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Example of an electron gun used in the CRTs which Connie helped design. — Tektronix Celebrates International Women in Engineering Day By Recognizing Former Engineer Connie Wilson Fueled by Curiosity and Determination, Self-taught Woman Engineer Led CRT Engineering Group – Tektronix Establishes Award Program in Her Honor Tektronix is recognizing the accomplishments of former Tektronix engineer, Connie Wilson, who led the development of the […]

Tektronix Honors Connie Wilson

25 Jul, 2018 in Aqua Master Online / Biography / Featured / Human Interest / Memories / Special by OMS Webmaster

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The Ella Redkey pool in Klamath Falls is named after a woman who was the driving force behind bringing swimming and water safety to Klamath Falls. In an area of open irrigation ditches, mill ponds and deep marshes, this was a godsend to the area, which had seen more than […]

Klamath Falls Pool Memoirs

19 Apr, 2018 in Aqua Master Online / Biography / Featured / Human Interest / Memories by Jeanna Summers

Born in Inglewood, California, on August 8, 1921, she was the fifth and youngest child of Louis Stanton Williams and Bula Myrtle. Louis was a sign painter and Bula was a psychologist. Esther Williams, sometimes called “America’s Mermaid,” helped popularize synchronized swimming through a string of hugely popular films in […]

Esther Williams, “America’s Mermaid”

22 Sep, 2017 in Aqua Master Online / Featured / Human Interest / Memories / Special by Aqua Master Editor

Adolph Kiefer — The End of an Era Adolph “Sonny Boy” Kiefer 1918 – 2017 Adolph Kiefer, the legendary backstroker who won gold in the 100-meter backstroke at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, died on Friday, May 5, 2017, at his home in Wadsworth, Ill. He was 98. He was America’s oldest living Olympic […]

Off the Block – Adolf Kiefer

15 Jun, 2017 in Aqua Master Online / Featured / History / Human Interest / Memories / Obituary by Aqua Master Editor

Johny Weissmuller - Official Publicity Photo — Johnny Weissmuller was born as Peter Johann Weißmüller in Freidorf, today a district of the city of Timisoara in Romania, then a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Weissmüller would later claim to have been born in Windber, Pennsylvania, probably to ensure his eligibility to compete as part of the US […]

Off the Block – Johnny Weissmuller

14 Apr, 2017 in Aqua Master Online / Biography / Human Interest / Memories / Obituary by Aqua Master Editor

Karen Andrus-Hughes, Colette Crabbe, Arlene Delmage, Valerie Jenkins — The “Northwest Witches” got together and shared a lane during a recent workout. The above picture of that workout was posted on Facebook, so Karen shared the history behind the title. About 6-7 years ago, Karen, Colette, Arlene and Valerie swam on several relays together – and broke several National […]

Witches of the Northwest

17 Dec, 2016 in Aqua Master Online / Human Interest / Memories by Karen Andrus-Hughes

Kim Peyton, Karen Andrus and Kelly Peyton — in honor of Karen’s best friend and Olympian—Kim Peyton A swimming documentary was just released this past June called “The Last Gold,” about an American women’s relay team that raced just over 40 years ago in Montreal, Canada, at the XXI Olympiad. The story focuses on what we now know was […]

Swimmer Spotlight: Oregon’s Golden Girl

26 Jul, 2016 in Aqua Master Online / Biography / Human Interest / Memories / Spotlight by Karen Andrus-Hughes

Mike Poplvich, Godfather of Oregon Swimming Mike Popovich was born in Chicago on April 18, 1927, and died at the age of 88 on June 1, 2015. Growing up in Chicago, Mike dropped out of high school his sophomore year. “My dad was killed in an automobile accident on Christmas […]

Mike Poplvich, Godfather of Oregon Swimming

16 Jun, 2015 in Aqua Master Online / Human Interest / Memories by OMS Webmaster