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A publication of the Officials Committee of the Pacific Association USA Track & Field Jim Hume, 1561 Marina Court, Unit B, San Mateo, CA 94403-5593… (650) 571-5913 Wednesday, July 16, 2014

AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS Encounters with the Elders: Dr. Leon Glover USATF OFFICIALS HALL OF FAME Speaks By Bruce Colman 2007 ...... Horace Crow Leo Costanzo At a track meet, you will almost always find Leon Glover, Jr., 2008 ...... Lori Maynard next to the horizontal jumps runway, 20 meters back from the George Kleeman take-off board, with a clipboard on his lap, tending to a scientific 2009 ...... Dick Connors 2010 ...... Bob Podkaminer instrument mounted on a tripod, recording every wind reading for every long-jump or triple-jump trial. THE DICK BARBOUR MERITORIOUS SERVICE AWARD Aside from being Pacific Association’s doctor of the wind 1985 ...... Hank Patton gauge, Leon is a rarity in the officiating world: the scion of an 1986 ...... George Newlon earlier generation of officials, and he was present at the creation Roxanne Anderson of the whole wind-reading discipline. His father was recording 1987 ...... Dan Dotta Del Dotta wind readings as far back as the late 1940’s and helped develop 1988 ...... Harry Young some of the earliest instruments we use today. Henry “Hank” Weston He agreed to talk with 1989 ...... Ed Parker Turns and Distances recently Harmon Brown 1990 ...... Horace Crow about his careers on and off 1991 (No award) the field of play, his outside 1992 Dick Connors interests…and family 1993 ...... George Kleeman heritage. This got into some 1994 ...... Tom Moore pretty deep sport history. 1995 ...... Charlie Sheppard 1996 ...... Norm Morrison Leon has received PA 1997 (no award) officials’ Service, Crow, and 1998 ...... John Luppes Barbour awards in 1992, 1999 ...... Richard Zulaica 2001, and 2013, respectively. 2000 ...... Jim Hume On the real-world side, he Jim Wynn 2001 ...... Bob Shor was inducted into Raychem’s Rick Milam Paul Cook Technical Hall of 2002 ...... Bob Rauch Fame in 1992 and received 2003 ...... Lori Maynard Tyco Electronics’ Lifetime Dr. Leon Glover, Jr. Sonny Maynard Achievement Award in 2007. 2004 ...... Gail Wetzork He is a TE Technical Fellow as well. 2005 ...... Phil Watkins 2006 ...... Bill Edgar BC: to start us off, please tell our readers three things 2007 ...... Ed Hicks about Leon Glover that they may not know? 2008 ...... Dick Iwamiya 2009 ...... Bruce Colman LCG: I like and appreciate music in a number of ways. In early 2010 ...... Bobby Hughey years I played clarinet in both marching and concert bands. 2011 ...... Don Bailes That included playing in Modesto’s Stanislaus County Boys 2012 ...... Shirley Connors Band, led by Professor Frank Mancini, who had played in Margaret Sheehan Souza’s band. I also played with Notre Dame’s marching band 2013 ...... Bob Podkaminer Dr. Leon Glover in a parade in Chicago during under-grad days. I’m a long time Jazz fan, especially Dixieland, Swing, especially Benny Goodman, and early Modern. At the same time I listen to and appreciate classical concerts and even some opera.

