Kerschner and of course Dr. Becker. He was a true pioneer in getting this men's Titan tennis program started at Fullerton. He had Mitchel Saadi '64 as the "Team Captain" in the early years of the program and also Becker had tennis professional Stan Smith's brother Ken Smith Jr. on the Titan team. Becker in 1940 while in India was playing tennis matches with the "Maharaja of Patiala" and his Prime Minister. Becker during World War II was playing exhibition matches and was a practice player hitting balls and getting tips on the game with legendary tennis professional Bill Tilden and also tennis pro Vinnie Richards as well as National Doubles Champion and Davis Cup Team Captain Gardnar Mulloy, Davis Cup member Wayne Sabin and National Women's Doubles Champion Helen Marlow through playing matches with these notable players he was adding more knowledge of the game by the time he started the Titans Men's Tennis Program and coaching his players during those early years of the Program. Becker retired in 1977 at Cal State Fullerton as he held his final position at the school of "Director of the Career Placement Center". Coach Becker died on January 5, 1998, he was 83 years old. Standout Titan individual men's tennis performers in singles and doubles under Coach Dr. Ernest A. Becker tenure: Mitchel Saadi '64 Coach Neale R. Stoner years (1963–1964) The next men's tennis coach at Orange State College taking over for Coach Thomas J. Ashley who also was a political science professor at that time in 1963 was Coach Neale R. Stoner the future Cal State Fullerton Titans Director of Athletics from (1972–1979) and tennis enthusiast for a season and a half coaching the tennis team in Fullerton, Ca.. During this time period in which the Titans tennis team was involved in from 1963 to 1966 Cal State Los Angeles dominated the Division II Small College Division for Men's Tennis winning the "National Team Championship Titles" three years and Runner-up one year in a four-year span coached by Scotty Deeds and led by national individual champion players Gilbert Rodriquez, Gary Johnson, John Lee and also Joe Huey. In a team dual match on March 9, 1964, the Titans competed against Cal State Los Angeles and the Titans were defeated that day Coach Stoner tabbed Cal State Los Angeles "the best small college team around and said the Titans had bitten