July 15, 2025
The co-founder of the first restaurant chain in America, Childs Restaurants, was William Childs. He was elected to The Lambs in 1893, and helped revolutionize the food industry. He grew up in New Jersey and became a multimillionaire with his business. Read more here.
May 31, 2025
Sherry Britton was a burlesque performer of the 1930s and early 1940s. She was elected to The Lambs in 2004 as a Professional Member when she was 85 years old.
May 31, 2025
Colonel Paul Delmont Bunker was a West Point football star, a 40-year U.S. Army veteran, and the first member of The Lambs to die in WWII. He died of starvation and disease in a Japanese prisoner of war camp in 1943 after losing 70 pounds. Col. Bunker famously hid a… Continue reading →
May 31, 2025
Harry Woodruff not only played a Harvard student onstage, he actually was a graduate. He was a beloved member of The Lambs, who led a hard life and heartbreaking one too. He served as Boy of the Club. Read about Harry Woodruff.
May 5, 2025
This week our spotlight is on a member who was an incredible fubulist: Tex O’Rourke. He was a boxer and sportsman, who could not stop making up stories about his past. Tex was so good at it, when he died in 1963 the New York Times ran an obituary that… Continue reading →
April 5, 2025
One of the club members that was rediscovered is a man who gave generously. William Norris (1862-1929) was a longtime working actor with a career that spanned from California to New York, from playing musical comedies on the road to silent pictures. When he died he left what money he’d… Continue reading →
April 5, 2025
Our Archive Spotlight this week is Robert L. Hague. Hague was a sailor, shipping executive, philanthropist, and bon vivant of the highest caliber. Hague was treasurer of The Lambs during the Great Depression and used his business savvy to rescue the Club from certain doom. The Lambs may have folded… Continue reading →