Gloria Dillenbeck named first Executive Secretary
![Ethel Kennedy (center) presents the trophy at the 1971 Women's Nationals in Chevy Chase, Maryland, to (from left) B. J. Debree, Gloria Dillenbeck, Peggy Stanton, and Charlotte Lee.](http://platformtennishalloffame.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/platorm-tennis-museum-hall-of-fame-Rise-01-300x280.jpg)
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The APTA named Gloria Dillenbeck as the first full-time Executive Secretary. Raised in Montclair, NJ, Dillenbeck began playing platform tennis in 1966 and had been a star varsity tennis player at Swarthmore College.
With her partner, B.J. Debree, they were the first team to challenge the dynasty of Charlotte Lee and Peggy Stanton (National Champions 1967-1970) and won the Nationals in three successive years—1971, 1972, and 1973.
Gloria Dillenbeck Dodd was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2007.