October 2, 2010 USC Alumni Swim Relays

200 yard Free and Medley Relays with class of 1967 (3) and 1968 (1).  Click on the arrows several times if necessary to start video:

Trojan Swimmer Lunch - November 5, 2010

Another lunch get together occurred on November 5, 2010.   Members Present:

Sandy, Ken and Wayne:

John and Tony:

Chip and Joe:

Joe and Chuck:

Sandy and Rich:

Ken and Tom:

John and Joe (kinda like Cheech and Chong)

Don and George:

Tom:

Note from John Konrads from down under

Hello All,

 

Wow, what a mailing list!!! I just want to give you my life milestones since my life-changing experience at USC from '61 till I left in January 64 returning to Oz and scraping into Tokyo '64.

Those of you who have responded without copy to all, I will add my personal response. 

 

Starting from the present;

- Early this year my wife Mikki and I, with two out of three adult children have moved to; 15 Orealla Cres. Sunrise Beach, Queensland 4567, Oz [read Australia]. Check us out on Google earth, the house with the light green roof, no swim pool but 300 yards to the beach. Two of our 'kids' have had mental disorders, well under control with medication, and I have been diagnosed with Bipolar 2, a milder form of manic depressive, so that's why I was the life of the party with Denny and Henriks at Tri-Delts and Beta's... bullshit! no analysis-paralysis! I am a pioneer in speaking out publicly about depression etc. and eminent psychiatrists worldwide regard us as the best in the world in the 'de-stigmatisation' of mental disorders, often swept under the carpet. I give speeches on the subject in my new career as Guest Speaker [see website].

- Our 2nd born, Laura is a fashion industry name here, and goes to New York for shoots, etc.

Back to history;

- Check out my website below, but on 8/11/2010 my wife [Maijke Bunder from Amsterdam, aka. Mikki] and I are celebrating our 42nd anniversary, no thanks to me!!

- I've had a tough life; Jon Henricks led me astray when I was a 14 y.o. junior star [Bonnie is sick of the story]. When I came to USC, Bob Horn was my patron [not an alumni] and I had to drive his Beetle to and from Lincoln S&L. down the Santa Anna.. welcome to LA!!! Following Murray, I became a Beta Theta Pi, an eminent bunch of guys who occasionally destroyed the Frat house. As Peter Daland will confirm, California Girls led to my downfall, as well as Coors Beer [when Aussi mates visited me and read the label 'it's the water' they said 'sure is!!' because of lack of taste and alcohol %].

- Anyway, my triple gold at the 1963 NCAA's paid for my scholarship, said Peter. Saw Peter and Ingrid at Sydney 2000. Peter, you still had your 'Suewarthemoore'... attitude and you continue to speak too loud... how embarrassing for an Aussie draft kid in '61 at a fancy LA restaurant.. Bill Ross picked up the tab... How come your belly is smaller then mine???

More to come if you folks want to; [prejudice; with brownies out of a powerful car on the corner of Figueroa and Adams yelling 'Nigger', then returning to LA in '69 and seeing white girls hand in hand with black guys on the sacred USC campus!]  My profound esteem and admiration for USA culture and adaptability lives on forever!

 

Kind regards to you all!

 

John Konrads
Mobile 0407 560 568
www.johnkonrads.com.au

More sad news, this time Lee Arth

Hi Chuck

 

I'm sad to report more bad news in our swimming community.  Lee Arth was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer recently.   The oncologist has decided to do chemo for now rather than surgery. Lee considered that to be bad news. Sydney has come to their home from Hawaii. 

 

Here is the contact info.

Lee and Kay Arth

22228 Whirlaway

Canyon Lake, CA 92587

951-244-2608

 

Kay has asked that all communication be by email for the time being. kayarth@aol.com

Lee's first symptom was four weeks ago. I hope they've caught this early enough.

 

Lee was my coach before I came to USC. Lee was the coach at Sammy Lee Swim School and Fullerton High School in the early and mid 60's. Lee also coached many other Trojans, including John Porter, Paul Jeffers, Jeff Pearce, Tony Gleason, and Bill Johnson.

 

Also Dick Gilbert and Gary Hall from Indiana and Russ and Torrey Webb from UCLA.

