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...volunteered for the White Russian army during the Russian civil war, served in the infantry and tank corps. In his two years of service, he almost died of typhus, was caught up by the Red army tide. Escaping, he shot his horse, jumped into the Black Sea and swam to a rescue ship, later made his way to Germany, where he enrolled for study at the University of Berlin in 1921, got his doctorate four years later...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ADMINISTRATION: Scientists' Scientist | 6/8/1959 | See Source »

...submarine-6 ft. 5½ in. But the subs are what he picked when he graduated from Annapolis in 1943, and he fought the war in a slightly stooped position on board the Peto, was awarded a Silver Star for "gallantry and intrepidity in action" off Japan when he swam through the shelling of shore batteries to rescue a downed airman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Underwater Parish | 5/4/1959 | See Source »

...Elis had been counting on a win in the opening medley relay to start them to another victory. Hawkins placed freestyler Bill Zentgraf in the weak breaststroke position, and backstroker Eisenbrey swam freestyle, as the Yardlings won the race in 3:58.0, taking a full 8.7 seconds off the freshman record set by the regular medley relay team earlier in the season...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE SPORTING SCENE | 3/23/1959 | See Source »

...varsity's Eric Johnson took the dive by 0.43 points over Dennis Berk, for the only real Crimson win. In the 200-yard backstroke, the varsity's Gary Pildner swam his fastest time of the year, 2:17.8, keeping neck and neck with both Jim Dolbey and Ed Alexander until the last lap, when the two Elis pulled ahead...

Author: By Thomas M. Pepper, | Title: Swimmers Lose To Yale, 60-26, In League Meet | 3/9/1959 | See Source »

...getting into the water with his boys, the legend for years was that he could not swim a stroke. The little (5 ft. 7 in.) wiry man with the booming voice refuted the story at the Yale swimming carnival of 1948 when he abruptly leaped into the pool, swam its width to resounding cheers. Once he went to the bottom of the pool in a diving helmet for a fish-eye view, quickly corrected a flaw in the stroke of one of his swimmers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Master of the Pool | 2/23/1959 | See Source »

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