university club of washington d.c. type private club founded 1904 headquarters washington d.c. services hotel dining athletics meetings website www.universityclubdc.com the university club of washington d.c. is an american private club in downtown washington d.c. united states . contents 1 history 2 reciprocity 3 athletics 4 notable members 5 see also 6 references 7 external links history edit established in 1904 simply as the university club its first president was then secretary of war and future united states president william howard taft . in 1936 it merged with the racquet club of washington and moved to its current location at 1135 sixteenth street nw approximately three blocks north of the white house . 1 during the warren court justices earl warren and hugo black would often use the club s facilities to informally discuss and gather . 1 reciprocity edit the club has reciprocal agreements for its members with approximately 200 other athletic country and city clubs around the united states and the world . 2 athletics edit the club contains a health and fitness center including two international squash courts where it hosts the annual mosquito open . 3 the tewaaraton award was founded at the club in 2000 and is presented annually to the ncaa lacrosse player of the year . 4 it is the lacrosse equivalent of football s heisman trophy . the trophy is presented jointly by the tewaaraton foundation and the university club of washington d.c. . one trophy is presented to the top men s player and one trophy is presented to the top women s player each year . notable members edit notable past and current club members include former speaker of the house tip o neill 1 former president richard nixon 5 numerous supreme court justices 5 former homeland security secretary tom ridge and former secretary of defense donald rumsfeld . 6 see also edit list of american gentlemen s clubs cosmos club metropolitan club washington d.c. references edit a b c history university club of washington dc . universityclubdc.com . retrieved 2013 12 05 . reciprocal clubs university club of washington dc . universityclubdc.com . retrieved 2013 12 05 . mosquito open july 13 15 deadline july 9 national capital squash . nationalcapitalsquash.org . 2012 05 28 . retrieved 2013 12 05 . tewaaraton award . tewaaraton.com . retrieved 2013 12 05 . a b supreme court justices lose freebie memberships muckety see the news . news.muckety.com . retrieved 2013 12 05 . zakheim roger i. 2007 11 13 . rummy is a university man . washingtonexaminer.com . retrieved 2013 12 05 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to university club . university club of washington dc coordinates 38 54 17.7 n 77 02 09.5 w 38.904917 n 77.035972 w 38.904917 ; 77.035972 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title university club of washington dc & oldid 704418919 categories buildings and structures in washington d.c.clubs and societies in the united statestraditional gentlemen s clubs in the united stateshidden categories commons category with local link same as on wikidatacoordinates not on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages add links this page was last modified on 11 february 2016 at 13 55 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view