 

Lee's daughter, Sydney, was an Olympic Trials finalist in 64 in the 200 fly.

 

Lee holds many age group world records as a senior swimmer.

 

Lee is the only athlete to earn four letters in one year at The University of California Berkeley; water lo, swimming, basketball and volleyball. Lee graduated in 1944 I believe.

 

Lee coached for many years at Rio Hondo before retiring.

 

Lee and his wife, Kay live in Canyon Lake, CA.

 

Thanks Chuck,

Bill

Roger "Chopper" Lyon killed in Baja plane crash

Ken,

Just wanted to let you know that the memorial for Ryon "Chop" Lyon s next Friday the 29th of October at 2:00pm. It will be on the Hearst property at the day lodge, I believe that is what it is called. Check Google for the obit that will give the exact location. Hope to see you there.

 

\Tom

Thomas O Ludwig
President
T Wig Consulting & Marketing
Phone (503) 522-6865
Fax (503) 954-2050
Email: tom@twigconsulting.com
Website: www.twigconsulting.com

I am sad to report the news of Chopper (Roger) Lyon's death in a plane crash as reported below.  Roger was a long time pilot for the Flying Samaritans which makes this a double tragedy.  See below.

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From: saaris@uneedspeed.net
To: k2krueger@yahoo.com; cdmilam@hotmail.com; cdmmilam@netscape.net
Subject: RE: RE: Chopper Lyon death?
Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2010 14:31:42 -0700

I entered “Roger Lyon” on the search www.cnn.comwww.cnn.com and went to the story.  Also called Ingrid.

It is really tragic news.  I sent a note to Susan>  She will need a lot of support.  Unfortunately I know all too well how the Lyon family is feeling.

Here is the CNN link.  It is no surprise that he was out helping people.  

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/10/16/mexico.plane.crash/index.html?iref=allsearch


It is indeed ironic that two swimmers in the 1970 team are no longer with us:  Roger and Mark .  Double click to enlarge:

Next Lunch to be held November 5, 2011 and more on Peter's 90th Birthday

Please read the email and request below from John Naber about submitting a video for use in Peter's 90th Birthday party to be held next April, April 17, 2011 (See the notice from Ingrid below).   In addition, please mark your calendar for Friday, November 5th for the next Trojan Swimmer Lunch to be held at Billy's at the Beach, 2751 W Coast Hwy, Newport Beach, CA 92663, (949) 722-1100.  As many of you already know, I have begun to take videos to provide to John and I look forward to seeing many of you again on Nov 5th with some great stories/memories of whoop whoop Daland.   I am keeping a head count so please let me know if you can make the next lunch (for those of you that are digitally challenged and actually look at legitimate email that possibly ends up in your junk file, please hit the "reply" key and add me to your safe list).

Also, please pass the word onto other trojan swimmers since I am still building and adding to the contact list.   I will also post notices in the swimmer blog: www.usctrojanswimmers.blogspot.com.

Chuck,

Can you please forward this email to your mailing list of USC swimmers?  (Be sure that Peter Daland’s email is not among your addresses.)  Thanks!

Fellow Trojan swimmers,

As you may know, Coach Peter Daland will be turning 90 years young in April of next year.  Many of his swimmers want to do something special for the man, and I think we might have the perfect idea...

Thanks to the magic of video technology, we are planning to produce a video tribute from as many of his swimmers as we can locate.

If you have a digital video camera (or know someone who does) would you be willing to record yourself answering the following questions?

1)      What is your favorite Peter Daland “memory”?

2)      Which of Peter’s various quotes do you remember most often, even to this day?

3)      What lesson did Peter teach you that you appreciate the most?

4)      Also, please be sure to “slate” yourself (name, year, events and any “team captain” or other swimming related titles...)

Please make your answers “stand alone” (i.e.: not have to have the question appear on the video), and please be sure to speak loudly and clearly.  You know how coach Daland is with the “Queen’s English”.  If your answers run about 30 seconds apiece, (120 SECONDS IN TOTAL) that should work just fine.

