Gene Graze of Bridgeport CT passed away last Friday. Gene was a member of the AC Club, The NY Club and the CC & GTCC for several years. I am not sure if he was a current member of any of these clubs. Gene is responsible for me joining the CC & GTCC. During the summer of 1996 I was in Lake Tahoe and saw a display that Steve Cutler had at the Flamingo. That fall I was talking about the chips etc that I had seen. Gene told me that he had read about a club for collectors in the Casino Players magazine. He brought me the application and I joined the national club. He also joined soon after. I worked with him for many years at Harding High School in Bridgeport. He was very well respected and known as a true gentleman.