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THE HORACE CROW I also enjoy older hot rods and sports cars. I had a ’34 SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARD — FIELD Ford (with a newer engine), an early Corvette, and a Porsche 1995 ...... Sonny Maynard Speedster and still have a ’59 Porsche Super Coupe. 1996 ...... Rich Zulaica I’ve loved firecrackers and fireworks from as early as I 1997 ...... (no award) 1998 ...... Bill Edgar could light one with a match. That evolved to crewing for a 1999 ...... Joan M. Wilson colleague and friend who has a professional license. Eight to 2000 ...... Phil Watkins ten of us put up professional shows for July 4th and special 2001 ...... Dr. Leon Glover, Jr. occasions like the 100th anniversary of the San Mateo 2002 ...... Bruce Colman Country Club. My first job with the crew was for Raychem’s 2003 ...... Dick Petruzzi Billion Dollar day at Menlo Park. 2004 ...... Teddy Hayes 2005 ...... Shirley Connors BC: You are widely and affectionately called “Doctor Glover.” Margaret Sheehan Where did you earn your PhD, and what was your thesis 2006 ...... John Murray 2007 ...... Bill Hawkes subject? 2008 ...... John Shirey LCG: I graduated from Modesto High in 1953, having done 2009 ...... Jim Waldron college prep and played football and baseball. 2010 ...... Pat Randall 2011 ...... Leon Wimbley I was accepted at both Notre 2012 ...... John Lilygren Dame and Stanford but chose to 2013 ...... Charles Murphy go back to Notre Dame. I

THE GEORGE NEWLON graduated from Notre Dame in SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARD — TRACK 1957 with a B.S. in Chemistry. I 1995 ...... Bob Mason was accepted to grad school at 1996 ...... Ben Morjig Stanford, and was there from Fall 1997 ...... (no award) ’57 to Spring ’62. My PhD was in 1998 ...... Jerry Colman 1999 ...... Bobby Hughey Organic Chemistry but had 2000 ...... Dan Davidson additional courses in Analytical 2001 ...... John Coie Chem and Polymer Chem. 2002 ...... Gerry Collet My thesis, with Professor 2003 ...... Dick Iwamiya 2004 ...... Rick Urband Harry Mosher, proved why 2005 ...... Joe Harper primary and secondary peroxides 2006 ...... Richard Cabral weren’t commercially useful. 2007 Colin Campbell I guess I chose to be called “Dr. 2008 ...... Jeannie White Glover” because I was proud of 2009 ...... Rory Osborne Dr. Leon “Skip”Glover, Sr., 1973 in the work I did to earn it. Further, 2010 ...... Tiffany Banks New Hampshire 2011 ...... Phil Leake both my parents had PhDs--in 2012 ...... Dennis Boyle Entomology, from Iowa State. My Dad was a professor at the 2013 ...... Elisabeth Price University of New Hampshire when Shell hired him to be Jonathan Price Associate Director of their new lab at Modesto. We pulled up THE LORI MAYNARD stakes in New Hampshire in January 1945 to come to SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARD 2009 ...... Art and Becky Klein Modesto. Our first Glovers came to New Hampshire from 2010 ...... Deanna and Jon Vochatzer England in the 1730s. 2011 ...... Keith Conning Finally as the wind gauge is technical I felt that we—Dad 2012 ...... Dave Shrock and I--brought a scientific background to its use in Track and 2013 ...... (none) Field. The “Dr.” added to that. BC: Wikipedia says your last employer, TE Connectivity, “designs and manufactures highly engineered solutions that connect and protect data and power. The company serves customers in more than 150 countries in a variety of industries including automotive, data communication systems, consumer

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USATF National Award Certificate electronics, telecommunications, aerospace, defense and 2013 Jay Abbott (Vertical Jumps, Throws) marine, medical, energy and lighting.” David Ahn (LDR Referee) Quite a mouthful. What were your responsibilities at TE? Deanna Bower (Throws) Charles Buettner (Starter) LCG: During my four Notre Dame summers I worked for Shell John Collins (Throws, ) Development, then in Emeryville, doing analytical work. Robert Dietrich (Track Referee, Field Referee) After receiving my PhD, I received a number of offers but James Hart (Throws) Ajay Padgaonkar (Race Walk Judge, Throws) chose to go to work at Shell Development, doing polymer James Starmer (Starter) synthesis. One year into the Shell job I married my wife, Lloyd Stephenson (LDR Referee) Dagmar, in 1963. 