SUNY Cortland Athletics

* A native of Rochester, N.Y., he earned a bachelor's degree in recreation education from Cortland in 1961 and took 30 credit hours of graduate courses at SUNY Brockport
 
* Member of the Cortland swimming and diving team for four seasons from 1957-61; served as a team captain for the Red Dragons for three years as a sophomore, junior and senior
 
* Four-time swimming and diving Red Letter Award winner; one of only two Cortland swimmers, to date, to accomplish that feat
 
* State, regional and national swimming qualifier during his career, and swam in the 1960 Olympic Trials during his senior season
 
* Was consistently the Red Dragons' top performer in the 220-yard freestyle, 200-yard butterfly and 440-yard freestyle, and as a senior set the school record in the 200-yard individual medley
 
* Member of the Cortland College Recreation Association and winner of the Nu Sigma Chi "Ugly Man" contest
 
* Physical director of the Canandaigua (N.Y.) YMCA from 1962-64
 
* Professor at Monroe Community College (MCC) from 1964-2000 and granted professor emeritus status in 2000; during his tenure he coached swimming and diving and men's golf and served as director of the school's Recreation Leadership Degree Program
 
* First swimming coach at MCC; his teams enjoyed numerous undefeated seasons and regional and Northeast District titles and boasted 38 All-Americans
 
* Designed and planned the present swimming pool at MCC, one of the finest in the junior college ranks
 
* Inducted into the Monroe Community College Sports Hall of Fame in 1989 and the National Junior College Athletic Association Men's Golf Hall of Fame in 1996
 
* College golf coach of Jeff Sluman, who won six PGA tour events, including the 1988 PGA Championship
 
* Received the National Junior College Athletic Association Service Award for his work when Monroe Community College hosted the 1981 swimming and diving national championship
 
* Included in the Marquis Who's Who in 2021 and received the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award in 2022
 
* Worked more than 30 years with the Rochester Chapter of the American Red Cross as an instructor in first aid, CPR and water safety and was a member of the Red Cross Water Safety Committee from 1975-80
 
* NCAA Sports Camp water safety director from 1981-96
 
* Director of Water Safety for New York State Parks and Recreation from 1975-80
 
* Pool Director at Oak Hill Country Club from 1968-74