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Jeff Hennessy
Jefferson Thomas Hennessy Sr. (October 27, 1929 – March 24, 2015) was trampoline coach and physical educator. He was an Associate Professor of Physical Education at University of Louisiana at Lafayette from 1959 to 1986, served as the director of the University’s gymnastics and trampoline programs and he was the United States trampolining coach from 1964 to 1980. In total, his athletes were awarded 26 world championship medals and numerous national and regional titles and medals. Biography Hennessy was born in Ancón, Panama, where he lived with his family until the age of 12, before they moved to Monroe, Louisiana. He graduated with a bachelor's degree from Northwestern State University. He was an Associate Professor of Physical Education at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in Lafayette, Louisiana (then named the University of Southwestern Louisiana) from 1959 to 1986, as well as the director of the university's gymnastics and trampoline programs. As a co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ancón, Panama
Ancón is a corregimiento in Panamá District, Panamá Province, Panama with a population of 29,761 as of 2010. Its population as of 1990 was 11,518; its population as of 2000 was 11,169. It is sometimes considered a suburb or small town within Panama City, northeast of the limits of the town of Balboa. Ancon Hill is also the name of a large hill that overlooks Panama City and once served as a form of protection from pirates and sea invasion. The township was originally located around this hill, and was created to house employees of the Panama Canal during its construction. As part of the construction effort, the historic Gorgas Army Hospital was founded and built on the hillside. The first ship to officially transit the canal, , was named after the district. The community continued to serve as housing for employees of the Panama Canal Company until 1980, when parts of it began to be turned over to the Panamanian government under the 1977 Torrijos-Carter Treaties. Modern-day Ancà ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Schmitz
Frank K. Schmitz (September 4, 1945 – September 3, 1966) was an American trampoline gymnast who won four individual NCAA titles and a silver medal at the 1965 Trampoline World Championships. Early life Schmitz was the son of William C. and Polly Schmitz and was raised in Lafayette, Louisiana. He had several accidents as a child. As a baby, Frank's stroller rolled off the front porch of his house. As a boy he found a live bullet that he put in a toy gun. The bullet exploded and part of it lodged in his liver. As a teenager, Schmitz was involved in a motor scooter accident. A head injury from the accident caused his head to swell to one and a half times its normal size. After Schmitz recovered, his parents pushed him away from contact sports, so he became interested in gymnastics. High school After taking up gymnastics he studied under Jeff Hennessy at the University of Southwestern Louisiana while he was in high school. In 1962, he won the AAU trampoline national championship. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Louisiana At Lafayette Faculty
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Northwestern State University Alumni
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American Male Trampolinists
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2015 Deaths
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1929 Births
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United States Department Of Justice
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United States Olympic Committee
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University Of Southwestern Louisiana
The University of Louisiana at Lafayette (UL Lafayette, University of Louisiana, ULL, or UL) is a public research university in Lafayette, Louisiana. It has the largest enrollment within the nine-campus University of Louisiana System and the second largest enrollment in Louisiana, behind only Louisiana State University. It is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity". Founded in 1898 as an industrial school, the institution developed into a four-year university during the twentieth century and became known by its present name in 1999. It offers Louisiana's only Ph.D. in francophone studies, Louisiana's only master's of informatics, and Louisiana's only industrial design degree. The university has achieved several milestones in computer science, engineering and architecture. It is also home to a distinct College of the Arts. History On July 14, 1898, the Southwestern Louisiana Industrial Institute (SLII) was created through state legislat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Trampoline Federation
The Fédération Internationale de Trampoline (FIT; English: International Trampoline Federation) was an international governing body of competitive trampoline gymnastics from 1964 to 1998. The organization was created after the first Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships, World Championships for the sport in 1964, during which the sport did not have a governing body. The organization sponsored the Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships during its operation. At the end of 1998 the FIT dissolved, and trampoline gymnastics was integrated into the International Gymnastics Federation in 1999. References Gymnastics organizations Sports organizations established in 1964 {{gymnastics-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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