The fifty-year lease with the City of Fort Lauderdale will terminate in 2015. While the City is planning a complete renovation of the Complex, these plans were made without our input and are not consistent with our vision for ISHOF's future.

As expressed by Museum consultant Peter Sollogub, of Cambridge Seven Associates (www.c7A.com) after a recent visit to our museum: "It's a magnificent collection collection...with (a) national, global and historical breadth...I think (ISHOF) has a great opportunity to really create a museum that is a powerhouse."  We agree. While negotiations with the City are ongoing, the organization will continue to explore other options.  

For more information, please read the following articles in:

The Santa Clara Weekly

Fort Lauderdale Magazine

Aquatics Intenational

Swimming World

 

THREE-TIME OLYMPIC CHAMPION SHARON MARIE STOUDER PASSED AWAY, 64  

RECENTLY, three-time Olympic champion Sharon Marie Stouder passed away at the age of 64. Stouder had a truckload full of accolades in her amazing career that included three gold medals at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics as well as a spot in the International Swimming Hall of Fame in the Class of 1972, passed away on June 23 last month.  More:

 

JUNE TAYLOR - 1991 PIONEER SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMER (CAN)

 

JUNE DARLING GREGORY (nee Taylor ) Peacefully on June 27, 2013 surrounded by family, three days before her 85th birthday. She will be very much missed by her husband, John, of 57 years, her children Lesley (Colin Richards), Charlotte (Chad Erickson) and Taylor, her grandchildren Gabriel Richards, Tara and Neil Gregory, as well as her large extended family and friends.

DR. FLOYD STAUFFER PASSES AWAY  

Renaissance Man and Diving great was 96 

 

Fort Lauderdale: Dr. Floyd "Dal" Stauffer, who was inducted into the International Masters Swimming Hall of Fame in 2006, passed away in his sleep on May 3, 2013. He was 96 years old.  Throughout his life he sought out pools and platforms, often learning and watching from other divers. At the 1934 World's

 

Fair, he was invited to be part of the diving exhibitions competing with the country's best divers. To pursue his interest in physiology, he joined the Navy Reserves but continued to compete throughout college in club and AAU regional competitions, diving on occasion with a then young Sammy Lee. 

The Baton of Victory was conceived by legendary University of Tennessee swim coach Ray Bussard and his wife Ruth to honor all the men's and women's coaches who have won NCAA Championships. The original Baton, first awarded in 1987 and subsequently awarded to head coaches prior to that year, is housed at the International Swimming Hall of Fame and is passed from the Championship coaches from one year to the next. This year the passing of the baton ceremony was held at the College Swim Coaches Association annual convention in Orlando, FL.

         In his inaugural season leading Michigan, Mike Bottom was presented with his own Baton by virtue of leading the U-M men's swimming and diving team to its 12th national championship back in March. In 76 years, only 18 coaches have been presented with the Baton of Victory and four coached at Michigan: Matt Mann (1937-41, 1948), Gus Stager (1957-61), Jon Urbanchek (1995) and now Bottom (2013). More:

       Jack Bauerle is the consummate team coach. What he has done at the University of Georgia represents the pinnacle of team swimming. The 2013 NCAA season marked the fifth time that Georgia coach Jack Bauerle has captured the Baton of Victory during his 40-year reign over the Lady Bulldogs. Although no factor in his success as a coach, Jack swam with ISHOF CEO Bruce Wigo on the same age group team. For more about Jack click here.

Radko Rudic - A National Hero

ZAGREB, Croatia - Before the countdown began: "five, four, three, two, one," Hall of Fame water polo coach Ratko Rudic gave a speech and introduced the members of his 2012 Olympic water polo gold medal team to the thousands of Croatians gathered in Ban Jelacic Square who were there to celebrate their country's entry into the European Union as its 28th member state.  This Hall of Famer has lead three different teams playing under three different flags (Yugoslavia, Italy and now Croatia) to Olympic Gold.

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