Al Somers

[1] Somers spent 20 years as a professional baseball umpire and retired from the Pacific Coast League.

He ran the school in conjunction with Bill McGowan, Jr. Before the 1957 season, McGowan's widow announced that she was retaining ownership of the school but that it would not hold classes that year.

[6] In 1977, Somers approved Pam Postema and another female applicant as the first women admitted to the school.

[7] He later said that he had admitted Postema under threat of a lawsuit and that he did not think that a female umpire had the stamina to work in the major leagues.

He also questioned whether any man would stay home while his wife traveled to baseball games.