2012 John Busto (Starter) Two years into the Shell job rumors surfaced that Shell (Vertical Jumps) might move the whole operation to Houston. Serendipity had Peter Guerrini (Competition Secretary and FinishLynx operator) me back at Stanford for a seminar where I had a discussion John Pretto (Throws and Vertical Jumps) with my former lab mate who’d gone to work at a start-up in Karen Williams (Clerk) Redwood City called Raychem. He suggested that they were Stephanie Bolden (Clerk) 2011 hiring and why didn’t I stop by and talk. I was hired and Mike Aro (Throws) joined as 25% of corporate research. Dino Certa (Starter) Bruce Makinson (Horizontal Jumps/Starter) The name derived from Radiation Chemistry which they Elisabeth Price (Race Walk Judge/Lap had first commercialized and had begun using to very Counting) efficiently cross link polymers at high speed at room Jon Price (Race Walk Judge/Lap Counting) John Wise (Starter) temperature, providing wire and cable with improved 2010 properties and allowing the formation of heat shrink tubing Robert Benoy (Horizontal Jumps) and molded parts. Target companies were Boeing, Lockheed, Steve Green (Throws) (Throws) Douglas and Grumman. When I joined Raychem its annual John (J. R.) Heberle (Jumps, Starter and sales were $ 12 million, but it had already started operations Electronic Measurement) in the UK, followed quickly by Belgium, Germany and France. Ann Gerhardt (Race Walk and Jumps) Leroy Milam (Clerk and Starter) Locally Raychem expanded with new headquarters in 2009 Menlo Park in 1966-67, as growth really took off—on average, Sean Laughlin (FinishLynx Operator) twenty five percent per year for the first 25 years, with a year John Lilygren (Vertical Jumps) Baird Lloyd (LDR and Horizontal Jumps) or two at 40%. My early responsibilities were as a materials Leon Wimbley (Horizontal Jumps and scientist in corporate research and development. I later electronic measurement) managed the corporation’s analytical group and also did some Mark Youmans (Horizontal Jumps and Throws) formulation work on compounds for new, specialty products. 2008 In 1980 Raychem’s president and founder decided to join Katherine Berman (LDR) Richard Berman (LDR) the Menlo and UK Compounding plants into one global Derwent “Deri” Bowen (Throws) organization, of which I was asked to be the Technical Anthony Camargo (Competition Secretary) Director. I was fortunate to be able to visit our four European Sue Murray (Throws) Ted Waldo (Jumps and Throws) operations four to six times per year for over 25 years to 2007 coordinate raw material and formulation technology across all Irene Herman (LDR, Umpire) divisions. Jeanne Sanders (Horizontal Jumps) Mike Sands (Vertical Jumps) I held the position until shortly before Raychem was Robert Thompson purchased by the infamous Dennis Koslowski of Tyco Mark Winitz (LDR) International. He put the Raychem unit with Amp, a 2006 Andy Anderson (Starter) connector company that he’d purchased just before, to form Dennis Boyle (Vertical Jumps) Tyco Electronics. This was August of 1999. Even though I Charles Des Jardins (LDR, Field Referee) was about to retire at 65 I stayed on to look after “my” Joe Keever (Throws) Jon Siegel (Vertical Jumps) company, its materials science technology and its successful way of meeting difficult customer product needs with specialty compounds, radiation processing, and high performance adhesives.

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PACIFIC ASSOCIATION AWARD RECIPIENTS BC: What is your earliest memory of a track meet? bold face = certified official LCG: The California Relays at Modesto were started in 1942, HALL OF FAME AWARD notably with Dutch Warmerdam’s world record in the Pole 2007 ...... George Kleeman Vault at 14 feet 7 3/4. It quickly became one of the top US Lori Maynard Sonny Maynard invitational meets. We had arrived in Modesto in January Horace Crow 1945. I was at the 1947 meet and saw Mel Patton of USC Tom Moore run a world-record-tying 9.3 for 100 yards. I also saw in the Dr. Harmon Brown high jump the technique transition from the old scissors to 2008 ...... Ed Miller the newer western roll. The winner, Les Steers from Oregon, Richard Connors used the western roll. 2009 ...... Robert ‘Pod’ Podkaminer 2011 ...... Don Bailes BC: You basically inherited the SERVICE AWARD wind gauge franchise in 2003 ...... George Kleeman Pacific Association from Charlie Sheppard your father. Multi- 2004 ...... Ron Daniels generational officiating is a John Mansoor rare thing. Could you 2005 ...... JoAnne Camargo Irene Herman speak to your father’s 2006 ...... Cynci Calvin career? Tell your Robert ‘Bob’ Shor colleagues how wind 2007 ...... Tyler Abbott; gauge practice and Robert ‘Pod’ Podkaminer equipment has developed 2008 ...... Mark Winitz Maura Kent over the decades? 