AN OLYMPIAN HAPPY 85TH

Fellow Olympians saluted Pitt alumnus and trustee Herb Douglas (center) on his 85th birthday during a recent celebration at the Senator John Heinz History Center in the Strip District.

From left: Roger Kingdom (CGS ’02), a Pitt All-American in track and field who won gold medals in the 110-meter hurdles during the 1984 and 1988 Olympic Games in Los Angeles and Seoul, respectively; Harrison Dillard, who won gold medals in the 100 meters and the 4X100 relay during the 1948 Olympic Games in London as well as gold medals in the 110-meter hurdles and the 4X100-meter relay four years later during the Helsinki games; Charles Jenkins, who won gold medals in the 400 meters and the 4X400 relay during the 1956 Olympic Games in Montreal; Douglas (EDUC ’48, M.Ed. ’50), who won a bronze medal in the long jump during the 1948 London games; Edwin Moses, who won gold medals in the 400-meter hurdles during the 1976 Montreal games and the 1984 Los Angeles games as well as a bronze medal during the 1988 Seoul games; Donna deVarona, who won gold medals as a swimmer in the 400-meter individual medley and the 400-meter freestyle relay during the 1964 Tokyo games; Steve Riddick, a gold medalist in the 4X100 relay during the 1956 Montreal games; and Arnold Sowell (KGSB ’57), considered to be the greatest track-and-field competitor born in Pittsburgh, who established world records indoors in the 880 yards.