is even less wrong with being Ms. Fernandez --
whether she's married or not.
Yes, people can keep track -- but why should they have to? This isn't
the Middle Ages. Women have a right to their own names. (Personally,
I can't imagine why a woman would even *think* of changing her name
upon marriage -- but then, I practice being crazy. :-)
Frankly, I think this is very helpful. As more and more tennis
information (or scientific information, or whatever) becomes
available on the web, it becomes more important that we be able
to search for things based on names. (Be it player name or
author name.) People who change their names make life a lot
harder.
If you really want husband and wife to have "the same" name --
well, the one and only nuclear physicist I know had the correct
solution for that: She hyphenated her name with her husband's.
You can still find her papers, because her name still starts
with the same three names -- it just has a fourth one hyphenated
on the end.
My last word on the subject, before it becomes a nasty debate. :-)
wen...@cix.compulink.co.uk
(juliusa) usenetted:
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> Mark Prenty wrote:
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> >
> > Miss Fernandez, 28, will continue to use her name
> > professionally.
>
> Nothing wrong with becoming Mrs. "Mary-Joe Godsick", especially since
> she is
>
> out of top-performance, except the confused mentality of this
> generation.
> Casius Clay changed his name and re-established himself as Muhammed
> Ali.
> History alone reminds us that the same old Casius Clay is Muhammed
> Ali. She
>
> can do likewise in another field - sports commentary etc.
>
>
Changing your name never made any sense to me either -- means people who
knew you when can't find you because they don't know what your name is
now -- but if I *were* going to change my name, I don't think Godsick
would be my choice...
Either way, I hope they'll be very happy. She has always come across as
a really nice person.
wg
Ashley Cohen
Mark Prenty <MPr...@webtv.net> wrote in message
news:16701-38...@storefull-623.iap.bryant.webtv.net...
> Mary Joe Fernandez, the professional tennis player, and Anthony
> Lewisohn Godsick, a sports agent, were married last evening at the Roman
> Catholic Cathedral of St. Mary in Miami. The Rev. Thomas O'Dwyer
> performed the ceremony, in which Rabbi Jonathan S. Kaplan took part.
can we assume that ASV, Monica, Steffi and Andre were there? and perhaps
Lindsey, if they made up? Does anyone know??????
ashley