2011 ...... Jack Leydig LCG: My first recollection of Joy Upshaw wind gauges and wind Lee Webb officiating was that 1947 TOM MOORE AWARD meet. Tom Moore had 2002 ...... Tom Moore been told by the AAU 2003 ...... Dr. Harmon Brown and/or the IAAF that the Herb Rodabaugh 2005 ...... Robert Bowman meet was attracting 2009 ...... Robert ‘Bob’ Rush world-class athletes so 2011 ...... Sean Laughlin he’d need a wind gauge. COACH'S LEGACY AWARD My Dad, Dr. Leon C. 2009 ...... James "Jim” Hunt Glover, Senior, I think 2010 ...... Bud Winter was involved. I Jim Santos remember seeing one of the old three-cup anemometers on a stand where the cups rotated Photo by Bocock in the horizontal plane. Not all of the wind gauges Dr. Glover used The wind person were high tech instruments. watched it during each short race or jump. If the readout dial indicated a wind-- even briefly--over 2.0 meters per second it was considered wind-aided. Not too long after that, the word came down that the wind to be measured and assessed for record purposes was to be an averaged wind--with little detail of what, how or where to measure it for either races--100, 200, short hurdles--or the two horizontal jumps. My Dad, with the help of one of Shell’s engineers, came up with the following: Shell had had a small-- four-inch inside diameter --Taylor scientific anemometer with jeweled bearings for measuring air flows. It was paired with a 07.07.14 T&D Conversation With Dr. Leon Glover 5 stop watch with a ten-second sweep hand. and my Dad started doing wind The anemometer and the watch were started measurements at Stanford. Shortly after-- and stopped simultaneously. The meter read 1956 to ‘58--Coach --as you velocity in feet of air and the watch in know a record setting sprinter himself-- fractions of seconds; division yields a joined Stanford and within a very short time measure of feet per second. The two values bought one for Stanford and gave it to Dad were divided with a pocket slide rule, and for care and use. We built a sturdy wooden then converted to either meters per second box to hold it and its legs. We used it for or miles per hour. A fixture was machined to many years with Coach’s permission at attach the anemometer to a camera tripod Stanford and Modesto. with telescoping legs. The equipment could Next came the first digital wind gauge readily be set up along the sprint straight designed by Bill Alley, a world class javelin away or jump runway and moved back and thrower. It was called a Precision Digital forth between the two as needed. Anemometer. This one was bought by the Pacific Association Officials Committee under George Newlon. Again it was given to my Dad and me for safe keeping and use at not only Stanford and Modesto but also UC- Berkeley and San Jose State, etc. This one had a clear plastic tube with the turbine wheel in the center to measure wind flowing through. It also had timing circuits to be able to set the now prescribed measuring periods for the wind related events, then calculate and display the averaged wind speed. It had tripod legs and was set up as A slide rule…for those who have never seen one. described earlier. This design was later made The above was used mainly at Modesto and sold by the equipment starting roughly in the early 1950s. Our first company UCS Spirit. The set times were professional Track and Field wind gauge was initially 10 seconds for the hundred; 15 then designed at Cambridge University for the 13 for the 120 high hurdles, 20 for the 220 1948 London straightaway, and five Olympics and made for the and at Cantabrian . The gauge Instruments in would be set up, with Cambridge. the gauge started at During one of the smoke of the my Raychem starter gun or at the business trips in first step for the two the mid-1970s I jumps. The gauge was able to visit automatically then Cantabrian and measured and read out talk to their design the average wind engineer regarding speed, by now mainly several important reported in meters per design features, second, to two decimal calibration, etc. places. It was well after The next gauge was 1948 when we similar but with some gained access for refinements. It was the one to use. We’d all-metal red one from moved to Palo Alto Springco, with the in 1955 for Shell Dr. Leon at Cal, probably with one of the Springco models he tube mounted on a described. 07.07.14 T&D Conversation With Dr. Leon Glover 6 small box with the electronics and batteries. mentioned Payton Jordan and Tom Moore. I have three of these, though their turbines Bud Winter must have been in the mix. sometimes come loose. In the early 2000s LCG: I need to give some more historical the IAAF wind rule was updated to require background regarding the evolution of an ultrasonic wind gauge, no longer the the wind rule, first. Shortly before the older turbine type that went all the way back 1936 Olympics, the Germans had a to the 1948 Cantabrian. I have one from Gill number of sprinters make runs--I think that was purchased and presented to me at in the 100 meters--where the winds and an annual officials meeting by Ed Seese. times were recorded and the data As you’d guess wind measurement for analyzed. Their conclusion--and Track and Field started out simply and remember that at the time, timing mainly at a very high level--mainly for world accuracy was to 0.1 seconds only--was records. Post World War II Americans got that an aiding wind of greater than plus- back into training and many world records 2.0 meters per second would reduce the were advanced. runner’s time by about 0.1 seconds. My Dad and I signed off on a number of When my Dad and I got involved at the those. We also were involved in an incident California Relays the wind rule was very at Modesto that cost , a sketchy as to all the details we have today. University of Washington undergrad at the Originally it wasn’t even an “averaged” value time, a short lived world record in the Long over the whole race, but whether the needle Jump where he beat and on a continuously measuring and reading advanced the record distance slightly but anemometer went above the 2.0 meter per there was NO wind reading on his jump. We second cutoff at any time between start and had winds for all Boston’s jumps—we moved finish. That meant that in a 100 meters of the gauge over from the straightaway for about 10 seconds an individual observation each one--but none of Shinnick’s because it of 2.1 meters per second for even a tenth of wasn’t requested by Tom Moore, Meet a second or so would disqualify a potential Director, as at that time there was NO record. specific rule or directive to measure wind on Early on in my time every jump of every the rule was modified to horizontal jumper. measure the aiding wind It’s a long and during the full race. But interesting story! there were NO details In fact, years exactly how to do so. later, Phil appealed The timing period was to the IAAF—I as “the “race,” not the involved via an present 10.0 seconds affidavit—and was from the gun. We placed granted a US but not the gauge at about 50 a World record. meters and measured the time as close as BC: I’m doing a little possible to the arithmetic here and duration—started the realize that you anemometer and watch would have done at the smoke of the gun wind for the great and stopped both as the sprinters at San lead runner broke the Jose State in the tape, as seen from 50 1960s, not to meters away, and mention working for recorded data and some great coaches- calculated meters per slash-meet- second with that pocket directors. You’ve Dr. Glover with his wind gauge…What? You were expecting slide rule.

a picture of him without a wind gauge? 07.07.14 T&D Conversation With Dr. Leon Glover 7 Here’s the situation we were put in at high level coach and the working Modesto by Tom Moore. relationship between coaches and ourselves At that time the rule did NOT state as working, impartial officials. exactly where the gauge was to be put-- This situation happened more than once either where along the straight or on which at San Jose State during Tommie’s senior side of the track! As scientists we’d put the year as he flirted with a number of sprint gauge at midpoint so we could readily see records. It had to do with maximizing the both the start gun and the finish. We put it possibility that a race could be run within inside and close to the rail partly because the time period with the best chance of legal initially we had one gauge and occasionally winds. Coach Winter, as the race of interest had to move it to the nearby Long Jump approached, would talk to the starter and runway to measure wind on a few high-level myself about doing our best to coordinate. jumpers like Ralph Boston. Also, at Modesto With the sprinters about ready I’d make there wasn’t much room measurements several outside of the track due times to see how the wind to the stands. was varying. Yes, the wind Tom came to us close to the ground usually before one of the varies quite a bit and on a California Relays and somewhat short cycle. I asked if we could put would then try to signal the the gauge on the outside starter with a thumbs-up of the track to do the when the wind looked good. sprint measurements. If At best it was partly you’ve officiated at the effective, since the starter Modesto Junior College and the runners still had to track you’d understand go through their usual why. The sprints are run sequence. on the west side, north Tommie was one of the to south. The prevailing three or four sprinters that wind down the valley is made up what Bud called roughly north-south, Speed City. Another was with it part of the time . Their peak maybe 15 degrees off was those ‘68 Olympics. that line and more from Tommie was I would the northwest. It’s estimate 6’4 and I guess obvious that the outside 170-175, tall and thin like position in that stadium A picture with Dr. Glover and his famous original Usain Bolt. But unlike Bolt, would allow the stands official’s hat. The last one known to exist. who I admire for his ability to have more of a to do the 100-meter start, Tommie never was blocking effect. I can’t exactly remember how able to get really outstanding times in the we resolved it with Tom, maybe ran one or 100 meters. His event was really the 200 two measurements in the unused outside meter and the relays, and he ran some lane and at last there the impracticality amazing times on relay legs. became obvious. Fortunately the wind rule was expanded a few years later and specified What was incredible, I can remember in that the gauge was to be placed next to the this time period, they used to run eight full inside lane. lanes of world-class relay teams at Modesto and watching the last hand off was exciting, We had similar experiences with San and watching Tommie move up from Jose State Coach Bud Winter and Tommie whatever place he was in. I don’t have his leg Smith, his world class sprinter of everlasting times for those relays but they must have fame from the 1968 Mexico City Olympics. been amazing. This one was also not a strict rules violation but in a way speaks to the influence of a 07.07.14 T&D Conversation With Dr. Leon Glover 8 I believe Tommie did set the last, or one check on readings for previous jumps added of the last, records for the 200 meter and immediacy to the officiating. 220 yard dash run on a straightaway--before Giving advice for future wind gauge all were forced to the curve start version. officials is a little hard. I had the good The other thing he did, and he got really fortune to have my Dad before me, to early- mad at Bud for it, Bud thought with those on officiate at high level meets--Modesto, long strides, he should run the 400, and he Berkeley, Stanford, the incredible 1968 finally ran it at one of the last meets of his Olympic Trials at South Lake Tahoe--and senior year and he set a school record. He having a very long career all are factors. ran in the high 45’s Quick advice: you’ve in the first got to love it, do it well competitive 400 he and stick with it. ever ran. BC: At meets, every once BC: Aside from family in a while you’ve been heritage, what do asked to help with other you find particularly field events. Which other interesting or field events intrigue you? satisfying or And why? fulfilling, as an LCG: In earlier years we official, about were often short officials operating the wind at many meets. In such gauge? What would cases we were asked to you say to newer help out. I often was an officials to umpire for relay passes. encourage them to I’ve timed and counted follow your career laps for distance races. path? I’ve long enjoyed LCG: Ever since being officiating the Multis as I on the field with did wind on required my Dad at the events, then helped out California Relays, on other field events. about junior high I almost forgot that age, and seeing before automatic timing the excitement with integrated wind and competition measurements my Dad-- up close Track once we had two wind and Field gauges--measured wind officiating was As the Pacific Association Officials Awards Chair, Dr. for the track races and exciting to me. Glover has the pleasure of presenting the yearly awards. I’d measure wind for the As I progressed Here, Shirley Connors and Margaret Sheehan receive the horizontals. Modesto through my technical 2005 THE HORACE CROW SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARD — FIELD was always fun as Dad education taking that did the straightaway, I’d background to the track added an extra do the parallel jumps and we’d have a third dimension to officiating. wind gauge at the other runway across the I have to say signing the wind reading on field. For a number of years it was manned a WORLD RECORD application underlined by Professor Oppenheim, an aeronautical the importance of what I was doing as a engineering professor at Berkeley. wind gauge official. The Shinnick incident I guess my field event preferences go as only reinforced the importance of doing the horizontals first, then throws and finally officiating in a timely and correct manner. verticals. I was a pretty good pole Interacting with world class athletes catcher when that was thought to be along the runway as they stopped by to important.

