Beginning in the 1940s, Don Shultz got to know everybody and practically every inch of the Olympic Club, from working as a café waiter, shoe shiner, card room houseboy and pool room clerk. Here Don is in the hotel room named for him.

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Jeanne Heier, right, and her daughter, at the grand opening of the Olympic Club Hotel in 2002. Jeanne, the Olympic Club's first full-time female bartender, stands in the hotel room named for her.

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One of the most beloved and storied characters of the Olympic Club was longtime card dealer, Lucien Christen. A good and fair man, Christen just didn't have respect for laws regulating his interests, such as gambling and bootlegging. The one-time Chicago resident and employee of Al Capone has a room named in his honor at the Olympic Club Hotel. In this photo from 2002, his children gather in that room.

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One of the better card players to frequent the Olympic Club in the second half of the last century was Mike Solomon. Being such a regular, Mike got to know the Club's shrewd and savvy owner, Art Vogel. When Mike decided to open a club of his own, Art gave him lots of useful advice, not the least of which was, "be careful what you do, son." Mike is seen here with his wife in the hotel room named for him.

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