1 Tennessee State University Special Collections Presents An Olympic Tradition

2 Introduction  Special emphasis on the TSU Olympic tradition  Achievements of TSU athletes

3 Coach Edward S. Temple Temple served as Head Women’s Track Coach for forty-four years at TSU, Nashville, Tennessee and Associate Professor of Sociology

4 Lucinda Williams Adams (Rome, 1960-gold medal)

5 Chandra Cheeseborough Los Angeles, 1984-two gold medals, silver medal)

6 Edith McGuire Duvall Edith McGuire, Wyomia Tyus and Coach Ed Temple (Tokyo, 1964-gold medal, two silver medals)

7 Isabelle Daniels Isabelle Daniels (Melbourne, 1956-bronze medal)

8 Kathy McMillian (Montreal, 1976-silver medal)

9 Madeline Manning Mims (Mexico City, 1968-gold medal; Munich, 1972-silver medal)

10 Martha Hudson Pennyman (Rome, 1960-gold medal)

11 Wilma Rudolph (Melbourne, 1956-bronze medal; Rome, 1960-three gold medals)

12 Wilma Rudolph Wilma Rudolph President John F. Kennedy, Wilma Rudolph, Blanche Rudolph, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, Bobby Logan & Coach Temple

13 Barbara Jones Slater (Helsinki, gold medal; Rome, gold medal)

14 Mae Faggs Starr (Helsinki, gold medal; Melbourne, 1956-bronze medal)

15 Wyomia Tyus (Tokyo, two gold medals, silver medal; Mexico City, two gold medals)

16 Willye B. White (Melbourne, silver medal)

17 Margaret Matthews Wilburn (Melbourne, 1956-bronze medal)

18 Ralph Boston (Rome, 1960-gold medal; Tokyo, 1964-silver medal; Mexico City, 1968-bronze medal)

19 Go for the Gold Sharon E. Hull, Head of Special Collections