Please burn the footage onto a DVD (or jump drive) and mail it to me at the PO Box address below and I will begin editing the footage into a single program.  We will present the finished copy to Coach Daland on his birthday, and I will post the full program on YouTube and send a link to all the participants.

I’d prefer to have the footage by January 1, but in any case please don’t delay.

Also, please forward this email to any other of Peter’s USC (or LA Athletic Club) swimmers you happen to know (but don’t tell Coach Daland or Ingrid, please!).

If coach was as big an influence on your life as he was on mine, I am confident that the greetings will mean the world to him.  Please participate and encourage others to do so as well.  If you don’t have any high-tech experience, get one of your kids (or grandkids) to help!

Fight on!

JOHN

John Naber

NABER & ASSOCIATES, INC.

Post Office Box 50107

Pasadena, CA 91115

(626) 795-7675

Mark Your Calendar

 Save the date for

            PETER DALAND’S 90TH BIRTHDAY

                                PARTY

 

                     SUNDAY APRIL 17, 2011

                               12:00 O’CLOCK

                IN MOORPARK RANCHO DE LAS PALMAS

                           INVITATION TO FOLLOW

                      All swimmers from the “Daland Era”

                               1958 - 1992 are invited

                                      USC and LAAC

             Please help us to "find" team mates.

        If you know of  swimmers or former coaches 

                   that we might be missing,

     send me an address, e-mail - or any other contact.

               This is not a surprise, feel free to call 

                          805-523-3207 

                       or send an e-mail

                 ingrid.daland@gmail.com

         Paul Davidson   pdavidso@usc.edu

          I am looking forward to seeing you.

Ingrid Daland

November Lunch Plans

Apparently, it is true that Bill Craig has sold his restaurant in Newport Beach.  The USC Trojan Swimmers Group is certainly welcomed to continue having lunches at the restaurant.  However, I thought it appropriate to check with the group to determine whether other lunch sites may be more appropriate.   I have not spoken to Bill, but I am sure he will continue to serve as host of our future lunches.

The other item is the suggestion to have monthly lunches for those who can make it.  As you may or may not know, I am taking videos of former Trojan Swimmers to include in next year's celebration of Peter's 90th Birthday Party to be held April 17, 2011 at USC.   Having more frequent lunches will facilitate the opportunity of including as many Trojan Swimmers as possible. 

So, let me know your thoughts (cdmmilam@netscape.net)   I will be sending out emails to the group to continue this discussion.

Chuck

USC Alumni Relays, October 1, 2010

From: dsalo@usc.edu
To: pdavidso@usc.edu; dsalo@usc.edu
Subject: ALUMNI RELAYS AND SUPPORT
Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2010 17:20:12 -0700

I want to take this opportunity to thank you for joining us for the ALUMNI events of this past weekend. I am proud of the weekend we have organized and grown over the past four years. It is truly a celebration of our past and our present and a vision of our future. Personally it means a lot to me that you will take the time to be with your friends from the past and celebrate with the team of the now. It is great to be a Trojan and I think our team better understand that when they can celebrate our past season and look to the current season with you and your teammates of the past.

Thanks again for joining us and thanks for your continued support. Please forward me any suggestions you might so that we can continue to improve the program for the alums, the team and their parents.

On another note our parents, led by Jaime Lendrum (Alex Lendrum ’13) did an outstanding job raising nearly $20,000 on our silent auction and raffle.

Thanks again.

Dave Salo

Head Coach

FIGHT ON!

From: kevincle@usc.edu
To: cdmilam@hotmail.com
Subject: RE: Splits for Relays
Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2010 09:33:47 -0700

Chuck,

Having been a member of the Trojan family for just over 4 months I can see what a special place USC is and what I missed out on (especially being a California native). It was great to see all the mature J faces reminiscing at the banquet and on the pool deck. I glad you enjoyed the weekend and I will work on getting you those splits asap.

Please stay in touch and I look forward to speaking with you again.