07.07.14 T&D Conversation With Dr. Leon Glover 9 BC: Hey, we still try to catch the poles when we year and they’re reviewed and finalized by can—our pit boss or a coach or volunteer or the National Awards Chair. He keeps the athlete. A cracked vaulting pole can be a record of such awardees and also provides a dangerous thing. beautiful national certificate. Moving along, let’s talk about PA The Pacific Association Awards are our governance. You have served PA officials as the own initial awards, with seven to ten being appointed vice chair responsible for awards awarded each year to officials who have under at least four officials chairs. What is the successfully worked about three seasons awards program and how are honorees chosen? with high quality work. Recommendations LCG: I think I became Awards Chair when Dick come from our full Officials Committee and Connors first became committee chair. more senior officials. They are basically The previous Awards Chair was Dan nominated by the Awards Vice Chair, with Davidson from Sacramento and I think review and finalization by the Committee John Luppes, Gail Wetzork and Bob Chair. Podkaminer may also have held the post The awards for a number of years have earlier. been presented at the annual meeting in late Today’s awards in decreasing order are summer. The Barbour and Maynard are the following: engraved plaques, the Newlon and Crow are engraved “gold” plates. The last two are The Dick Barbour Meritorious Service Award paper, usually framed, the National from is considered highest, basically for headquarters and the Association from outstanding lifetime achievement as an ourselves, at present printed by Jim Hume. official. His son John, now of Massachusetts, has kept in touch with Dick As you’ve picked up there is a hierarchy Connors and me and has provided a note of and awardees from the lower levels become congratulation to the last several Barbour candidates for the higher ones. That is very winners. The GEORGE NEWLON SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARD — TRACK is one of three equivalent awards, traditionally given to one who’s mainly a Track official, from the days of big finish line crews to time and place. The HORACE CROW SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARD — FIELD is given to a field-events official. The LORI MAYNARD SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARD is the most recent and is not given annually. We use it to honor those who’ve significantly aided our sport: coaches, writers, etc. The USATF National Awards are a whole other thing. Our Association chooses a limited number of candidates to nominate to the national awards committee, based on our certified registration and spread across the four years of an Olympiad. Candidates must be at least Nationally Certified. We usually propose four to six per In 2013, Official’s Chair John Murray presented Dr. Glover with his Dick Barbour Award. 07.07.14 T&D Conversation With Dr. Leon Glover 10 much a guideline and definitely not rigid. I  Know your rules, know the differences periodically review the two higher between high school, NCAA, USATF, IAAF. certification groups to see which awards  Follow updates. they have or haven’t received.  Work to build your officiating experience BC: Four of our PA officials’ awards memorialize by pushing to learn the rules and specific individuals. What can you tell our techniques of multiple event categories: people about them? horizontals, verticals, throws, umpiring, marshalling. LCG: I officiated for many years with all four.  Work at multiple levels: high school, junior They’ve all passed on now. Three of the four college, College, Open. officiated at the now famous 1968 Olympic Trials. All officiated at many levels, all over Interviewer’s notes: northern California and I believe also nationally. It is nice to hear the name Ralph Boston Dick Barbour was a wounded World War again. First athlete to long-jump 27 feet, three- II vet who lived in Palo Alto and was mainly time Olympian, with medals in every color: Gold a long time, high level horizontal jumps from Rome, Silver from Tokyo, Bronze from official. He officiated despite having to walk Mexico City. World Record holder in the Long with leg braces from his wounds. Jump not just once, but twice (Soviet athlete Igor Ter-Ovanesyan beat Boston’s record; and Boston George Newlon in some ways was a beat his). USATF Hall of Fame inductee in 1974. prototype of our Dick Connors. He was a finish line official—timing and judging early BC thanks several friends for invaluable on. He ran the Officials Committee for a help: Baird Lloyd, Sonny Maynard, Charles number of terms, was head official at Murphy, and Margaret Sheehan. Stanford for many years, officiated widely, including the ‘68 trials; was often a meet referee in later years and lived in San Mateo. Horace Crow was mainly a vertical jumps official, especially pole vault. He lived in the North Bay--Santa Rosa or Petaluma. As I remember he was among our first officials, besides Tom Moore, to be involved with our national Track and Field officials. Lori Maynard came into our officiating world after being a high level race walker. Sonny probably talked her into becoming an official. She’s obviously the most recent of the four, having died of cancer a few years ago. She was a wonderful colleague and official, always ready to help with any kind of officiating or meet. She even helped with wind gauge on a number of occasions and was a mentor before we had them. BC: Finally, and we hope it isn’t a cliché by now, what would you tell young officials in the first or second years of their careers? LCG:

 The athletes come first. In 2008, presented Dick Connors and Dr.  Make use of mentoring. Leon Glover with silver plates in recognition of their years of

service to Stanford Track & Field.