2020-2021
OFFICERS
Honoring Past Presidents of IBM Ring1
ANDREW BUEL
Our Founder and
1st President
1927 to 1936
Andy was an original member of the St. Louis Magic Club and wrote to IBM President W.W. Durbin in 1927 for permission to form Ring One. Andy had originated the idea of calling the magic assemblies Rings (as in linking rings) at an earlier magic convention.
LOUIS VIZARD
President
1937
He owned the Louis Vizard Cigar Company and became interested in magic around 1926. Louis and his wife, Marie, became prominent entertainers in St. Louis. By the 1940s he started specializing in mentalism effects.
President
Terry Richison
314-791-9108
Vice-President
Steve Queen
314-651-9162
Secretary
Sandy Weis
314-378-4403
Treasurer
Alan Zibits
636-273-9974
2019-2020
BOARD MEMBERS
Steve Buesking
314-732-5678
Steve Finkelstein
314-409-6869
Johnny Harper
505-977-8768
Sgt at Arms
Steve Queen
314-651-9162
Scribe
Sandy Weis
636-273-9974
Spirit Editor
Gary Chan
617-418-4468
DR. CHARLTON CHUTE
President
1938
He caught the magic bug as a youth, and was a popular entertainer in Los Angeles (1922 to 1929) while attending UCLA. A Doctor of Philosophy, he was appointed by J. Edgar Hoover to help the FBI develop uniform crime reporting systems. During a trip to Africa, Charlton took along his magic props, and the students there were mystified by his egg bag routine and other effects.