Kevin

Kevin Clements

The University of Southern California

Assistant Coach, Men's and Women's Swimming

(213) 309-9108 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              (213) 309-9108      end_of_the_skype_highlighting cell

October 1, 2010 Swim Banquet and Honor of NCAA Champs - Class of 1960 - 50 year anniversary of USC's first NCAA Swim Title;

 

 

 Alumni Relays October 2, 2010

The Swimmers (Class of 1967):

Wayne Anderson, Frank Bates and Chuck Milam courtesy of Ingrid Daland (and shown below Paul Jeffers).   Wayne Anderson and Sharon Finnerman. Paul Jeffers and friend Kathy. Double click on picture to enlarge:

200 Medley Relay- Class of 1967-68 (Ken Krueger, Wayne Anderson, Chuck Milam, Frank Bates)

200 Free Relay- Class of 1967-68 (Ken Krueger, Paul Jeffers, Chuck Milam, frank bates):

The Boys are alright (USC Marching band at Heritage Hall before game):

Next Trojan Swimmers Meeting: 4 pm at Traditions, Friday, October 1, 2010

The plan is not to have a lunch but a pre-banquet get together at Traditions in the basement of the Ronald Tutor Campus Center which is the new building located just south of the old Student Union building.   Plan on getting together at Traditions which does not open until 4 pm.  The entrance to the bar downstairs is on the south side of the building and is well marked.  The Swim Banquet honoring Peter's first NCAA team in 1960 will begin at 6 pm.  

And the Alumni Relays will be held on Saturday, October 2nd and BBQ following thereafter.  Game time against the University of Washington is 5 pm.  

Hope to see you at one of these Trojan Swimmer functions....

Chuck

Upcoming Events and Notice

Mark your calendars for Trojan Swimming events coming up in late September, early October as indicated in the flyer below. Of particular note for golfers and non-golfers alike is the Recognition Banquet to be held at the Galen Center on Friday, October 1, 2010 beginning at 6 pm.

Since it is time for another Trojan Swimmers group get together, the thought is to have a pre-banquet, no host bar beginning at 4 pm at The Lab (i.e. lab for parents, bar for students) located at 3500 Figueroa, next to The Radisson Hotel (with parking across the street at USC in the commercial complex or the USC parking lot just east of the Galen Center, across and next to the 110 Freeway).

The other thought is to meet downstairs in Traditions at the new Student Union (actually the old Norm Topping Conference Center formerly located just south of the old Student Union). This would give us an opportunity to view the huge new complex recently completed on the site of the old Student Union as well as to arrive early before the traffic peaks.

Then there are the Alumni Relays at McDonald's Swim Stadium on Saturday, October 2nd, with check in at 10 am and 11 am relays before the 5 pm home game against Washington.

I am sure there is more interest in the former event than the later so let me know if you are planning to attend and choice and I can send out a follow notice a week before the scheduled festivities (Double click to enlarge the image below).

Call for Trojan Alumni Relay pics

I think the alumni relays shot is from '05. I'll try to dig up a class of '71 freshman class photo I have buried someplace.

Chopper


200 Medley Relay. From far right: Chuck, Chopper Lyon, Jim McConica??? and Ken.


From left: Ken, Chuck on the block, Jim in water and Chopper.

News from out of towner Frank "Buddy" Bates

Chuck

Sorry for the delay in responding to you - we have had 10 grandchildren at our home (for the last 3 weeks and it has been hectic to say the least). One of my grandchildren (the oldest) is not yet 10 and has gone from a non-swimmer 2 1/2 months ago to the point where she is swimming about 2,000 yards per day in Michigan. I helped work on her stroke this month and saw a marked improvement in a very short time. She is very talented and should break a minute for 100 fly by the time she is twelve. Anyway, Chuck that is the latest from the Bates clan here in Utah. Please relay my best to the guys you see and I will see you in late September for the luncheon and the alumni relays.


Buddy

Team Pictures through the years

Team pictures courtesy of Paul Goldberg, USC Sports Information Office-double click to enlarge.

1963 Team Picture:


1964 Team Picture:



1964 Freshmen Team Picture:


1965 Team Picture:


1966 Team Picture:


1967 Team Picture:


1968 Team Picture:


1970 Team Picture:


1971 Team Picture:


1972 Team Picture:


1973 Team Picture:


1974 Team Picture:


1975 Team Picture:


NCAA 1976:

Know Your LIver

Courtesy of Ken Krueger: