  Bill Smythe writes in the USCF Forum: by Smythe Dakota on Sun Sep 23, 2007 9:43 pm #70745 Jude Acers was given a 2399 ceiling by then-ED Edmund Edmondson. I remember, because I worked at the USCF office in Newburgh in the summer of 1972, helping to catch up on ratings. I saw the notation on Acers' rating card. Bill Smythe