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TTuurrnnss && DDiissttaanncceess 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. 07.07.14 T&D Conversation With Dr. Leon Glover 2 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 07.07.14 T&D Conversation With Dr. Leon Glover 3 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, High Jump) 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 Ed Gordon (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) Dick Cochran (Throws) Douglas and Grumman. When I joined Raychem its annual John (J. R.) Heberle (Jumps,