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The Touch .01 Now, You Can Own a Limited-Edition, fine art print of the most famous photograph in Olympic swimming history, personally signed by both Michael Phelps & Milorad Cavic.

Bill Prew Passes Away Bill Prew, a 1998 inductee into the International Swimming Hall of Fame, passed away on Tuesday, October 19th, in Boynton Beach, Fla. Bill was 88 years old.

ISHOF Honor Coach Ray Bussard Passes Away At 82
ISHOF honor coach Ray Buzzard passed away last night at age 82. He had been suffering from the complications of Diabetes and Alzheimer’s disease.

Diver Tarantino, Swimmers Knutson and Walters Receive Garatti-Saville Grants from the International Swimming Hall of FameThe International Swimming Hall of Fame (ISHOF) today announced the names of three aquatic athletes who have been awarded inaugural grants from the Eleanor Garatti-Saville Fund: swimmers Dagny Knutson and David Walters and diver Jevon Tarantino.

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Swedish TV and French Swimming Federation Thank ISHOF's staff for their help.

NEW VIDEO FOOTAGE The International Swimming Hall of Fame's film and video archive, which dates to the 1920's, is the most extensive and comprehensive in the world. As we have continued to preserve and transfer footage from film to DVD, we have added to the virtual archive so that historic events from aquatic history can be enjoyed throughout the world.

Remembering Art Linkletter Art Linkletter is best remembered as a humorist, for his 25 years on television and radio - and for his best-selling books. He was also a world-class swimmer and received the International Swimming Hall of Fame’s Gold Medallion Award in 1984 . But for bout of poison oak that kept him out of the 1932 Olympic Trials, this Southern California small college backstroke champion might have made the US Olympic swimming team – his times were that good. A friend of ISHOF Chairman Red Silvia and Executive Director Buck Dawson, Linkletter was frequent visitor to the Hall of Fame where he reministed about his days in swimming with old friends. Art Linkletter passed away on May 26th, 2010. He was 97 years old.

Consumer Product Safety Commission Launches National "Pool Safely"
Campaign at the International Swimming Hall of Fame Olympic greats Janet Evans and Jason Lezak came back to Fort Lauderdale’s International Swimming Hall of Fame to help the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) launch its "Pool Safely" campaign.

Announces Water Polo Class Of 2010
The International Swimming Hall of Fame (ISHOF) today announced the Honoree Induction Class of 2010 for the sport of Water Polo. The 2010 Enshrinement will mark the organization’s 46th year of honoring the greatest names in the history of the sports of swimming, diving, synchronized swimming and water polo. The Induction for Water Polo Athletes will take place coincident with the European Water Polo Championships on Friday, September 10, in Zagreb, Croatia.

A Paintings Worth Millions on Display at ISHOF
Paintings worth millions of dollars are now on display at ISHOF. Of course the originals are safe and sound in the world’s great museums. What we have are museum quality replicas hand painted at the direction of one our members, who has loaned them to ISHOF for the benefit of the swimming community. Among the artists represented are 19th and 20th century masters Georges Seurat, Paul Cezanne, Pablo Picasso, Paul Gauguin and George Catlin.

THAT'S ISHOF ENTERTAINMENT From from the earliest days of Silent pictures to today, swimmers and swimming have figured prominently in film. ISHOF has compiled a list of some of the most important films that showcase the aquatic sports for your entertainment pleasure. If we've missed some, please let us know and we'll add them to the list.

FAMILY FUN DAY
PHOTO GALLERY Visitors get to try on Bruce Furniss's Olympic Gold Medal