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in Athens. Dr. Stavropoulos has been a national referee since 1985 and
international referee since 1989 in 533 international games.
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Richard “Sonny” Tanabe. An All-American at Indiana University and
member of the 1956 US Olympic Swimming Team, Sonny Tanabe is
one of Hawaii’s greatest swimmers and legendary free diver and spear
fisherman. His books include “Spear Fishing on the Island of Hawai’i: A
Pictorial History” and “The Evolution of Freediving & History of Spearfishing in
Hawaii”. Sonny is founder and President of the Hawaii Swimming Hall
of Fame and President of the Hawaii Chapter of the U.S. Olympians.
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Prof Alkiviadis Vatopoulos, MD, PhD Professor in Microbiology,
National School of Public Health & Scientific Director of the Central
Public Health Laboratory. His scientific interests include Public Health
Microbiology, Antimicrobial Resistance and Health Care Associated
Infections. [email protected]

Dr Emmanouel Velonakis, MD, PhD. A medical and environmental
microbiologist in the Department of Microbiology, Athens School of
Public Health. As the Deputy Scientific Responsible of the Central
Public Health Laboratory in Greece he is involved with teaching,
research and routine examination of food and water microbiology and
hygiene. He has authored two books on fist aid of children and on
Legionella spp. and over 150 other publications or conference
presentations. [email protected]
Zaharias Vlantis is an assistant physiotherapist specialising in sports
physiotherapy. He holds a BSc in Nursing and a HND as Assistant
Physiotherapist-Kinesiotherapist and is currently studying towards a
BSc in Physiotherapy at the AKMI Metropolitan College. He has
worked as an assistant physiotherapist in professional practices
alongside top Sports physiotherapists. Vlantis has practiced in
Karolinska Institute Stockholm, Athens Military Hospital, Athens
Laiko Hospital, Athens Medical Group and other hospitals and clinics.

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Josh Waletzky (Director, Co-producer, Editor) has created an
extensive body of documentary work including Academy Award-
nominated Music for the Movies: “Bernard Herrmann”, as well as “Image
Before My Eyes”, “Partisans of Vilna”, “Sacred Stage: The Mariinksky
Theater”, and, most recently, collaborated on “Nuremberg: Its Lesson for
Today” [The Schulberg/Waletzky Restoration]. As an editor, he has
worked on A.C.E. Eddy Award-winning “The Endurance: Shackleton's
Legendary Antarctic Expedition”, Emmy Award-winning “In the Fiddler’s
House and She Says: Women in News”, Peabody Award-winning “Liberty!”,
and “Shaker Heights: Struggle for Integration”. Josh is a graduate of
Harvard College and received an MFA from the NYU Graduate
Institute of Film and Television. [email protected]
Dr Nancy B. White, Ph.D. has worked to enhance the effectiveness
of swim instruction programs, training of aquatic staff members, and
evaluation of lifeguard rescue readiness throughout her career. She has
been an instructor/instructor trainer in lifeguarding and water safety
for over twenty-five years and served as a long-term member of an
aquatic risk management team of evaluators (“Red Shirt Committee”)
in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She has published papers related to
safety and risk management in aquatic and other recreational settings
and is a frequent speaker at professional meetings and conferences.
Nancy is an Assistant Professor at California State University, East Bay
and the Summer Session Aquatic Co-Director at the Albuquerque
Academy Barney Natatorium. [email protected]
Bruce Wigo, J.D. has been the innovative and tireless President and
Chief Executive Officer of the International Swimming Hall of Fame
since 2005. His love of history predates his undergraduate minor in
history at the University of North Carolina and the research and
writing skills he learned from Widner Law School. As steward of
ISHOF’s memorabilia collection and editor of ISHOF’s annual
yearbook, he is regarded as one of the world’s leading experts in world
swimming history and has personally researched and visited many of
history’s most revered swimming sites such as Paestum, Tarquinia,
Rome and Pompeii in Italy, Xian in China, Bath in England, to name a
few. Much of his research has been published in ISHOF’s annual or in
a self-published book “The Golden Age of Swimming: A Picture History of
the Sport & Pools That Changed America”, and in a paper he will present
for the first time at this symposium on the little written about topic of
“Native American Swimming Skills Before and After The Arrival of the
Europeans.” [email protected]
Janet Wilson Janet is a retired Biomedical Scientist, specializing in
Blood Transfusion, and working for 34 years in the National Health
Service, U.K. She has had a lifelong association with the Royal Life
Saving Society, U.K. and has served on several of it’s committees,
contributing to many of it’s publications. She is an active National
Trainer/Assessor with a special interest in training lifeguards and
outdoor water safety and first aid to interested groups. Her other
interests include Long Distance Swimming and Walking, where
personal achievements include Loch Lomond (22 miles) and an ascent
to Everest Base Camp. [email protected]

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Meegan Wilson is the Aquatic Director at the 300 Club, Inc., a
private swim and tennis club in Gainesville, FL. She has a Bachelor of
Science degree in Biology from Purdue University, where she
previously conducted basic research on vision for 14 years. Meegan
started swimming Masters in 1984 and continues to compete and
volunteer in the United States Masters Swimming (USMS) program.
She is currently Chair and Webmaster of the Florida Local Masters
Swim Committee, Chair of the USMS History and Archives
Committee and a member of the USMS Legislation Committee.
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Ted Woods, Filmmaker. Ted grew up outside Chicago. He began his
work as a documentarian during his undergrad at Fordham University
in New York City where he received his B.A. in Peace and Justice
Studies. While there he traveled and did research throughout Africa,
Latin America, Cuba, and the Caribbean. Upon graduation he did work
documenting Cuban Hip-Hop and presented his research to the
American Anthropology Association. He them moved to Los Angeles
to begin work in the film Industry and studied film at UCLA.
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