Thanks for posting this, Ron. I was fortunate enough to have walked three courses with George. One was my home course, Hackensack, prior to our restoration work. The second was Sleepy Hollow, after their changes with George and Gil. The third was Old Macdonald in the GCA pre-opening event.
Whenever I think of George, I am reminded of his complete and utter joy in looking at a Banks-Raynor-Banks course. He did not play OM with the group, he just rode around in a golf cart and watched, but you could tell that he was almost brought to tears watching people hit golf balls on what was surely one of his proudest accomplishments in life.
George's story is a classic American success story that only GCA geeks can appreciate...