William J. “Bill” Kellogg (1951- )

   Bill Kellogg, President of the La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club since 1989 is the fourth generation Kellogg family member to serve as president of the Kellogg-family properties. Since arriving in San Diego in 1979, he has been actively involved in all aspects of the tennis community. He took over administration of many USTA National Senior Hard Court Tennis Championships and the Pacific Coast Men’s Doubles. As a tournament director/referee, Bill now manages more national senior events than any other person in the country. He even finds the energy to compete in many of them. Bill was president of the San Diego District Tennis Association for five years, and the Tennis Patrons for four. He brought the two organizations closer together and was awarded the Olive R. Pearce Award by the San Diego Junior Tennis Patrons. Under Bill’s guidance, the Tennis Patrons created the operating model for the George E. Barnes Family Junior Tennis Center and assumed a new name - Youth Tennis San Diego. The San Diego Tennis Foundation was also created under his leadership. Kellogg currently is Sectional Delegate and Vice-President of the Southern California Tennis Association and is the Co-Chair of the USTA’s Davis Cup and Fed Committee. As such, he brought both a Davis Cup tie in 2006 and a Fed Cup tie in 2008 to La Jolla. Bill was awarded the USTA’s Eve Kraft Community Service award and their Senior Service Award. He has also served on the ITF’s Senior International Committee. He and his wife Tricia live in La Jolla and have two daughters, Tiffany Worst and Wendy Kellogg.